Hydropower Development and Indigenous Communities in Manitoba

3 cr · Undergraduate

This course will review the fraught history of hydropower development impacts on Indigenous communities in Manitoba. The course will detail environmental, social and cultural impacts of hydropower developments as well as examine the legal agreements signed in the last five decades. Lectures and discussions may be supplemented with films, class visits from involved Elders and Indigenous activists, and possible community visits. May not be held with INDG 3000 when titled "Hydropower Development and Indigenous Communities in Manitoba."