Examines the significance of discourses on indigeneity for the theory and practice of international development. The course sets out the multiple, purposive, and often contradictory articulations of indigenousness as a site of agency and contention in the interactions between indigenous communities and international development agents, such as non-governmental organizations, international organizations, states, and funding agencies […]
This course provides an advanced discussion of critical issues in Work and Labour Studies. Topics vary from year to year.
Provides an advanced discussion of critical issues in Work and Labour Studies. Topics vary from year to year.
The Interdisciplinary Capstone Project course brings together upper-year undergraduate and Master level students from faculties across the university to work together in multi-disciplinary teams on pressing, "real-world" challenges, which are posed by organizations operating in both the for-profit and not-for-profit worlds. They research, design, test and reflect on potential solutions to their challenge that build […]
The Interdisciplinary Capstone Project course brings together upper-year undergraduate and Master level students from faculties across the university to work together in multi-disciplinary teams on pressing, "real-world" challenges, which are posed by organizations operating in both the for-profit and not-for-profit worlds. They research, design, test and reflect on potential solutions to their challenge that build […]
This course is designed primarily for students in the Social Economy stream of the Business & Society program. It involves students being assigned to an unpaid work placement for a social economy organization in the Greater Toronto Area. Prerequisite: AP/SOSC 3041 6.00. Open to: BUSO majors in Social Economy Stream (and other BUSO students with […]
Explores urban space and urban issues through the lens of hip hop culture. Topics include public space and the arts, race and identity, gender and sexuality, crime and policing, and globalization and the global city. Traces the origins of hip hop in the US while using Toronto as a laboratory to understand the relationship between […]
Cities face many challenges, but climate change presents some of the most urgent demands on governance, policy, and planning cities have ever experienced. Social inequalities are heightened in crises and are often determinative of success or failure in survival. This course examines the concept of resilience, asking how cities can pursue resilience in a context […]