Indigenous Studies Program
Chair: Keri-Lynn Cheechoo, PhD, kcheechoo@wlu.ca.
Undergraduate Officer: Brenda Murphy, PhD, bmurphy@wlu.ca.
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
- Lambton College Pathway: Honours BA Indigenous Studies with Social and Environmental Justice 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 Métis in Canada - Syncretic Worldviews | 0.5 |
| ID205 | Indigenous Peoples and the Academy | 0.5 |
| ID207 | Gender and Indigenous Communities | 0.5 |
| ID208 | Indigenous Play and Games | 0.5 |
| ID227 | The People of the Longhouse | 0.5 |
| ID230 | Indigenous Languages of Turtle Island: Worldviews, Knowledges and Oral Traditions | 0.5 |
| ID301 | Traditional Ecological Knowledge | 0.5 |
| ID302 | Indigenous Children and Families | 0.5 |
| ID303 | Indigenous Pedagogy | 0.5 |
| ID309 | Indigenous Forms of Justice | 0.5 |
| ID330 | Cultural Teaching through Language: Introduction to Spoken Language | 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 |
| ID430 | Cultural Teachings Through Language: Intermediate Spoken Language | 0.5 |
