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Telephone: (705) 748-1011 ext. 1817
Fax: (705) 748-1715
E-mail: canadianstudies@trentu.ca
Web: www.trentu.ca/canadianstudies
Chair of the Program
To be named
Founding President and Vanier Professor Emeritus
T. H. B. Symons, O.C., B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (Oxford), LL.D. (Concordia, Dalhousie, Laurentian, Manitoba, Mount Allison, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Trent, Wilfrid Laurier, York), D.U. (Ottawa), D.Litt. (Colombo), Diplôme d’Études collégiales (Dawson), F.R.S.C.
Professor and Canada Research Chair
B. D. Palmer, M.A., Ph.D. (SUNY, Binghamton), F.R.S.C.
Professors
J. S. Milloy, B.A. (St. Patrick’s), M.A. (Carleton), D.Phil. (Oxford); J. E. Struthers, M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (Toronto), J. H. Wadland, M.A. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (York) (on leave 2007–2008)
Associate Professor
M. Lacombe, B.A. (McGill), M.A., Ph.D. (York) (on leave 2007–2008)
Assistant Professors
D. Bhandar, M.A., Ph.D. (York); S. Chivers, B.A. (Hons) (Calgary), Ph.D. (McGill)
Adjunct Faculty
S. D. Grant, M.A. (Trent); S. G. D. Smith, B.A. (McGill), M.A., B.Litt. (Oxford), D.Litt. (Trent)
Associated Faculty
Anthropology: J. Harrison (on leave Fall term), A. Keenleyside (on leave 2007–2008),
M. Munson, J. So, S. M. Jamieson. Cultural Studies: J. Bordo, S. H. W. Kane, D. Torgerson. Economics: B. Lew, J. Muldoon (on leave 2007–2008). English Literature: G. A. Johnston,
O. S. Mitchell (on leave Winter term), J. E. Neufeld, M. A. Peterman, Z. H. Pollock (on leave Winter term), M. Steffler. Environmental & Resource Science/Studies: S. Bocking (on leave Winter term), S. Hill, T. Whillans. Geography: A. G. Brunger, S. Tufts, S. Wurtele. History:
D. Anastakis, D.C. Belanger, J. Miron, J. Sangster, S. C. Varty, K. Walden, R. A. Wright. Politics:, N. Changfoot, M. Smith, D. Torgerson. Sociology: G. Balfour, D. Clarke, J. Conley,
B. L. Marshall, D. Parnis. Women’s Studies: M. Hobbs.
Professor Emeritus
A. Wilson, M.A. (Dalhousie), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Through a critical interdisciplinary examination of themes such as sovereignty, nationalism, indigeneity, regionalism, multiculturalism, immigration, labour, and peacekeeping, as well as by exploring representations of Canada in film, art, and literature, Canadian Studies fosters a greater understanding of the diverse and often contested meanings of the Canadian experience and Canadian citizenship.
Notes
• Students normally must have completed fifteen credits before enrolling in a 400-level course in Canadian Studies. Exceptions are by the permission of the instructor only, with notice to the chair of the program.
• For the Diploma program in Canadian Studies, see below.
• Students who have fulfilled the requirements for a single-major Honours degree in another subject may apply to the Office of the Registrar for a minor in Canadian Studies, if they have met the requirements for the joint-major General degree (see below).
Bachelor of Arts program in Canadian Studies
• See Degree Requirements for requirements which apply to all undergraduate degree programs.
• The same course may not simultaneously satisfy the requirements of both programs in a joint-major degree.
• At least one Indigenous Studies credit is included in degree requirements for the B.A. program in Canadian Studies. If cross-listed with Canadian Studies it may also count as one of the credits in Canadian Studies required for the degree. As of 2004-2005, CAST – GEOG – ERST – INDG 204 may not be counted for this purpose.
• The program brochure provides detailed information on course options, scholarships and prizes, reading course requirements and graduate studies.
• Students who have taken CAST – HIST 101 may count it as equivalent to CAST 100 for the fulfillment of their Canadian Studies degree requirements.
The single-major Honours program. At least 9 credits in Canadian Studies. The program must include:
– 2 CAST credits consisting of CAST 100 and CAST – POST – SOCI 300
– 1 CAST credit from CAST – WMST 200 or CAST – GEOG – ERST – INDG 204
– 1 CAST credit from CAST – HIST 302 or CAST – ENGL 352
– 5 CAST credits in addition to the above, at least 3 at the 400-level
– 1 credit in INDG
The joint-major Honours program. At least 7 credits in Canadian Studies. The program must include:
– 2 CAST credits consisting of CAST 100 and CAST – POST – SOCI 300
– 1 CAST credit from CAST – WMST 200 or CAST – GEOG – ERST – INDG 204
– 1 CAST credit from CAST – HIST 302 or CAST – ENGL 352
– 3 CAST credits in addition to the above, at least 2 at the 400-level
– 1 credit in INDG
The single-major General program. At least 6 credits in Canadian Studies. The program must include:
– 2 CAST credits consisting of CAST 100 and CAST – POST – SOCI 300
– 1 CAST credit from CAST – WMST 200 or CAST – GEOG – ERST – INDG 204
– 1 CAST credit from CAST – HIST 302 or CAST – ENGL 352
– 2 CAST credits in addition to the above
– 1 credit in INDG
The joint-major General program or minor. At least 5 credits in Canadian Studies. The program must include:
– 1 CAST credit consisting of CAST 100
– 1 CAST credit from CAST – WMST 200 or CAST – GEOG – ERST – INDG 204 or CAST – POST – SOCI 300
– 1 CAST credit from CAST – HIST 302 or CAST – ENGL 352
– 2 CAST credits in addition to the above
– 1 credit in INDG
Diploma In Canadian Studies
The Canadian Studies program offers a Diploma for students who wish to undertake a single academic year (September – April) focussed directly upon Canadian political economy, society, environment and culture. Students wishing to enroll in the Diploma program must apply, in writing, to the chair of the program, indicating course preferences. As the number of spaces is limited, acceptance is not automatic. A committee made up of faculty members teaching in the Canadian Studies program, selects the successful candidates in consultation with the Admissions Committee.
Eligibility
Applicants must either be students registered in, or graduates of, an accredited post-secondary educational institution normally other than Trent University. An official transcript, including evidence of the content of courses completed and grades received must accompany the application.
Language requirements
In accordance with University regulations applicants must have a competence in written and spoken English. Facility in the French language is desirable but not compulsory.
Special events
All students admitted to the Diploma program attend field trips, films, special lectures and conferences as part of their curricular activity.
Visas, fees and accommodation
International students admitted to the Diploma program are expected to make their own arrangements for visas, financing and accommodation during the year at Trent. Nevertheless, every effort will be made to assist in this process.
The Diploma
The Diploma is awarded in the Spring. With it is included a Trent University transcript identifying all courses undertaken and grades received. Upon successful completion of the Diploma, students may apply for admission to the B.A. program in Canadian Studies. Credits earned in the Diploma program are transferable to the B.A. degree.
Courses
• The Diploma program consists of four credits, including CAST 100 and one credit from each of the categories below.
• Students must obtain C- (60%) or better in each of the courses in the program to qualify for the Diploma.
• For students taking a fifth credit, INDG 100 is recommended.
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Studies in Regionalism and the Environment |
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Studies in Culture |
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324 |
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383 |
201 |
373H |
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221H |
326H |
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228H |
403 |
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384H |
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408H |
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337H |
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363H |
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435 |
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352 |
4955 |
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450H |
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356 |
4962 |
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Please consult the academic timetable, available through myTrent, for information on courses that will be offered in 2007–2008 including when they will be scheduled.
CAST 100 – Producing Canada
This course will provide interdisciplinary approaches to the social, political, economic and cultural production of Canada. Themes will include nationalism, immigration, citizenship, globalization, labour, peacekeeping, film, art and literary productions of Canada. These topics will allow us to understand, through the concept of production, how ideas of Canada are made material.
CAST – HIST 102 – Nation and citizenship: interpreting Canada (see History)
CAST – WMST 200 – Documenting Canada
This course explores attempts to document “real” aspects of Canadian life in order to question how we think we know about Canada. We will discuss the genres of documentary film, poetry, and prose, the questions of power they raise, and the forms of creativity they generate. Excludes ENGL 3550.
CAST – POST 201 – Canadian politics (see Politics)
CAST – ERST – GEOG – INDG 204 – Canada: The land
An interdisciplinary enquiry into the function and idea of the land in Canadian traditions. Themes include Aboriginal rights, settlement, sources of land law, postcolonialism, 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.
CAST – WMST 211H – The history of feminism in Canada (see Women’s Studies)
CAST – HIST – POST 221H – “Empire Ontario” 1867 – 1945
Ontario as a political, economic and cultural region. Provincial political culture and state formation; writers and artists; farms, factories and cities; education policy; First Nations; the provincial north; Ontario in the Great Depression; Ontario and Canada. Excludes CAST – HIST 221.
CAST – HIST – POST 222H – Ontario since 1945: From the “common good” to “common sense”
Transformations in Ontario politics, culture, social and economic life from the Second World War to the present. Themes include immigration, human rights, Toronto’s growth, the Ontario north, economic restructuring from the Autopact to NAFTA, health, education, and social policy, and the impact of the common sense revolution. Excludes CAST – HIST 221 and CAST – HIST – POST 221H.
CAST – HIST – POST 228H – Canada in the 1960s: Irony and identity
The course explores the 1960s, a decade of shifting meanings of “Canadian.” The accent is on the ironies of Canadian identity. Topics include fiscal policy; youth cultures; the women’s movement; racial identity and the Chuvalo-Ali fight; sex scandals and politics; working-class revolt; upheavals in Quebec; and the challenge of aboriginal rights.
CAST – HIST 230 – The making of Canada, 1760 – 1873 (see History)
CAST – HIST 232 – The history of education in the 19th and 20th century (see History)
CAST – HIST 235 – Canada since 1914 (see History)
CAST – ERST 250 – Canadian natural resource theory and management (see Environmental & Resource Science/Studies)
CAST – ENGL 2500 – Foundations in Canadian Literature (see English Literature)
CAST – ANTH – INDG 253 – Aboriginal art of North America (see Anthropology)
CAST – HIST 254 – Canada and the modern experience (see History)
CAST – HIST – INDG 255 – History of the Indians of Canada
A study of Indigenous involvement in the fur trade and imperial politics of the eighteenth century, the development of European “civilizing” policies and the growth and ideology of the modern Indigenous political movement. Prerequisite: CAST 100 or INDG 100 or HIST 100 or permission of the instructor.
CAST – HIST – INDG 256 – First Nations and Metis of Western Canada (see Indigenous Studies)
CAST – ECON 260H – Canadian economic development I: Up to 1929 (see Economics)
CAST – ECON 261H – The Canadian economy (see Economics)
CAST – GEOG 263H – Historical geography (see Geography)
CAST – ENGL – WMST 266 – Canadian women’s writing
Survey of Canadian women’s prose fiction and life-writing from the nineteenth century to the present. Includes mainstream authors such as Moodie, Montgomery, Laurence, Munro and Atwood; less well known Indigenous, immigrant and (translated) francophone writers; and recent work by young authors.
CAST – INDG – HIST 270 – History and politics of the Métis (see Indigenous Studies)
CAST – GEOG 271H – Cities: An introduction to urban geography (see Geography)
CAST – WMST 274H – Women in Canada: Region and place
Exploration of place and region in the lives of Canadian women, as represented through women’s history and literature. Excludes CAST – WMST 275.
CAST – WMST 275H – Women in Canada: Women and the arts
Selected studies in Canadian women’s artistic expression, with particular attention to the visual arts and life-writing. Includes fiction about gender and the arts in Canada. Excludes CAST – WMST 275.
CAST – INDG 285 – Indigenous People and the North (see Indigenous Studies)
CAST – POST – SOCI 300 – Reading the social: Space, difference, and power in Canada
An interdisciplinary study of the social practices of space, race, community, identity and difference in Canada. First term: We “unmap” the relationship between place and identity through selected case studies from British Columbia, Atlantic Canada, and the North. Second term: We examine immigration, multiculturalism, globalization and diaspora.
CAST-HIST 302 – Quebec Since 1967 (see History)
CAST – HIST 304 – Canada and the world since 1900 (see History)
CAST – POST – SOCI 305H – Society and politics in Quebec (see Politics)
CAST – HIST 306 – Canadian Intellectual History (see History)
CAST – HIST 3071H – Public history I (see History)
CAST – HIST 3072H – Public history II (see History)
CAST – HIST 308 – Business history: The Canadian experience in international perspective (see History)
CAST – POST 309 – Law and constitutional issues (see Politics)
CAST – ERST – POST 310 – Public policy and the Canadian Environment (see Environmental & Resource Science/Studies)
CAST – ERST – WMST 315 – Women, health and the environments (see Women’s Studies)
CAST – HIST – WMST 316 – Canadian women’s history (see History)
CAST – POST 321H – Ordering world politics II: Canadian foreign policy in the 20th century and beyond (see Politics)
CAST – GEOG – WMST 322H – Gender, society and space (see Geography)
CAST – HIST 324 – Canada: The North
The historical and contemporary Canadian North in both its arctic and sub-arctic contexts. Emphasis will be intellectual and social.
CAST – FREN 325 – Théâtre et poésie du Québec (see French studies)
CAST – POST 326H –North American Politics (see Politics)
CAST – GEOG 332H – Settlement geography (see Geography)
CAST – ERST – GEOG 333H – Wilderness resources (see Geography)
CAST – ERST 334H – The Canadian food system: A community development approach (see Environmental & Resource Science/Studies)
CAST – GEOG 337H – Critical geography of tourism (see Geography)
CAST – ENGL – INDG 3481H – Studies in indigenous fiction (see English)
CAST – ENGL – INDG 3483H – Studies in indigenous poetry (see English)
CAST – ENGL 3501H – Studies in Canadian literature: landscapes (see English)
CAST – ENGL 3503H – Studies in Canadian literature: genres (see English)
CAST – ENGL 3505H – Studies in Canadian literature: communities (see English)
CAST – ANTH 351 – Anthropology of Art (see Anthropology)
CAST – ENGL 352 – Literary landscapes of Montreal
Comparative survey of writers associated with the region of Montreal, whose work in some way has contributed to that city’s imaginary landscapes, communities and identities. Excludes CAST-ENGL 352H.
CAST – CUST 356 – Landscape, wilderness and the critical topography of place (see Cultural Studies)
CAST – POST 362H – Democratic strategy and public policy (see Politics)
CAST – GEOG 363H – Historical geography of Canada before 1900 (see Geography)
CAST – GEOG 364H – Geography of the Polar regions (see Geography)
CAST – POST 366H – Canadian political economy (see Politics)
CAST – POST – WMST 367 – Women and politics in Canada (see Politics)
CAST – GEOG 371H – Urban planning (see Geography)
CAST – GEOG – ERST 372H – Urban environments (see Geography)
CAST – GEOG 373H – Urban social geography (see Geography)
CAST – GEOG 376H – The rural-urban fringe (see Geography)
CAST – ERST – ECON 378H – Canadian renewable resource economics (see Environmental & Resource Science/Studies)
CAST – GEOG 380H – Regional economic geography of Canada (see Geography)
CAST 381, 382H, 383H – Community-based research project
Students are placed in research projects with community organizations in the Peterborough area. Each placement is supervised jointly by a faculty member and a representative of a community organization. For details see “Community-Based Education Program".
CAST – FREN 383 – Le roman québécois (see French Studies)
CAST – ECON 384H – Health economics (see Economics)
CAST – SOCI – WMST 387H – Immigrant women in Canada (see Women’s Studies)
CAST – SOCI 388H – Selected topics in Canadian social structure (see Sociology)
CAST 390, 391H, 392H, 393H – Reading course
A structured course arranged between student and instructor, approved by the chair of the program, involving independent study of material. Regular meetings and detailed written work. See program brochure for further details and requirements.
CAST 395, 396H, 398H – Special topics
CAST – WMST – POST 3962H – Feminist legal issues I (see Women’s Studies)
CAST – WMST – POST 3972H – Feminist legal issues II (see Women’s Studies)
CAST – ANTH – INDG 398H – Ethnographic representations of Canadian Aboriginal People (see Anthropology)
CAST – HIST – INDG 400 – Research seminar in Indigenous history
The seminar will focus on ethnohistorical method and Indigenous historiography. The course and course work is structured to give students experience in all the elements involved in producing a piece of professional historical research. Prerequisite: INDG 100, CAST 100 or HIST 100
CAST 401 – Single credit Honours thesis
Arrangements to be made through the chair of the program.
CAST 402D – Double credit Honours thesis
Arrangements to be made through the chair of the program.
CAST – HIST 403 – History of night (see History)
CAST – POST 405 – Contemporary Canadian problems (see Politics)
CAST – HIST 407 – The Canadian-American frontier (see History)
CAST – ANTH 409H – The sociocultural impacts of tourism (see Anthropology)
CAST – HIST 420 – Canadian images
This course explores ways of seeing, looking at and representing Canada and its cultures in visual media, including painting, photography, the graphic arts, and video art. Analysis is nested in the traditions of Canadian art history and the international literature on theories of visual culture.
CAST – IDST – POST 424 – Canada, globalization, and international development (see International Development Studies)
CAST – HIST – INDG 425 – The evolution of the settlement commonwealth (see Indigenous Studies)
CAST – FREN 426 – Étude approfondie du théâtre et de la poésie du Québec (see French Studies)
CAST – HIST – POST 435 – History of the radical book in Canada, 1860 – 1970
This course reviews the history of the radical book in Canada from the 1860s and Confederation to the 1960s and upheavals associated with the struggle for a just society and the explosion of an independence movement in Quebec.
CAST – POST 440 – Space, power and citizenship
By engaging in debates found in cultural studies, political and social theory, this course is designed to question the negotiation of contemporary citizenship practices inclusive of multicultural citizenship, feminist citizenship, sexual citizenship, Aboriginal citizenship and postnational articulations of citizenship.
CAST – POST – WMST 443 – Women, the welfare state and globalization in Canada (see Women’s Studies)
CAST – SOCI 445 – The media and communications in Canada (see Sociology)
CAST – ENGL 4500/4501H Research seminar in Canadian literature (see English)
CAST – ANTH 450H – Anthropology of race and racism (see Anthropology)
CAST – SOCI – WMST 455 – The dynamics of difference: gender, disability, and Canadian cultural representations
This course explores how difference – especially who is labelled “different” – changes according to social, political and cultural factors and interests. We will focus on disability and its intersection with other identity-based categories including gender, race, and sexuality. Readings come from Canadian literature and film, critical theory, social policy and the mass media.
CAST – ERST – POST 460H – Public policy in global perspective (see Environmental & Resource Science/Studies)
CAST – ENGL – WMST 466 – Representations of the other in contemporary Canadian writing
Advanced studies in modern and contemporary Canadian fiction, with particular attention to Aboriginal, racial-ethnic minority, francophone, and women writers and their relationship to the so-called mainstream of Canadian literature.
CAST – ERST – HIST 467H – Environmental history (see Environmental & Resource Science/Studies)
CAST – HIST 475 – History of everyday life (see History)
CAST – HIST 476 – Canadian and Australian working class history
This course will compare and contrast working class history in Canada and Australia from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Issues of class, gender and ethnicity will be a focus. Topics will include the Industrial Workers of the world, sex work, Aboriginal labour, the New Left and the labour process.
CAST – HIST – POST 477 – Studies in Canadian social policy
This course examines the evolution of social policy from the 19th to the 21st century. Governmental, professional and organizational responses to poverty, health care, old age, children’s rights, mental illness, physical disability, family fragmentation, and caregiving.
CAST – HIST 478 – North American popular culture (see History)
CAST – HIST 479 – Canadian Intellectual History (see History)
CAST – FREN 483 – Étude approfondie du roman québécois
CAST 481, 482H, 483H – Community-based research project
Students are placed in research projects with community organizations in the Peterborough area. Each placement is supervised jointly by a faculty member and a representative of a community organization. For details see “Community-Based Education Program”.
CAST 485, 486H, 487H, 488H – Field course
A structured course of supervised activity in the field, including detailed written work. Arrangements to be made through the chair of the program.
CAST 490, 491H, 492H, 493H – Reading course
A structured course arranged between student and instructor, approved by the chair of the program, involving independent study of material. Regular meetings and detailed written work. See program brochure for details and requirements.
CAST – HIST 4903 – Issues in the history of Canadian foreign policy (see History)
CAST 495, 496H, 497H, 498H – Special topics
CAST – CUST 4954 – Sacred texts (see Cultural Studies)
CAST – HIST 4954 – The car in history (see History)
CAST – HIST – WMST 4955 – Women, gender and the family in Canadian history (see History)
CAST – HIST – INDG 4956 – Colonial encounters (see Indigenous Studies)
CAST – HIST 4957 – Conflict and convergence: Canadian-American relations since 1776 (see History)
CAST – HIST 4962 – Regional responses to the twentieth century: A social comparative history of B.C., Ontario and the Maritimes
This course explores twentieth-century social, economic and political variations amongst three key regions of Canada: British Columbia, Ontario and the Maritimes. We will compare the three regions thematically, with respect to premiers and politics, social and economic change, and individual experiences of disadvantaged and/or minority groups including immigrant and First Nations populations.
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