Course Listing

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.

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.

Explores ways of learning in the university environment with an emphasis on Indigenous ways of experiential learning, and coaching, including land-based learning and self-reflection. With a focus on writing in the academic setting, this course is devoted to improving academic and critical thinking skills in the context of a supportive in-class learning community. Open only to students in the Indigenous Learning Diploma program or with permission of the instructor. Excludes INDG 1010Y.

Explores ways of learning in the university environment with an emphasis on Indigenous ways of experiential learning, and coaching, including land-based learning and self-reflection. With a focus on research in the academic setting, this course is devoted to improving academic and critical thinking skills in the context of a supportive in-class learning community. Open only to students in the Indigenous Learning Diploma program or with permission of the instructor. Excludes INDG 1010Y.

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.

Explores the foundational elements of community development in an Indigenous context. Emphasis is placed on experiencing the application of community development theories. Concepts of personal development, relationships between individual and community, meaningful conversations within community, and effective ways of working in community are discussed both theoretically and experientially.

Cross-listed: ADMN-1500H

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.

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: CAST-2001H, POST-2001H

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

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.

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.

Indigenous contemporary dance is rich in heritage and multi-faceted in form, including social and ancient dances based in ceremony, contemporary derivations, and traditional choreography staged for theatrical performance. This course offers a study of the dance practice, history, and cultural context of the intertribal dance of the contemporary powwow. Open to first-year students. Excludes 3952H: Special Topic: Indigenous Contemporary Dance.

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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: 3.0 university credits, including 1.0 CAST or HIST or INDG credit at the 1000 level with a minimum of 60%. Students may take only one of CAST-HIST-INDG 2255Y or 2256H for credit.

Cross-listed: CAST-2256H, HIST-2256H

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.

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.

Looks at how contemporary feminisms can urgently turn to recognition and foregrounding of Indigenous peoples and their voices across territories. With emphasis on Indigenous women and 2SQ people as creative makers, vibrant thinkers, and vital members of our communities, we examine Indigenous/feminist acts of resistance, resilience and resurgence. Prerequisite: GESO 1001H or WMST 1001H. Excludes WMST 2487H.

Cross-listed: GESO-2487H

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.

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: IESS-2601Y, ERST-2601Y

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

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.

Introduces students to the historical underpinnings of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and police in Canada. Topics examined include colonial policing, replication of order, structural racism, Indigenous protest movements, and the Indigenization of the police. Solutions for improving policing for Indigenous peoples are also explored. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits.

Cross-listed: PLCW-3008H

Explores the interlinking facets of storytelling as it is found in oral traditions in both Indigenous and non-Indigenous societies, as expressed creatively in written forms, and as a foundation for "storytelling" performance; culminating in a masked storytelling performance. Prerequisite: INDG 2010H or 2020H or 2110Y or permission of instructor. Excludes INDG 3954H: Special Topic: Indigenous Masked Dance and Storytelling.

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

Opens with a discussion of how "work" is seen and includes both Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives. Thereafter, a conversational model of personal and professional growth is used to assist students in examining themselves in relation to how they wish to participate in today's world of work. Prerequisite: 5.0 university credits. Excludes INDG-ADMN 3959H.

Cross-listed: ADMN-3040H

Investigations in performance for Indigenous communities, focusing on the educational elements of Anishinaabeg storytelling. Skills in Indigenous dance/movement, ensemble work, music/voice, theatre games, storytelling, improvisation/clown, and Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe language) are developed in class and taken into community workshop settings. Course fee: 100. Prerequisite: One of INDG 2010H, 2020H, 2110Y or 3010H, or permission of instructor.

By examining the portrayal of First Nations Peoples and their cultures in mass media, this course will provide students with a better understanding of the power of television and film and the impacts of these images on the relationship, place and space occupied by Indigenous Peoples in contemporary society. Excludes INDG 3951.

Cross-listed: MDST-3102Y

Explores Indigenous oral texts through two central strands: philosophical issues of orality, and practical issues of gathering and recording of Indigenous orality. We examine central issues of performance, metaphor, iconography of Indigenous narrative memory, and the social relationships which maintain and act as a vessel for orality. Prerequisite: INDG 1001H (or 1000Y).

In this 20-day summer field course, students travel to two sites in Mexico (Mexico City and Oaxaca City) to study the contemporary situation of the Indigenous peoples of Mexico. Students travel to Indigenous communities and learn about Indigenous knowledge, culture, politics (including the Zapatistas movement), the arts and the environmental issues. Students pay a program fee in addition to their own travel expenses. Prerequisite: INDG 1001H (or 1000Y) or permission of the instructor. Excludes INDG 3953Y (2009-2012).

Introduces students to the knowledge in the music of the Rotinonhsion:ni people and immerses them in the study of Ohontsia'kekha Karennahshon:'a-Earth Songs of the Rotinonhsion:ni, also known as "social dance songs," are not considered "ceremonial"; they may be performed throughout the year, and everyone is welcome to participate respectfully. Prerequisite: 6.0 university credits including one of INDG 2010H, 2020H, 2100Y, or 2250Y. Excludes INDG 4100Y.

Explores Indigenous peoples and the contemporary urban environment using a four directions analytic framework and the metaphor of city as home. Excludes INDG 3200Y.

Cross-listed: GEOG-3201H

Explores Indigenous peoples' issues and experiences in selected urban environments in Canada and the world. Excludes INDG 3200Y.

Cross-listed: GEOG-3202H

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.

Through land-based and experiential educational practices, students develop their knowledge, motivation, and skills toward facilitating the transmission of an environmental consciousness in the field of education. Additionally, students design inclusive learning spaces that meet the cultural needs of Indigenous students and the cross-cultural awareness needs of non-Indigenous students. Recommended prerequisite: INDG 1000Y.

An introduction to the fundamental precepts, from both a philosophical and practical perspective, that form the foundation of Aboriginal law in Canada. The course content is taught with a balance of experiential learning exercises. Prerequisite: INDG 1001H (or 1000Y). Excludes INDG 3400Y.

Cross-listed: FRSC-3401H

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

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.

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.

An exploration of Indigenous dance, theatre, song, orality, and performance art from its origins as an integral aspect of community life through to its living expression in the present. Reflects on the effects of colonial policies on Indigenous performance and its resurgence as a strategy for cultural revitalization. Recommended prerequisite: INDG 1001H (or 1000Y), 2110Y, 2010H, or 2020H.

Examines the criminalization and punishment of Indigenous peoples as inter-related and overlapping forms of colonial violence. Explores an emerging Indigenous criminology, linkages between residential schools and incarceration of Indigenous peoples, and implications of the intersections of race, class and gender in crime control. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits including 60% or higher in CRIM 2616H.

Cross-listed: CRIM-3600H

Explores water-related Indigenous Knowledges within the Great Lakes basin, and water-related environmental issues impacting Indigenous communities and Nations within this region. Also explores complexities of water governance involving First Nations, Tribes, provinces, states, Canada, and the United States. Course content is presented through lectures, workshops, and applied in case studies. Prerequisite: INDG-ERST-IESS 2601Y or both IESS 1001H and INDG 2100H; or permission of the instructor.

Cross-listed: IESS-3604H, ERST-3604H

Examines a wide range of contemporary environmental issues, conflicts and solutions in the context of Indigenous peoples and territories. Studies examine issues at local, provincial, and national levels, highlighting the multi-dimensional perspectives of Indigenous peoples in North America. Prerequisite: One of INDG 1001H, INDG 1002H (or INDG 1000Y), IESS 1001H, INDG-ERST-IESS 2601Y, or INDG-ERST-IESS 3632H; or permission of instructor. Excludes INDG-ERST 3630Y.

Cross-listed: IESS-3631H, ERST-3631H

Explores the international dimensions of Indigenous Environmental Studies (IES) and examines a wide range of contemporary environmental issues, conflicts, and solutions in the context of Indigenous peoples and territories throughout the Americas and worldwide. Prerequisite: One of INDG 1001H, INDG 1002H (or INDG 1000Y), IESS 1001H, INDG-ERST-IESS 2601Y, or INDG-ERST-IESS 3631H; or permission of instructor. Excludes INDG-ERST 3630Y.

Cross-listed: IESS-3632H, ERST-3632H

Provides students with the opportunity for selfdirected research that examines the food systems of Indigenous peoples. Students explore a wide range of historical and contemporary food systems practices and issues that impact Indigenous communities and their connections to the ecosystems that support them. Recommended course for the program in Indigenous Environmental Studies/Science. Course fee: 35. Prerequisite: INDG-ERST 2601Y; or both ERSC 1010H and 1020H (or 1000Y), or 10.0 university credits and permission of instructor.

Cross-listed: IESS-3634H, ERST-3634H, SAFS-3634H

Provides an introduction to the multidisciplinary field of environmental health and its application to understanding health among Indigenous peoples. Students gain an understanding of the concepts, theories, and methods used in environmental health. This course may be taken as a science credit by successfully undertaking an appropriate technical assignment. Prerequisite: One of ERSC 2240H or ERST-INDG 2601Y or ERSC-INDG 2150H; or NURS 1000H, 1002H, and 1010H. Excludes ERSC/ERST-IESS-INDG 3730Y.

Cross-listed: ERST-3731H, IESS-3731H

Provides an introduction to the processes of environmental health risk/benefit assessment, management, perception, and communication and their application to addressing environmental health issues in Indigenous communities. Students are introduced to the processes used by communities to understand and address environmental and public health issues in the communities today. This course may be taken as a science credit by successfully undertaking an appropriate technical assignment. Prerequisite: ERSC/ERST-IESS-INDG 3731H. Excludes ERSC/ERST-IESS-INDG 3730Y.

Cross-listed: ERST-3732H, IESS-3732H

An introduction to traditional and contemporary cultures of the Circumpolar region through traditional Indigenous and Western perspectives. Broad histories and experiences of the peoples of the Circumpolar North, and the development of northern cultures are explored. Similarities and differences of peoples and cultures and their adaptations to change are discussed.

A broad examination of circumpolar peoples in North America, Russia and northern Asia, Greenland, and northern Scandinavia. Notions of identity, culture, language, and self-determination are discussed, similarities and differences of northern peoples and cultures are examined, and their adaptations to change and roles as agents of change explored. Prerequisite: GEOG 1045H and INDG 3745H, or permission of the instructor.

An intermediate course in conversation and pronunciation as well as an introductory exploration of the written orthography, using language laboratory and classroom participation. Prerequisite: INDG 2800Y (280) or permission of instructor. Excludes INDG 380.

Prepares individuals researching for and with Indigenous peoples; examining Indigenous worldview as reflected in research, ethical considerations, and protocols; presents appropriate methodologies; develops skills in conducting a literature/source review, designing a research study, and selecting corresponding methodologies; reporting to make a contribution to Indigenous peoples and scholarship. Prerequisite: INDG 1001H (or 1000Y).

A land-based language and culture course which explores Anishinaabemowin through experiential learning. Covers basic knowledge and history of the Anishinaabe writing system, as well as songs, chants, and dances, with a special focus on environmental knowledge and human relationships at sacred sites. Basic language skills are used in a practical way toward resolving environmental issues. Course fee for field component. Prerequisite: INDG 2800Y or permission of instructor. Excludes INDG 3850Y.

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

Provides an opportunity for students to learn from experience through a practical hands-on assignment working with an organization that deals with Aboriginal peoples or addresses Aboriginal issues. Students should contact the department prior to the start of term in order to develop the proposal (written approval of the practicum proposal is required). Prerequisite: 10.0 university level credits, a 70% cumulative average, and written approval of department chair. Recommended: INDG 3813Y.

Provides an opportunity for students to learn from experience through a practical hands-on assignment working with an organization that deals with Aboriginal peoples or addresses Aboriginal issues. Students should contact the department prior to the start of term in order to develop the proposal (written approval of the practicum proposal is required). Prerequisite: 10.0 university level credits, a 70% cumulative average, and written approval of department chair. Recommended: INDG 3813Y.

Provides an opportunity for students to learn from experience through a practical hands-on assignment working with an organization that deals with Aboriginal peoples or addresses Aboriginal issues. Students should contact the department prior to the start of term in order to develop the proposal (written approval of the practicum proposal is required). Prerequisite: 10.0 university level credits, a 70% cumulative average, and written approval of department chair. Recommended: INDG 3813Y.

Intended for third-year majors and for second-year students who wish to carry out independent research. Details must be arranged with the chair of the department before the end of the preceding academic year. Prerequisite: 5.0 university credits including INDG 1001H (or 1000Y) and a 70% cumulative average. Written approval of department chair is required.

Intended for third-year majors and for second-year students who wish to carry out independent research. Details must be arranged with the chair of the department before the end of the preceding academic year. Prerequisite: 5.0 university credits including INDG 1001H (or 1000Y) and a 70% cumulative average. Written approval of department chair is required.

Intended for third-year majors and for second-year students who wish to carry out independent research. Details must be arranged with the chair of the department before the end of the preceding academic year. Prerequisite: 5.0 university credits including INDG 1001H (or 1000Y) and a 70% cumulative average. Written approval of department chair is required.

An in-depth study in library or field-oriented research supervised by a Research Project Committee, for which a double fee is charged. Details must be arranged with the chair of the department before the end of the preceding academic year. Prerequisite: INDG 1001H (or 1000Y), 2000Y, 3810H, 3830H, a 70% cumulative average, 10.0 university credits, and written approval of the department chair. Excludes 402D.

Allows students to investigate the value of supporting the initiatives in the Indigenous community nationally in Canada and worldwide and to find their place in that initiative. Prerequisite: 1.0 INDG credit or permission of instructor.

Cross-listed: CAST-4050H

A critical review of the archaeology of the Great Lakes region of North America, from the earliest evidence of human presence to European colonization. Seminars address the long-term historical and evolutionary nature of landscapes and societies, focusing on environmental change and population history, technology, subsistence, settlement, trade and exchange, and socio-political organization. Prerequisite: ANTH 2121H and 2122H (or 2120Y), or permission of instructor. Excludes ANTH 4151Y.

Cross-listed: ANTH-4155H, CAST-4155H

Anthropological collecting and display have made museums an arena for shifting relationships between settler-colonial society and Indigenous peoples. Critically examining recent practice in museum anthropology, including forms of repatriation and the use of anthropological collections by Indigenous researchers, this course explores implications of changing praxis for anthropology as a discipline. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits.

Cross-listed: ANTH-4165H

An in-depth study of the Kaianere'ko:wa, the Great Law of Peace of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Learning through the oral traditions, readings; listening to the knowledge of guest speakers; watching videos and audio recordings. Students participate in activities which will promote a deeper understanding of the knowledge being shared in relation to the Great Law of Peace. Prerequisite: 9.0 university credits, or permission of instructor. Excludes INDG 4100Y.

There are currently hundreds of initiatives across Canada where Indigenous peoples are envisioning a new future and toward this goal, are building new forms of Aboriginal nations. How do you build a new Aboriginal nation? What are some of the characteristics and challenges? In this course students are provided with a unique opportunity to address these and other questions in innovative and creative ways. Prerequisite: 15.0 university credits or permission of the instructor. Excludes INDG 4200Y.

Provides an opportunity to build an understanding, using a four directions model, of the knowledge and skills gained during previous courses of study. It attempts to answer the question: "How do I take all that I have learned about Indigenous peoples, from all the other courses that I have taken, and put this into a comprehensive whole that I can use in future employment or study?" Prerequisite: 15.0 university credits or permission of the instructor. Excludes INDG 4200Y.

Explores historical representations of several Indigenous women in what is now North America. Particular attention is paid to the symbolic uses of these women and how their bodies been put into the service of settler histories. Prerequisite: INDG 2306H. Excludes INDG-HIST-WMST 4205Y.

Cross-listed: GESO-4206H

Explores concepts of Indigenous time through experiential learning and through visual art creation. The class visits with time from an Indigenous perspective, exploring experiences of moving away from Western concepts of linear time toward a broader conceptual understanding of time in relation. Prerequisite: INDG 1001H, 1002H, and 3105Y, or permission of instructor.

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.

A research colloquium course that gives students an opportunity to examine concepts of sustainability, select their own research area, and develop a model for a "sustainable" community. Provides insight into Indigenous understandings and environmental impacts, and encourages a multidisciplinary approach to resolving issues. 10.0 university credits including INDG 1001H or both ERSC 1010H and 1020H, or permission of the instructor. INDG-ERSC/T 3730Y is highly recommended.

Cross-listed: ERST-4730Y, IESS-4730Y

Facilitates a critical examination of historical and contemporary issues in Indigenous peoples' health with a particular emphasis on the relation to land and other dynamic environments as a determinant of health status by students. It provides a basic foundation in understanding the key determinants of health for Indigenous peoples in Canada and around the world. Prerequisite: ERSC/ERST-INDG 3731H (or 3730Y) or permission of the instructor

Cross-listed: ERST-4740Y, NURS-4740Y, IESS-4740Y, ERSC-4740Y

This course examines the history of Indigenous-Settler relations in Canada. We focus on the continuities and changes between the past and present, especially in regard to ongoing colonialism and Indigenous resistance and resurgence. Unsettling settler discourses and studying Canada's history from Indigenous perspectives lie at the heart of this course. Prerequisite: 4.0 HIST or INDG credits or permission of the chair.

Cross-listed: HIST-4790H

An opportunity for self-directed research through the re-examination of Indigenous environmental knowledge and traditions. Provides an in-depth engagement with various Indigenous cultural teachings and experiences Students select specific research issues with a focus on applying cultural knowledge to better understand and propose solutions to the issues identified and researched. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including IESS 1001H and 2601Y.

Cross-listed: IESS-4805H, ERST-4805H

Provides an opportunity for students to learn from experience through a practical hands-on assignment working with an organization that deals with Aboriginal peoples or addresses Aboriginal issues. Students should contact the department prior to the start of term in order to develop the proposal (written approval of the practicum proposal is required). Prerequisite: 10.0 university level credits, a 70% cumulative average, and written approval of department chair. Recommended: INDG 3813Y.

Provides an opportunity for students to learn from experience through a practical hands-on assignment working with an organization that deals with Aboriginal peoples or addresses Aboriginal issues. Students should contact the department prior to the start of term in order to develop the proposal (written approval of the practicum proposal is required). Prerequisite: 10.0 university level credits, a 70% cumulative average, and written approval of department chair. Recommended: INDG 3813Y.

Provides an opportunity for students to learn from experience through a practical hands-on assignment working with an organization that deals with Aboriginal peoples or addresses Aboriginal issues. Students should contact the department prior to the start of term in order to develop the proposal (written approval of the practicum proposal is required). Prerequisite: 10.0 university level credits, a 70% cumulative average, and written approval of department chair. Recommended: INDG 3813Y.

Students may select an area of study under the direction of an adviser. Details are to be arranged through the chair of the program before the end of the preceding academic year. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including INDG 1001H (or 1000Y) and written approval of the chair of the program.

Students may select an area of study under the direction of an adviser. Details are to be arranged through the chair of the program before the end of the preceding academic year. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including INDG 1001H (or 1000Y) and written approval of the chair of the program.

Students may select an area of study under the direction of an adviser. Details are to be arranged through the chair of the program before the end of the preceding academic year. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including INDG 1001H (or 1000Y) and written approval of the chair of the program.