HRSJ 1101
Introduction to Human Rights & Social Justice
Human rights and social justice from an interdisciplinary perspective. Topics include the foundations of rights, roots of inequality and oppression, Indigenous rights, structural violence based on race, gender, sexuality and ableism, State and corporate power, economic exploitation, the environment and rights, warfare, torture,and social movements.
Topics
- foundations of rights
- roots of inequality and oppression
- Indigenous rights
- structural violence based on race
- gender
- sexuality and ableism
- State and corporate power
- economic exploitation
- environment and rights
- warfare
- torture
- social movements
Course catalogue
Prerequisites & course information
Precludes additional credit for FYSM 1104 , HUMR 1001 (no longer offered). Lecture and discussion groups/tutorials three hours a week.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027