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Courses with Indigenous Content

As of September 2017, all new B.A. students are required to take at least 6 credits of Indigenous content courses during their degree program. Almost all departments and schools in the Faculty of Arts offer courses with Indigenous content.

What is Indigenous content?

Indigenous content may include:

  1. Creative works (novels, plays, poetry, etc.) written by First Nations, Métis, or Inuit authors.

  2. Readings (journal articles, book chapters, research reports, etc.) written by First Nations, Métis, or Inuit scholars, elders, or community members.

  3. Presentations (guest lectures, interviews, documentary films, etc.) by speakers who are members of First Nations, Métis, or Inuit communities.

  4. Readings or presentations by non-Indigenous scholars, activists, and writers who are deeply engaged with Indigenous issues.

  5. Assignments that require the use of Indigenous research methodologies, incorporate traditional Indigenous knowledge and worldviews, address topics pertaining to First Nations, Métis, or Inuit communities, or examine Indigenous issues from a cross-cultural perspective.

  6. Lectures that explore decolonization processes, individual and collective identities, cultural persistence, language revitalization, Indigenous activism and resistance, empowerment, social justice, and reconciliation. 

Listing of Courses with Indigenous Content in the Faculty of Arts

Courses in English

  • INDI-2036EL/ANTR-2036EL, Indigenous Peoples of North America
  • INDI-2906EL/ANTR-2906EL, Introduction to Linguistics
  • INDI-3087EL/ANTR 3087EL, Ethnomedicine: Cross-Cultural Healing
  • INDI-3456EL/ENGL-3456EL, Indigenous Literatures in Canada I
  • INDI-3546EL/ENGL-3546EL, Media Representations of Indigenous Peoples in North America
  • INDI-3566EL/ENGL-3566EL, Indigenous Oral Storytelling
  • INDI-3826EL/ENGL-3826EL, Indigenous Film in Canada
  • INDI-2616EL/HIST-2616EL, The First Nations of Canada in Historical Perspective
  • INDI-3276EL/HIST-3276EL, History of Northern Ontario
  • INDI-3296EL/HIST-3296EL, Canadian Environmental History
  • INDI-3036EL/PHIL-3036EL, Indigenous and Western Philosophies
  • INDI-1001EL, Anishnaabemowin Immersion in the Four Directions
  • INDI-1501EL, Indigenous Peoples of Canada
  • INDI-2001EL, Indigenous in the City: Urban Indigenous Studies in Canada
  • INDI-2006EL, Indigenous in the City: An International Perspective
  • INDI-2505EL, Anishnaabemowin Land-Based Immersion: Waabanong: The Eastern Direction
  • INDI-2515EL, Anishnaabemowin Land-Based Immersion: Zhaawanong: The Southern Direction
  • INDI-2525EL, Anishnaabemowin Land-Based Immersion: Bngishmok: The Western Direction
  • INDI-2535EL, Anishnaabemowin Land-Based Immersion: Giiwednong: The Northern Direction
  • INDI-4594EL, Anishnaabemowin Land-Based Immersion: At the Center: Shkode
  • INDI-3105EL/POLI-3105EL, Canadian Law, Politics and Indigenous People
  • INDI-3437EL/POLI-3437EL/SOCI-3437EL, The Colonizer and the Colonized
  • INDI-4256EL/POLI-4256EL/SOCI-4256EL, Indigenous Peoples and Society
  • INDI-2316EL/PSYC-2316EL, Indigenous Perspectives on Psychology
  • INDI-4066EL/PSYC-4066EL, Culture and Psychology
  • INTE-1046EL/EDUC-1046EL, Indigenous Ways of Learning

Courses in French

  • FREN-2717FL, Thèmes de la littérature canadienne-française
  • HIST-2616FL, Histoire des Premières Nations au Canada
  • HIST-3276FL, Histoire du nord de l'Ontario
  • JURI-3467/4467FL, Droit applicable aux peuples autochtones
  • LITT-3146FL, Littérature et culture des Autochtones et des Métis du Québec et du Canada
  • français
  • PHIL-3056FL, Philosophie autochtones et occidentales
  • PSYC-2316FL, Perspectives autochtones en Psychologie
  • PSYC-4066FL, Culture et psychologie
  • SOCI-2276FL, Enjeux autochtones contemporains
  • SOCI-4306FL, Sociologie du droit autochtone