FYSM 1107
Social Justice and the City
Struggles over social and economic inequality in the city, and their relationship to processes of urbanization and global change. Theories and case studies explaining how urban lives and form are shaped by social movements and urban politics. Broad introduction to critical urban geography.
2026
Topics
- Winter term course
- workshop We will meet at MacOdrum Library, Rm 252B.
- literature review
- Experiential
- Carceral Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark. “Criminal Empire: The Making
- colonialism part 2 Cops: How the RCMP has secured the imperialist power of
- book Illustrated by Omar T. Pasha, First trade paperback edition.
Readings
- To purchase: Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, and Yusef Salaam. Punching the Air. Illustrated by Omar T.
- Pasha, First trade paperback edition., Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): normally restricted to students entering the first year of a B.A., B.Cog.Sc., B.Co.M.S., B.Econ. or B.G.In.S. program. Seminars three hours a week.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- FYSM 1107 ↗2026