Indigenous Social Health and Environmental Issues

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course offers an interdisciplinary overview of contemporary social, health, and environmental issues impacting Indigenous peoples in Canada. Topics will include an exploration of the human rights of Indigenous peoples, social statistics, food sovereignty, 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. PREREQUISITES: One SOSA 1000 level course or FYP, CANA 2052.03 or SOSA 2052.03 or instructor permission CROSSLISTED: CANA 3052.03, INDG 3052.03 FORMATS: Lecture