Spring 2025 - INDG 305 OL01
Treaties in Canada (1)
Class Number: 2820
Delivery Method: Online
Overview
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Introduces students to the historical and contemporary contexts of treaty relations between settlers and the First Peoples of Turtle Island. Provides critical insight into the various treaties within Canada; treaty negotiations, including Indigenous oral histories; Indigenous resistance to treaty infringements; and other important legislation impacting treaty rights.
COURSE DETAILS:
This course explores the history of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis treaty-making in Canada in the past and present. Students will examine examples of land claims and treaties between a) First Nations, Inuit, and Métis and b) the Crown, and will also engage with examples of treaties between diverse First Peoples in Canada. The course will cover treaties between First Peoples and the State of Canada including the pre-confederation treaties; numbered treaties; and modern comprehensive land claims. Students will also be introduced to materials that examine relationships between First Peoples' legal orders, diplomatic praxis, and governance and the settler state's configurations of its own laws and sovereignty. The course will comprise of pre-recorded lectures, assigned readings and videos. Evaluation will be through quizzes and exams.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
- understand the history of treaty making, interpretation, and rights in Canada in the past and present
- identify the diversity of tools First Peoples have employed to assert rights, title, and autonomy in Canada across diverse homelands
- learn about some of the history of treaty-making and diplomatic relations between First Peoples
Grading
- Weekly Quizzes (10 x 5%) 50%
- Midterms (2 x 25%) 50%
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
Course materials will be uploaded via the SFU Library Course Reserve system and also uploaded to Canvas.
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
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Registrar Notes:
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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION
Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.