INDIGENOUS HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS
This course explores historic and conceptual foundations for understanding contemporary Indigenous health through the lens of colonial disruption and dispossession, situating health and healthcare environments as important places of reconciliation. The focus will centre on examining spaces of Indigenous health practice and policy grounded in decolonizing, critical theory.
Prerequisites & course information
Antirequisite(s): Geography and Environment 2412F/G, Indigenous Studies 2251F/G if taken in Winter 2024. Prerequisite(s): Indigenous Studies 1020E or 1.0 course from Environmental Science 1021F/G, Geography and Environment 1100, Geography and Environment 1200A/B, Geography and Environment 1300A/B, Geography and Environment 1400F/G, Geography and Environment 1500F/G, Geography and Environment 2131A/B, Geography and Environment 2132A/B, Geography and Environment 2133A/B, Geography and Environment 2152F/G, Geography and Environment 2153A/B, Geography and Environment 2160A/B, GSWS 1020E, Health Sciences 1001A/B, Health Sciences 1002A/B, Sociology 1020, Sociology 1021E, Sociology 1025A/B, Sociology 1026F/G, Sociology 1027A/B or enrolment in the Major in Ecosystem Health or in any of the Globalization Studies modules, or permission of the instructor. Extra Information: 3 lecture hours. Cross-listed with Geography and Environment 2412F/G . Course Weight: 0.50
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027