Indigenous Studies Program
Program Co-ordinator: Vanessa Oliver, PhD, voliver@wlu.ca, 519-756-8228, ext 5690.
The Indigenous Studies combined major is available at the Brantford Campus.
The minor is available at the Brantford and Waterloo Campuses.
All students in the Indigenous Studies Combined Honours BA program will develop an increased awareness of their own culture and the cultures of Indigenous peoples, both in Canada and globally; they will learn to identify and articulate research questions and approaches that respect and utilize indigenous research paradigms and the common theoretical assumptions of indigenous cultures; and they will develop facility in communicating with and between indigenous and non-native Canadian populations and groups in the execution of their academic or professional duties.
- Honours BA Indigenous Studies in Combination with another Honours BA Program
- Indigenous Studies Minor
| Course # | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ID100 | Indigenous Peoples and Media | 0.5 |
| ID120 | Introduction to Indigenous Studies | 0.5 |
| ID201 | Indigenous Perspectives on Globalization | 0.5 |
| ID202 | The M้tis in Canada - Syncretic Worldviews | 0.5 |
| ID205 | Indigenous People and Anthropology | 0.5 |
| ID207 | Gender and Indigenous Communities | 0.5 |
| ID208 | Indigenous Play and Games | 0.5 |
| ID220 | Cultural Teachings Through Language Basic Mohawk | 0.5 |
| ID227 | The People of the Longhouse | 0.5 |
| ID230 | Cultural Teachings Through Language Basic Anishnaabe | 0.5 |
| ID301 | Traditional Ecological Knowledge | 0.5 |
| ID302 | Indigenous Children and Families | 0.5 |
| ID303 | Indigenous Pedagogy | 0.5 |
| ID308 | Indigenous Forms of Justice | 0.5 |
| ID320 | Cultural Teaching through Language Intermediate Mohawk | 0.5 |
| ID330 | Cultural Teaching through Language Intermediate Anishnaabe | 0.5 |
| ID350 | Special Topics | 0.5 |
| ID360 | Indigenous-Settler Relations | 0.5 |
| ID375 | Indigenous Community Organizing | 0.5 |
| ID386 | Indigenous Psychology | 0.5 |
| ID400 | Indigenous Research Methodologies | 0.5 |
| ID401 | Indigenous Allyship and Kinship | 0.5 |
| ID402 | Directed Studies Readings in Indigenous Studies | 0.5 |
| ID405 | Indigenous Issues and Anthropology | 0.5 |
| ID410 | Medicine Garden | 0.5 |
