Indigenous Health History

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture/Seminar) This course introduces students to Indigenous health history focusing primarily on First Nations, Inuit and Métis experiences. Historical case studies will be drawn from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries with a special emphasis on the impact of colonization on Indigenous medicine and Indigenous health in Canada. Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and HIST-3523 or IS-3590. HIST-3701 (3 or 6) Modern Africa (3 hrs Lecture/Seminar) This course studies African History from the slave trade to the age of independence. Emphasis is on the African response to European Ambition and the role of nationalism, ethnicity, religion and westernization in the shaping of modern Africa.