Spring 2024 - HSCI 220 D100
Indigenous Experiences of Health (3)
Class Number: 4414
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 8 – Apr 12, 2024: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Krista Stelkia
kms16@sfu.ca
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Instructor:
Nicole Berry
nsb4@sfu.ca
1 778 782-8492
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Prerequisites:
HSCI 130 with a minimum grade of C- or permission of the instructor.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
An examination of Indigenous experiences of health and well-being that will encourage respectful, collaborative and ethical relationships with Indigenous peoples and communities. Students will learn about historical and ongoing impacts of colonization in Canada and continuous efforts of Indigenous communities to assert their own practices of health and well-being. Students who have taken HSCI 210 under this topic in Spring 2022 and Fall 2022 may not take this course for further credit.
COURSE DETAILS:
Students will develop a foundation of knowledge about Indigenous peoples that encourages respectful, collaborative, and ethical relationships with Indigenous peoples and communities. This will be achieved through a combination of reflexive practices, guest speakers, instructor-led lectures, self-directed learning, and small group activities.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
When students leave this course, they should be able to:
- Describe key issues for Indigenous peoples in Canada and in BC that impact ongoing practices of Indigenous self-determination in health and well-being;
- Develop a tailored action plan to support Indigenous health and well-being that aligns with their own social location and values;
- Identify how colonization impacted Indigenous relationships with land and land-based practices;
- Identify Indigenous strategies of resistance to colonization;
- Identify processes of colonization when and where they see them;
- Explain innovative approaches to health and wellness led by Indigenous scholars and/or Indigenous communities;
- Strategize how to interrupt colonization as anchored to one’s social location.
Grading
NOTES:
This course uses labour-based grading, so your final grade will reflect the effort you put into the class. Grades will be based on weekly assessments (including quizzes on comprehension of reading, attendance, and participation in person in class, and journaling) and a final project. In person class attendance will be mandatory and there will be no online option for this class. Students who are unable to attend class will not be able to pass the class.
Materials
RECOMMENDED READING:
Students will be required to review this website in advance of the class:
https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/home/
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
SFU’s Academic Integrity website http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.
Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the university community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the university. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the university. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html
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.