Nova Scotia: Post-Confederation

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course focuses on First Nations, immigration, and race in the history of Nova Scotia from the 1860s to the present. Topics include a survey of the resource economy in the province, particularly the history of coal; the impact of the Indian Act, centralization, the reserve system, and residential schools on both Mi'kmaq and non-indigenous communities in the province; Africville and the Black Nova Scotian community; Nova Scotia's relationship with the rest of Canada; and both immigration and emigration in the recent past. FORMATS: Lecture | Seminar | Discussion