Approved Indigenous Course Requirement List
Please visit the Academic Timetable to see which courses are presently being offered and in which location(s). Not all courses listed below run every term or in all locations. For specific details about program requirements and degree regulations, please refer to the Academic Calendar.
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CUST-1570H: The Origins of Theatre: Performance
Offered:
- Peterborough
An introduction to the study of theatre and performance. The course examines the roots of theatre in oral traditions, storytelling, and appropriate ritual practices. Students have the opportunity to engage with the course material through stories, readings, and practical workshop experience.
Cross-listed: INDG-1570H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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EDUC-1030H: Indigenous Education in Canada
Offered:
- Peterborough
The past, present, and future of Indigenous education in Canada. Indigenous ontology, epistemology, and pedagogy as it applies in teaching to and about Indigenous peoples. Infusion of Indigenous ways of knowing and pedagogies in public education and culture-based education in First Nation education. Prerequisite: INDG 1001H. Priority registration for students in the Bachelor of Education - Indigenous program.
Cross-listed: INDG-1030H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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IESS-1001H: Foundations in Indigenous Environmental
Offered:
- Peterborough
- Durham GTA
Introduces students to the foundational approaches, philosophies, values and methods used in Indigenous Environmental Studies. Teaching methods include lectures, written resource materials, classroom discussions, and experiential learning.
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-1001H: Foundation for Reconciliation
Offered:
- Online
- Peterborough
Provides a foundation for an informed and critical discussion of Indigenous peoples in Canada and the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, cultures, societies, and states. The course explores the rationale for and need for the Canadian national project of reconciliation. Excludes INDG 1000Y.
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-1002H: Foundations of Modern Indigenous Life
Offered:
- Online
- Peterborough
- Durham GTA
Using the lens of cultural and political reimagination and a social forces lens, we examine and discuss the forces, issues, and ideas that shape the emergence of modern Indigenous society. Not open to students with credit for INDG 1000Y.
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-1030H: Indigenous Education in Canada
Offered:
- Peterborough
The past, present, and future of Indigenous education in Canada. Indigenous ontology, epistemology, and pedagogy as it applies in teaching to and about Indigenous peoples. Infusion of Indigenous ways of knowing and pedagogies in public education and culture-based education in First Nation education. Prerequisite: INDG 1001H. Priority registration for students in the Bachelor of Education - Indigenous program.
Cross-listed: EDUC-1030H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-1570H: The Origins of Theatre: Performance
Offered:
- Peterborough
An introduction to the study of theatre and performance. The course examines the roots of theatre in oral traditions, storytelling, and appropriate ritual practices. Students have the opportunity to engage with the course material through stories, readings, and practical workshop experience.
Cross-listed: CUST-1570H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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CAST-2001H: Indigenous Peoples & State Relationships
Offered:
- Online
Examines the nature of Indigenous relationships with Canada and the impact those relationships have had upon Indigenous peoples and communities. The course engages with different understandings of self-government and sovereignty. Prerequisite: 0.5 INDG, CAST, or POST credit. Not open to students with credit for INDG-POST 2000Y.
Cross-listed: INDG-2001H, POST-2001H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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CAST-2002H: Indigenous Peoples and Resurgence
Offered:
- Online
Examines the nature of Indigenous resurgence and contemporary struggles within the state. By understanding the different ways in which Indigenous peoples are reclaiming and revisioning their current relationships, students become aware of the impact Indigenous resurgence is having on Indigenous communities. Prerequisite: 0.5 INDG, CAST, or POST credit. Not open to students with credit for INDG-POST 2000Y.
Cross-listed: INDG-2002H, POST-2002H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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CAST-2041H: Canada: the Land
Offered:
- Peterborough
An interdisciplinary enquiry into the function and idea of the land in Canadian traditions. Themes may include Aboriginal rights, settlement, sources of land law, post-colonialism, regionalism, urban/rural conflict over natural resource extraction and waste disposal, sustainability, environmental racism, energy, climate change, and representations of land and landscape in literature and the visual arts. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits. Not open to students with credit for CAST-ERST-GEOG-INDG 2040Y.
Cross-listed: ERST-2041H, GEOG-2041H, INDG-2041H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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CAST-2042H: Canada in the Winter
Offered:
- Peterborough
An interdisciplinary, multi-dimensional inquiry into the phenomenon of winter in Canada. Beginning with the notion of the land as the primary text, we explore cultural, epistemological, ethical, literary, and Indigenous representations of Canada's most formidable season. Topics include leisure, recreation and festival, seasonality and climate change. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits. Not open to students with credit for CAST-ERST-GEOG-INDG 2040Y.
Cross-listed: ERST-2042H, GEOG-2042H, INDG-2042H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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CHYS-2006H: Indigenous Knowledge for Children/Youth
Offered:
- Durham GTA
Students have the opportunity to explore how Indigenous knowledge informs child and youth development, learning, relationships, and care. Course content draws upon decolonizing theories and methodologies, epistemologies of the land, oral storytelling traditions, and contemporary art and culture. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits.
Cross-listed: INDG-2006H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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ERST-2041H: Canada: the Land
Offered:
- Peterborough
An interdisciplinary enquiry into the function and idea of the land in Canadian traditions. Themes may include Aboriginal rights, settlement, sources of land law, post-colonialism, regionalism, urban/rural conflict over natural resource extraction and waste disposal, sustainability, environmental racism, energy, climate change, and representations of land and landscape in literature and the visual arts. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits. Not open to students with credit for CAST-ERST-GEOG-INDG 2040Y.
Cross-listed: CAST-2041H, GEOG-2041H, INDG-2041H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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ERST-2042H: Canada in the Winter
Offered:
- Peterborough
An interdisciplinary, multi-dimensional inquiry into the phenomenon of winter in Canada. Beginning with the notion of the land as the primary text, we explore cultural, epistemological, ethical, literary, and Indigenous representations of Canada's most formidable season. Topics include leisure, recreation and festival, seasonality and climate change. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits. Not open to students with credit for CAST-ERST-GEOG-INDG 2040Y.
Cross-listed: CAST-2042H, GEOG-2042H, INDG-2042H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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ERST-2601Y: Indigenous Knowledge Sys & Natural Envir
Offered:
- Peterborough
Explores Indigenous worldviews, environmental philosophies, and cultural values through exposure to the perspectives of Indigenous Elders, community people, political leaders, academics, activists, and scholars. Students are introduced to Indigenous knowledge as it pertains to the natural environment. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed: INDG-2601Y, IESS-2601Y
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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GEOG-2041H: Canada: the Land
Offered:
- Peterborough
An interdisciplinary enquiry into the function and idea of the land in Canadian traditions. Themes may include Aboriginal rights, settlement, sources of land law, post-colonialism, regionalism, urban/rural conflict over natural resource extraction and waste disposal, sustainability, environmental racism, energy, climate change, and representations of land and landscape in literature and the visual arts. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits. Not open to students with credit for CAST-ERST-GEOG-INDG 2040Y.
Cross-listed: CAST-2041H, ERST-2041H, INDG-2041H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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GEOG-2042H: Canada in the Winter
Offered:
- Peterborough
An interdisciplinary, multi-dimensional inquiry into the phenomenon of winter in Canada. Beginning with the notion of the land as the primary text, we explore cultural, epistemological, ethical, literary, and Indigenous representations of Canada's most formidable season. Topics include leisure, recreation and festival, seasonality and climate change. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits. Not open to students with credit for CAST-ERST-GEOG-INDG 2040Y.
Cross-listed: CAST-2042H, ERST-2042H, INDG-2042H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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HIST-2306H: Foundations for Indigenous History
Offered:
- Online
Explores Indigenous histories and grounding history in lands, knowledges, languages, and genders. Examines methodologies such as oral narratives, orality, and land-based research along with methods for gathering knowledge related to Indigenous histories. Explores scholarly positionality as historians, research ethics, and the various formats being used to articulate Indigenous histories. Recommended prerequisite: INDG 1001H. Excludes INDG 2305Y.
Cross-listed: INDG-2306H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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HIST-2307H: Colonial Encounters
Offered:
- Online
Explores the multifaceted encounters that resulted from European colonialism. The focus of the course is on the lives and experiences of Indigenous peoples in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific basin to develop a comprehensive understanding of colonialism and resistance on a global scale. Prerequisite: INDG 2306H. Excludes INDG-HIST 2305Y.
Cross-listed: INDG-2307H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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IESS-2601Y: Indig. Knowledge Systems & Environ
Offered:
- Peterborough
Explores Indigenous worldviews, environmental philosophies, and cultural values through exposure to the perspectives of Indigenous Elders, community people, political leaders, academics, activists, and scholars. Students are introduced to Indigenous knowledge as it pertains to the natural environment. Prerequisite: 4 university credits.
Cross-listed: INDG-2601Y, ERST-2601Y
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2001H: Indigenous Peoples &state Relationships
Offered:
- Online
Examines the nature of Indigenous relationships with Canada and the impact those relationships have had upon Indigenous peoples and communities. The course engages with different understandings of self-government and sovereignty. Prerequisite: 0.5 INDG, CAST, or POST credit. Excludes INDG-POST 2000Y.
Cross-listed: POST-2001H, CAST-2001H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2002H: Indigenous Peoples and Resurgence
Offered:
- Online
Examines the nature of Indigenous resurgence and contemporary struggles within the state. By understanding the different ways in which Indigenous peoples are reclaiming and revisioning their current relationships, students become aware of the impact Indigenous resurgence is having on Indigenous communities. Prerequisite: 0.5 INDG, CAST, or POST credit. Excludes INDG-POST 2000Y.
Cross-listed: POST-2002H, CAST-2002H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2006H: Indigenous Knowledge for Children Youth
Offered:
- Durham GTA
Students have the opportunity to explore how Indigenous knowledge informs child and youth development, learning, relationships, and care. Course content draws upon decolonizing theories and methodologies, epistemologies of the land, oral storytelling traditions, and contemporary art and culture. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits.
Cross-listed: CHYS-2006H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2020H: Indigenous Contemporary Music
Offered:
- Peterborough
Provides an opportunity for students to obtain foundational performance knowledge of Indigenous drumming and song practice, along with the development of Indigenous contemporary music and its evolution from traditional music. Students explore song structure, instrumentation, and performance formats in an Indigenous environment of traditional and contemporary practitioners. Open to first-year students. Excludes 3957H: Special Topic: Indigenous Contemporary Music.
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2030H: Indigenous Peoples & News Media
Offered:
- Online
Provides context for past and current portrayal of Indigenous topics in the media. With a better understanding of Indigenous cultures, histories, and perspectives, students can report stories related to Indigenous peoples, and about Indigenous peoples, more effectively.
Cross-listed: MDST-2030H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2041H: Canada: the Land
Offered:
- Peterborough
An interdisciplinary enquiry into the function and idea of the land in Canadian traditions. Themes may include Aboriginal rights, settlement, sources of land law, post-colonialism, regionalism, urban/rural conflict over natural resource extraction and waste disposal, sustainability, environmental racism, energy, climate change, and representations of land and landscape in literature and the visual arts. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits. Students may take only one of CAST-ERST-GEOG-INDG 2040Y or 2041H for credit.
Cross-listed: CAST-2041H, ERST-2041H, GEOG-2041H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2042H: Canada in the Winter
Offered:
- Peterborough
In an age of economic dysfunction, social injustice, climate change, and myriad other impasses, this course investigates modes of knowing 'the land' in Canadian society that includes understandings that balance the pragmatic, objective, rational, and technological in relation to contemplative, creative, and emotional facets of human being. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits. Excludes CAST-ERST-GEOG-INDG 2040Y.
Cross-listed: CAST-2042H, ERST-2042H, GEOG-2042H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2100Y: Intro to Indigenous Knowledge
Offered:
- Peterborough
Examines the rich and complex nature of Indigenous knowledge (IK). It addresses the various components of IK through both written text and oral tradition. The course proceeds from the foundational assumption that IK is held and transmitted primarily by Elders, traditional people, and other knowledge holders. Recommended prerequisite: INDG 1001H (or 1000Y).
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2110Y: Introduction to Indigenous Theatre
Offered:
- Peterborough
Performance cultures are expressed in the theory and practice of Indigenous artists. Traditional and contemporary oratory, storytelling, language, movement and music, individual and group expression-physical, emotional, vocal, and intellectual experiences-are enhanced through sensory exercises, improvisation, and text. Professionals translate cultural concepts to Indigenous and European methodologies. Open to first-year students.
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2200Y: Haudensaunee Culture & Traditions
Offered:
- Online
A study of the cultural, political, social kinship, and knowledge foundations of traditional Six Nations society including Creation, Clans, the establishment of the Six Nations Confederacy, the Longhouse cycle of Ceremonies, and various contemporary issues. Pre- or co-requisite: INDG 1001H (or 1000Y) or permission of instructor.
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2250Y: Oral Mohawk
Offered:
- Peterborough
An introduction to Mohawk designed for students with little or no knowledge of the language. This is a conversational course, emphasizing the use and understanding of Mohawk through the learning of the basic vocabulary and sentence patterns in class and in language laboratory. Students judged by the instructor to be fluent in Mohawk may not receive credit for this course. Open to first-year students. Excludes INDG 1050Y.
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2306H: Foundations for Indigenous History
Offered:
- Online
Explores Indigenous histories and grounding history in lands, knowledges, languages, and genders. Examines methodologies such as oral narratives, orality, and land-based research along with methods for gathering knowledge related to Indigenous histories. Explores scholarly positionality as historians, research ethics, and the various formats being used to articulate Indigenous histories. Recommended prerequisite: INDG 1001H. Excludes INDG 2305Y.
Cross-listed: HIST-2306H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2307H: Colonial Encounters
Offered:
- Online
Explores the multifaceted encounters that resulted from European colonialism. The focus of the course is on the lives and experiences of Indigenous peoples in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific basin to develop a comprehensive understanding of colonialism and resistance on a global scale. Prerequisite: INDG 2306H. Excludes INDG-HIST 2305Y.
Cross-listed: HIST-2307H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2560H: The Forgotten People: Mtis History
Offered:
- Online
An introduction to historic and emerging concepts of Mtis identity, with a focus on the lives and experiences of Mtis people in Ontario, their ancestral communities, kinship ties, governing systems, and political triumphs. Important course themes include identity, assimilation, adaptation, cultural persistence, and survival.
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2601Y: Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Environ
Offered:
- Peterborough
Explores Indigenous worldviews, environmental philosophies, and cultural values through exposure to the perspectives of Indigenous Elders, community people, political leaders, academics, activists, and scholars. Students are introduced to Indigenous knowledge as it pertains to the natural environment. Prerequisite: 4 university credits.
Cross-listed: ERST-2601Y, IESS-2601Y
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2800Y: Intro to Nishnaabemowin
Offered:
- Peterborough
- Online
A beginner's course for students with little or no knowledge of the language, emphasizing the use and understanding of Nishnaabemowin through the learning of the basic vocabulary and sentence patterns in class and in the language laboratory. Open to firstyear students.
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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MDST-2030H: Indigenous Peoples & News Media
Offered:
- Online
Provides context for past and current portrayal of Indigenous topics in the media. With a better understanding of Indigenous cultures, histories, and perspectives, students can report stories related to Indigenous peoples, and about Indigenous peoples, more effectively.
Cross-listed: INDG-2030H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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POST-2001H: Indigenous Peoples &state Relationships
Offered:
- Online
Examines the nature of Indigenous relationships with Canada and the impact those relationships have had upon Indigenous peoples and communities. The course engages with different understandings of self-government and sovereignty. Prerequisite: 0.5 INDG, CAST, or POST credit. Excludes INDG-POST 2000Y.
Cross-listed: INDG-2001H, CAST-2001H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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POST-2002H: Indigenous Peoples and Resurgence
Offered:
- Online
Examines the nature of Indigenous resurgence and contemporary struggles within the state. By understanding the different ways in which Indigenous peoples are reclaiming and revisioning their current relationships, students become aware of the impact Indigenous resurgence is having on Indigenous communities. Prerequisite: 0.5 INDG, CAST, or POST credit. Excludes INDG-POST 2000Y.
Cross-listed: INDG-2002H, CAST-2002H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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CAST-3238H: Litt Autochtone de Langue Francais
Offered:
- Peterborough
Focuses on significant works of First Nations literature published in French and studies them in their historical, political, sociological, and cultural context. Prerequisite: FREN 2051H and 2452H.
Cross-listed: FREN-3238H, INDG-3238H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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CAST-3481H: Indigenous Fiction
Offered:
- Peterborough
- Durham GTA
Considers the expectations and functions of narrative, and examines the ways in which the fictions of Indigenous authors draw on, extend, and defy white European literary traditions, and incorporate narrative methods of their own traditions. Fictions by authors in both Canada and the United States will be included. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits.
Cross-listed: ENGL-3481H, INDG-3481H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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ENGL-3481H: Indigenous Fiction
Offered:
- Peterborough
- Durham GTA
Considers the expectations and functions of narrative, and examines the ways in which the fictions of Indigenous authors draw on, extend, and defy white European literary traditions, and incorporate narrative methods of their own traditions. Fictions by authors in both Canada and the United States will be included. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits.
Cross-listed: CAST-3481H, INDG-3481H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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FREN-3238H: Litt Autochtones de Langue Francaise
Offered:
- Peterborough
Focuses on significant works of First Nations literature published in French and studies them in their historical, political, sociological, and cultural context. Prerequisite: FREN 2051H and either 2450Y or 2452H.
Cross-listed: CAST-3238H, INDG-3238H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-3238H: Littratures Autochtones de Langue Franaise Au Canada / French Language Indigenous Literature In Canada
Offered:
- Peterborough
Focuses on significant works of First Nations literature published in French and studies them in their historical, political, sociological, and cultural context. Prerequisite: FREN 2051H and either 2450Y or 2452H.
Cross-listed: FREN-3238H, CAST-3238H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-3481H: Studies in Indigenous Fiction
Offered:
- Peterborough
- Durham GTA
Considers the expectations and functions of narrative, and examines the ways in which the fictions of Indigenous authors draw on, extend, and defy white European literary traditions, and incorporate narrative methods of their own traditions. Fictions by authors in both Canada and the United States will be included. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits.
Cross-listed: ENGL-3481H, CAST-3481H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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SWRK-3004H: Social Work and Indigenous Perspectives
Offered:
- Peterborough
- Durham GTA
Examines the history of colonialism, multigenerational trauma, anti-racist practice, strengths of Indigenous cultures, and relevant current and traditional healing modalities. Examines structural inequities including institutional, social, historic, and economic systems and bridges traditional Indigenous cultural teachings with evidenced-based research in order to provide culturally safe and appropriate care. Prerequisite: Admission to the BSW professional years.
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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ADMN-4500H: Indigenous Perspect 21C Bus & Org Issues
Offered:
- Peterborough
An analysis of key issues facing business in the twenty-first century. A variety of Indigenous perspectives on issues are presented, discussed, and compared and contrasted with current mainstream business perspectives. The objective of the course is to expand the ability of students to consider important business issues and opportunities including an Indigenous perspective. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits.
Cross-listed: INDG-4500H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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EDUC-4335H: Indigenous and Environmental Education
Offered:
- Peterborough
Examines current issues and theories of Indigenous education, environmental and eco-justice pedagogies, and cultural and linguistic diversity as they pertain to the learning environment for K-12 classrooms. Students examine and critically assess these issues and theories as they develop personal philosophies related to their own teaching and learning. Prerequisite: Open only to students in year 2 of the BEd program.
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-4500H: Indg Perspectives 21STC Business
Offered:
- Peterborough
An analysis of key issues facing business in the twenty-first century. A variety of Indigenous perspectives on issues are presented, discussed, and compared and contrasted with current mainstream business perspectives. The objective of the course is to expand the ability of students to consider important business issues and opportunities including an Indigenous perspective. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits.
Cross-listed: ADMN-4500H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.