Selected Topics

Three credits · Undergraduate

The topic for 2026-2027 is Histories of Settler Colonialism in Canada Through the Lens of Gender, Race and Sexuality. This course explores how settler colonialism has been central to the formation and reformation of Canada since the mid-nineteenth. Drawing primarily on feminist historical scholarship, it examines in particular the continued intersection of gender, race and sexuality in shaping settler colonial governance, Indigenous-settler relations, and an array of formal and informal institutional frameworks. Cross-listed as WMGS 399. Prerequisite: minimum completion of 30 credits. Three credits.