Spring 2024 - INDG 401 OL01
Indigenous Peoples and Public Policy (3)
Class Number: 4284
Delivery Method: Online
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Online
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Instructor:
Wenona Hall
wenonav@sfu.ca
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Prerequisites:
INDG (or FNST) 101 or 201W. Recommended: POL 221.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
An examination of Indigenous peoples' perspectives on political, social and legal issues involving their rights as first citizens of Canada and North America, and the practical and political relations with various levels of government. Issues examined include: Indigenous rights and title, self government models and concepts, constitutional matters, the impact of federal government policies, including their impact on women's lives, and Indigenous communities and politics. Students with credit for FNST 401 may not take this course for further credit.
COURSE DETAILS:
LEARNING OUTCOMES & OBJECTIVES
* Understand the major issues, themes, concepts, and perspectives informing a historical and Indigenous-focused approach to Indigenous rights and government relations in Canada.
* Challenge dominant and taken-for-granted assumptions about Indigenous rights and government relations.
* Identify ways in which colonial power relations are embedded in political institutions and how this shaped (and continues to shape) everyday social relations, practices, and values.
* Appreciate multiple forms of individual and collective resistance to social, political, and economic inequalities in the past and present, and assess different visions and strategies for justice and decolonization in local, national, and international contexts.
* Demonstrate level-appropriate skills in critical thinking, research, and writing/dissemination that are important and transferrable to present and future endeavors in higher academic study, employment, community involvement, and engaged political action.
Grading
- Assignment #1: Positionality Paper & Indigenous Policy Glossary 15%
- Assignment #2: Current Events Paper 20%
- Assignment #3: Critical Book Review 25%
- Assignment #4: Research Paper & Visual Representation of Paper 40%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
REQUIRED TEXTS
Coulthard, Glen Sean. Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2014. (Full text available online via lib.sfu.ca (Links to an external site.))
Dickason, Olive Patricia, and William Newbigging. Indigenous Peoples within Canada: A Concise History. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2019.
ONLINE READINGS
Within each module there are links to required readings which are a combination of book chapters and online articles that speak to the themes of each unit. You are only required to read the required readings. There are additional readings for more information under the “supplementary readings” section, which may be used in the research paper and/or to support with the assignments. Some of the additional readings are mentioned in the module summaries.
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
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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