Activism and Political Change in Canada

[1.00] credits · Undergraduate

This seminar examines Canadian political history through the lens of the social movements, interest groups and civil society actors that have sought to implement social and political change. Students will consider case studies of social movements focused on various political causes (such as the women's movement, organized labour, Indigenous rights, environmentalism, LGBTQ activism), paying attention to their strategies and tactics for accomplishing political change, their internal dynamics and mobilization of resources, their transnational dimensions, and their impacts on Canadian society.