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 in Indigenous and Cultural Studies
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 Studies and Science
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: The 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. Not open to students with credit for 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 in Indigenous and Cultural Studies
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 and 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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CHYS-2006H: Indigenous Knowledge for Children and 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-2601Y: Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Natural Environment
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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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. Not open to students with credit for INDG 2305Y or 4205Y.
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 or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for INDG-HIST 2305Y.
Cross-listed: INDG-2307H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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IESS-2601Y: Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Natural Environment
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, ERST-2601Y
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2001H: Indigenous Peoples and 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: CAST-2001H, POST-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. Not open to students with credit for INDG-POST 2000Y.
Cross-listed: CAST-2002H, POST-2002H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2006H: Indigenous Knowledge for Children and 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. Prerequisite: INDG 1001H.
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2030H: Indigenous Peoples and News Media in Canada
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-2100Y: Introduction 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.
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. Not open to students with credit for INDG 2305Y or 4205Y.
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 or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for INDG-HIST 2305Y.
Cross-listed: HIST-2307H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2480Y: Indigenous Literature and Creative Writing
Offered:
- Peterborough
Examines examples of both traditional and contemporary Indigenous narratives, the critical discourse around Indigenous narratives, and creative writing by students with a concentration on poetry and prose. Students are asked to read their creative work in class. Pre- or co-requisite: INDG 1001H or 1.0 ENGL credit.
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2560H: The Forgotten People: Mtis History and Culture
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 the Natural Environment
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: ERST-2601Y, IESS-2601Y
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-2800Y: Introduction to Nishinaabemowin
Offered:
- Peterborough
A beginner's course for students with little or no knowledge of the language, emphasizing the use and understanding of Nishinaabemowin through the learning of the basic vocabulary and sentence patterns in class and in the language laboratory. Open to first-year students.
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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MDST-2030H: Indigenous Peoples and News Media in Canada
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 and 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, 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. Not open to students with credit for INDG-POST 2000Y.
Cross-listed: INDG-2002H, CAST-2002H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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CAST-3483H: Indigenous Poetry
Offered:
- Peterborough
- Durham GTA
Considers the range of contemporary poetry by Indigenous authors from Canada and the United States, and the poems' relations to traditional language forms and to literary traditions and genres. It begins with a brief study of "orature" and songs, and includes a discussion of one nineteenth-century exemplar. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits.
Cross-listed: ENGL-3483H, INDG-3483H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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ENGL-3483H: Indigenous Poetry
Offered:
- Peterborough
- Durham GTA
Considers the range of contemporary poetry by Indigenous authors from Canada and the United States, and the poems' relations to traditional language forms and to literary traditions and genres. It begins with a brief study of "orature" and songs, and includes a discussion of one nineteenth-century exemplar. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits.
Cross-listed: CAST-3483H, INDG-3483H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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INDG-3483H: Indigenous Poetry
Offered:
- Peterborough
- Durham GTA
Considers the range of contemporary poetry by Indigenous authors from Canada and the United States, and the poems' relations to traditional language forms and to literary traditions and genres. It begins with a brief study of "orature" and songs, and includes a discussion of one nineteenth-century exemplar. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits.
Cross-listed: ENGL-3483H, CAST-3483H
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 Perspectives on 21st-Century Business and Organizational 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, Environmental, and Sustainability Education (P/J and I/S)
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: Indigenous Perspectives on Twenty-First- Century Business and Organizational 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: ADMN-4500H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
