The African Canadian Experience

Undergraduate

Spanning 400 years of the African presence in Canada, this course explores how African-descended peoples have resisted slavery and racial oppression, and the political, social, economic, gender, class and other factors that have influenced their experience. Through lectures, field trips and hands-on workshops, students learn how African Canadians have contributed to the building of this nation, and the global diaspora. Cross-coded as IDST 1213. No prerequisite. Antirequisite(s): Credit can be obtained for only one of HIST 1913 and IDST 1213.