Minor in Indigenous Studies - Indigenous Social Health and Environmental Issues
CANA 3052 Indigenous Social Health and Environmental Issues
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course offers an interdisciplinary overview of contemporary social, health, and environmental issues impacting Canada's Indigenous Peoples. Topics will include an exploration of the human rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada, social statistics, food security in northern communities, health and well-being in Indigenous communities, connection to place, impact of environmental degradation and land dispossession, Indigenous knowledge and the environment, politics and political activism, and the role of media.
FORMAT: Lecture
PREREQUISITES: A previous course in Indigenous Studies is recommended, eg.
CANA 2050.03,
HIST 2205.03,
CANA 2052.03 or
SOSA 2052.03
CROSS-LISTING:
INDG 3052.03, SOSA 3052.03