This page lists courses at York University that incorporate course content regarding Indigenous peoples and their culture, history, language, traditions or practices as well as content relating to colonialism and decolonization. Courses that are considered to primarily contain Indigenous-based content will be displayed in bold.
For courses that focus specifically on Indigenous content, please see those offered by the Indigenous Studies Program. Courses from this program will be marked with an asterisk (*) on this list.
This is an on-going list, and if you don't see a course that you think should be included, be sure to reach out to cikl@yorku.ca so we can update this list.
| Course Code: | Course Title: | Department: | Location: |
| GL/CDNS 1900 3.00 | Reconciling Literature: Understanding Texts & Contexts | Canadian Studies | Glendon |
| EU/ENVS 1010 3.00 | Introduction to Environmental Documentaries | Environmental Studies | Keele |
| EU/ENVS 1100 3.00 | The land we're on: Treaties, Art and Environment | Environmental Studies | Keele |
| AP/HUMA 1200 9.00 | Contexts of Canadian Culture | Humanities | Keele |
| AP/HUMA 1206 6.00 | Indigenous Culture and Language | Humanities | Keele |
| AP/HUMA 1320 6.00 | Ideas of America: The Cultures of North America | Humanities | Keele |
| GL/HUMA 1672 6.00 | Culture and Power in the Americas | Humanities/History | Glendon |
| AP/HUMA 1740 6.00 | The Roots of Modern Canada | Humanities | Keele |
| AP/INDG 1050 6.00* | Introduction to Indigenous Studies* | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/POLS 1200 3.00 | The Politics of Law | Politics | Keele |
| AP/SOSC 1040 6.00 | Power & Society: Critical issues in Social Justice | Social Science | Keele |
| AP/SOSC 1350 9.00 | Gender and the Law | Social Science | Keele |
| AP/SOSC 1375 3.00 | Introductory Socio-legal Studies | Social Science | Keele |
| Course Code: | Course Title: | Department: | Location: |
| AP/ANTH 2020 6.00 | Race, Racism & Popular Culture | Anthropology | Keele |
| AP/ANTH 2130 6.00 | Anthropology Through the Visual: Images of Resistance/Irresistible Images | Anthropology | Keele |
| AP/ANTH 2220 3.00 | From Settler Colonialism to Multiculturalism: An Anthropological Approach | Anthropology | Keele |
| AP/ANTH 2420 3.00 | Language and Culture | Anthropology | Keele |
| ED/EDST 2200 3.00 | Issues in Indigenous Education | Educational Studies | Keele |
| ED/EDUC 2300 3.00 | Pedagogy of the Land: Indigenous Understandings of the Land as First Teacher | Education | Keele |
| AP/GWST 2512 6.00 | Race, Gender & Sexuality | Gender & Womens Studies | Keele |
| AP/HIST 2500 6.00 | Canadian History | History | Keele |
| GL/HIST 2670 6.00 | Canadian History | History | Glendon |
| GL/HUMA 2636 3.00 | Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway) Language and Culture I | Humanities | Glendon |
| AP/INDG 2030 6.00* | Racism and Colonialism* | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/INDG 2050 6.00* | Indigenous Spirituality in the Contemporary World* | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/INDG 2060 6.00* | Treaties and the Indian Act* | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/INDG 2780 3.00* | Indigenous Peoples and Education* | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/LING 2420 3.00 | Language and Culture | Linguistics | Keele |
| GL/SOCI 2630 3.00 | Aboriginal Peoples of Canada | Sociology | Glendon |
| GL/SOCI 2652 3.00 | Social Movements and Contentious Politics in a Global Context | Sociology | Glendon |
| AP/SOSC 2350 6.00 | Law & Society | Social Science | Keele |
| AP/SOSC 2351 6.00 | Human Rights in a Social-Legal Context | Social Science | Keele |
| GL/SOSC 2655 6.00 | Global Geography: Physical and Human Aspects | Social Science | Glendon |
| GL/SOSC 2925 3.00 | Law, Justice and Equality | Social Science | Glendon |
| AP/SOWK 2050 6.00 | Identity, Diversity and Anti-Discriminatory Practice | Social Work | Keele |
| AP/SOWK 2070 3.00 | Indigenous Understandings in Social Work - Theory and Practice | Social Work | Keele |
| Course Code: | Course Title: | Department: | Location: |
| AP/ANTH 3030 3.00 | Discourses Of Colonialism | Anthropology | Keele |
| AP/COMN 3221 3.00 | Communicating Social Movements | Communication Studies | Keele |
| AP/CRIM 3663 3.00 | Gender and Crime | Criminology | Keele |
| EU/ENVS 3160 3.00 | Race/Racism and Environmental Justice | Environmental Studies | Keele |
| ED/EDST 3730 3.00 | Education and Human Rights | Education Studies | Keele |
| ED/FNMI 3000 3.00 | Teaching First Nations, Métis & Inuit Studies in the Intermediate Division | First Nations, Métis & Inuit Studies | Online |
| AP/GWST 3557 6.00 | Superstition, Religion and Sexuality | Gender & Womens Studies | Keele |
| AP/HIST 3580 6.00 | 20th Century Canada | History | Keele |
| AP/HIST 3601 6.00 | Indigenous and Colonial American History to 1776 | History | Keele |
| AP/HIST 3785 3.00 | Africa and Europe in the Age of Colonialism | History | Keele |
| AP/HIST 3850 6.00 | Murder and Other Crimes: Law and Justice in 19th & 20th Century North America | History | Keele |
| AP/HREQ 3150 6.00 | International Frameworks for Human Rights | Human Rights & Equity Studies | Keele |
| AP/HREQ 3450 6.00 | Legal Institutions and Social Justice | Human Rights & Equity Studies | Keele |
| AP/HREQ 3562 6.00 | Health in a Multicultural Context | Human Rights & Equity Studies | Keele |
| AP/HREQ 3680 6.00 | Racism in Canada | Human Rights & Equity Studies | Keele |
| AP/HREQ 3963 3.00 | Language, Linguistic Rights and Human Rights | Human Rights & Equity Studies | Keele |
| AP/HUMA 3226 3.00 | Visual Cultures and the Natural World | Humanities | Keele |
| GL/HUMA 3633 3.00 | Indigenous Performance on Turtle Island | Humanities / Drama Studies | Glendon |
| GL/ILST 3915 3.00 | Indigenous Peoples in International Relations | International Studies | Glendon |
| AP/INDG 3050 6.00* | Indigenous Protocols and Methodologies: Contexts and Relationships* | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/INDG 3060 3.00* | Indigenous Cultural Experience* | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/INDG 3310 6.00* | Métis Issues in North America* | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/INDG 3839 3.00* | Canadian Native Autobiography* | Indigenous Studies / Humanities | Keele |
| FA/MUSI 3620 3.00 | Issues in Community Music | Music | Keele |
| AP/POLS 3065 3.00 | Political Culture of Race and Racism | Political Science | Keele |
| AP/POLS 3102 3.00* | Indigenous Politics in Canada* | Political Science / Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| GL/POLS 3625 3.00 | Canadian Government and Politics | Political Science | Glendon |
| AP/SOCI 3355 3.00 | Social Movements | Sociology | Keele |
| AP/SOCI 3430 6.00 | Ethnicity, Power and Identity | Sociology | Keele |
| AP/SOCI 3450 6.00 | The Sociology of Race and Racism | Sociology | Keele |
| GL/SOCI 3636 3.00 | Social Inequality | Sociology | Glendon |
| AP/SOCI 3810 6.00 | Criminalization and Racialization | Sociology | Keele |
| AP/SOSC 3090 6.00 | Medicine and North American Society in Historical Perspective | Social Science | Keele |
| AP/SOSC 3168 3.00 | Environmental Health | Social Science | Keele |
| AP/SOSC 3360 6.00 | Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms | Social Science | Keele |
| AP/SOSC 3376 3.00 | Legal Pluralism | Social Science | Keele |
| AP/SOSC 3391 6.00 | Social Diversity and the Law | Social Science | Keele |
| AP/SOSC 3512 6.00 | Postcolonial Theory | Social Science | Keele |
| GL/SOSC 3619 3.00 | Language Endangerment | Social Science | Glendon |
| AP/SOSC 3802 3.00 | Policy Making in Context: Development and Sustainability | Social Science | Keele |
| AP/SOSC 3921 6.00 | Indigenous Health and Healing: Interdisciplinary and Traditional Dialogues | Social Science | Keele |
| AP/SOWK 3570 3.00 | Social Work Practice, Racism, and Whiteness | Social Work | Keele |
| SC/STS 3760 3.00 | Nature, Knowledge and New Worlds, 1500-1800 | Science & Technology Studies | Keele |
| FA/THEA 3240 3.00 | First Nations Theatre | Theatre | Keele |
| Course Code: | Course Title: | Department: | Location: |
| AP/ANTH 4240 3.00 | Nature, Culture, Power: The Anthropology of Environment | Anthropology | Keele |
| AP/ANTH 4340 6.00 | Advocacy and Social Movements | Anthropology | Keele |
| AP/ANTH 4610 3.00 | The Ethnography of Politics: Anthropological Research on Power and Resistance | Anthropology | Keele |
| AP/COMN 4750 3.00 | Approaching Indigenous Media | Communications | Keele |
| AP/COMN 4755 3.00* | Indigenous Media in the Canadian Context* | Communications / Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| EU/ENVS 4310 3.00 | Extraction and its Discontents | Environmental Studies | Keele |
| EU/ENVS 4311 3.00 | Indigenous Environmental Justice | Environmental Studies | Keele |
| ED/FNMI 4000 3.00 | Teaching First Nations, Métis & Inuit Studies in the Intermediate Senior Division - Part A | First Nations, Métis & Inuit Studies | Online |
| ED/FNMI 4001 3.00 | Teaching First Nations, Métis & Inuit Studies in the Intermediate Senior Division - Part B | First Nations, Métis & Inuit Studies | Online |
| AP/GWST 4502 6.00 | Violence Against Women | Gender & Women Studies | Keele |
| AP/GWST 4509 3.00 | Anti-Racist Feminism | Gender & Women Studies | Keele |
| AP/HIST 4508 6.00 | Cultures and Colonialism: Canada, 1600-1900 | History | Keele |
| AP/HREQ 4052 3.00 | Race, Ethnicity and Social Policy | Human Rights & Equity Studies | Keele |
| AP/HREQ 4770 6.00 | Democracy, Social Movements and Freedom of Assembly | Human Rights & Equity Studies | Keele |
| AP/HREQ 4780 6.00 | Gender, Religion and Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives | Human Rights & Equity Studies | Keele |
| AP/HUMA 4160 6.00 | Storytelling, Multicentered Worlds, and Resistance | Humanities | Keele |
| GL/HUMA 4638 3.00 | History, Translation, and European Societies | Humanities | Glendon |
| AP/INDG 4301 3.00* | Horror, Crime, and the Law in Indigenous and African Diaspora Fiction and Performance* | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/INDG 4600 6.00* | Research Seminar* | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/INDG 4701 6.00* | Contesting Gendered Racial and Colonial Violence* | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/INDG 4770 6.00* | First Nations Music and Cultural Regeneration* | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/LING 4350 3.00 | Pidgin and Creole Linguistics | Linguistics | Keele |
| HH/NURS 4370 3.00 | The History and Health of Indigenous Individuals, Families and Communities | Nursing | Keele |
| GL/POLS 4609 3.00 | Sovereignty | Political Science | Glendon |
| AP/SOCI 4420 6.00 | Sociology of Indigeneity and Decolonization in a North American Context | Sociology | Keele |
| GL/SOCI 4601 3.00 | Indigenous Activism, Resistance and Resurgence | Sociology | Glendon |
| GL/SOCI 4621 6.00 | Decolonising Canada / Décoloniser le Canada | Sociology | Glendon |
| AP/SOSC 4142 3.00 | Health, Medicine and Creative Resistance | Social Science | Keele |
| AP/SOSC 4351 6.00 | Law and Society Honours Seminar: Indigenous Peoples and Law | Social Science | Keele |
| GL/SOSC 4602 6.00 | Violence Against Women | Social Science | Glendon |
| AP/SOWK 4270 3.00 | Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Social Welfare Policy: Reflecting on Relationship | Social Work | Keele |
| FA/THEA 4331 3.00 | Performance, Politics, and Human Rights | Theatre | Keele |
Course Code: | Course Title: | Department: | Location: |
| GS/ALDR 6304 3.00 | Crown Indigenous Negotiations | Dispute Resolution | Online |
| GS/ANTH 5175 3.00 | Discourses of Race and Racist Discourse | Anthropology | Keele |
| GS/CLTC 6202 6.00 | International Human Rights Law in Canada: Application, Jurisprudence, and Policy Processes | Constitutional Law & the Charter | Online |
| GS/CLTC 6725 3.00 | Constitutional Litigation | Constitutional Law & the Charter | Online |
| GS/CLTC 6728 3.00 | Constitutional Remedies | Constitutional Law & the Charter | Online |
| GS/CMCT 6101 3.00 | Issues in Cultural Studies | Communication & Culture | Keele |
| GS/CMCT 6137 3.00 | Postcoloniality | Communication & Culture | Keele |
| GS/EDUC 5421 3.00 | Discourses of Race and Racist Discourse | Education | Keele |
| GS/EDUC 5920C 3.00 | Conceptualising Indigenous Leadership: Investigating Indigenous Leadership Within Systems, Organisations and the Greater Canadian & Global Context | Education | Keele |
| EU/ENVS 6481 3.00 | Activist Video-Making | Environmental Studies / Film | Keele |
| GS/GEOG 5355 3.00 | Political Geographies: Spaces of Territory, Identity and Power | Geography | Keele |
| GS/GFWS 6904 3.00 | Critical Approaches to 'Race' and Racism | Gender, Feminist & Womens Studies | Keele |
| GS/HIST 5230 3.00 | Race, Gender and American Politics | History | Keele |
| GS/HIST 5543 3.00 | Nature and Society in the Industrial World: Global Environmental History since Industrialization | History | Keele |
| GS/HIST 5770 3.00 | Languages, Empires, and Nations | History | Keele |
| GS/HLTH 5490 3.00 | Intersectionality, Disability, and Health | Health | Keele |
| GS/HUMA 6149 3.00 | Theorizing Cultural Translation | Humanities | Keele |
| GS/HUMA 6157 3.00 | Comparative and World Literature Seminar: History and Practice | Humanities | Keele |
| GS/HUMA 6160 3.00 | Knowledge's Other: Epistemologies of Ignorance | Humanities | Keele |
| GS/HUMA 6228 3.00 | Religion, Secularism and the Colonial Encounter | Humanities | Keele |
| GS/MUSI 5300 3.00 | Music for Social Change and Community Empowerment | Music | Keele |
| GS/PIA 6334 3.00 | Canada’s Language Policies in Comparative Perspective | Public & International Affairs | Glendon |
| GS/POLS 6145 3.00 | Indigenous Politics: Decolonization or "Development"? | Political Science | Keele |
| GS/SOCI 6204 3.00 | Indigenous Theory | Sociology | Keele |
| GS/SOCI 6760 3.00 | Race and Ethnicity | Sociology | Keele |
| GS/SOWK 5030 3.00 | Oppression and Intersectionality | Social Work | Keele |
| GS/SOWK 5550 3.00 | Indigenous Worldviews and Implications to Social Work | Social Work | Keele |
| GS/SOWK 7000 3.00 | Social Justice within a Social Work Context | Social Work | Keele |
| GS/SLST 6000 3.00 | Law and Social Theory | Socio-legal Studies | Keele |