Students are invited to explore how and why some lives have come to matter less than others, how this inequality is institutionalized in policies and practices of ableism, colonialism, racism, sexism and other forms of oppression, and how those marginalized have resisted this. The course will start from a disability standpoint as a way to think intersectionally about the various forms of oppression and domination, as well as resistance to them, with a focus on the Canadian context.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00Liberal Studies:LLDST 500 - A History of MadnessCourse DescriptionWhere do diverse concepts of "madness" come from? How have these ideas changed over time? How have "mad people" interpreted their own experiences? This course will be in the tradition of social history from "below". It will survey the social medical, political, economic, cultural and religious factors that have influenced interpretations of what it means to be "mad" from ancient time to the present.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00Liberal Studies:ULDST 501 - Rethinking DisabilityCourse DescriptionThis foundation course introduces the core ideas students will explore throughout their studies. It immerses students in a highly participatory and provocative encounter with history, social theory, politics, policy, art and culture seen through a disability lens. Course content is designed to reflect the experience of people with disabilities, highlighting the social roots and impact of discrimination, exclusion and marginalization as well as responses of resistance.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00DST 502 - Disability and the StateCourse DescriptionThis course begins with students' day-to-day experience of "policy", moving towards deeper examination of the underlying values, interests and institutions that shape social and disability policy. Students are guided to make comparisons and connections, looking at historical responses to disability and at contemporary programs and services. Readings and online presentations explore what policy means, why it matters, and what processes and strategies are activated by people with disabilities to influence, shape and reform social policy.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00Prerequisites:DST 501 or INT 902 or SWP 921DST 503 - Current Topics in Disability ICourse DescriptionThis course will provide students with an opportunity to engage in an in-depth examination of specialized and scholarly work within the disability studies field. Content will be chosen by the Instructor based on recent research and trends in the field.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00DST 504 - Mad People's HistoryCourse DescriptionThis course will provide an overview of the history of madness from the point of view of people who were, and are, deemed "mad". The purpose of this course is to place the diverse perspectives of people diagnosed as mad, insane or mentally ill as being of central importance in the history of psychiatry, and to address the question: how madness has been viewed by mad people over the centuries.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00DST 506 - Principles and Practices of AccessibilityCourse DescriptionThe Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) mandates development of enforceable accessibility standards for businesses and organizations to identify, remove and prevent barriers to accessibility. This course is for those seeking specialized knowledge of the AODA, accessibility issues and implementation. It covers understandings of disability, issues giving rise to the Act, disability activism and a critical analysis of the new accessibility standards for customer service, built environments, employment, information and communications and transportation.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00DST 507 - Disability, Justice and Good Human LifeCourse DescriptionDisabled people's lives are shaped by powerful ideologies rooted in moral and political philosophy. Moving beyond medicalized evaluations, this course critically applies conceptions of justice, ethics, morality to issues such as disability discrimination, right-to-die, choice, autonomy, and assisted suicide. In these and other complex debates is the root question: "Do we own our own bodies?"Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00Prerequisites:DST 501 or INT 902 or SWP 921Antirequisites:PHL 507DST 508 - Cripping the Arts in CanadaCourse DescriptionThis course will explore disability arts in Canada. We examine how disability arts has contributed to and challenged the disability rights and other social movements. We position disability arts in a Canadian context and interrogate its emergence historically. We explore contemporary issues and debates within disability arts, such as the role that it continues to play in the disability rights movement, whether disability arts can be produced by non-disabled people, and emerging disability arts aesthetics.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00Liberal Studies:ULAntirequisites:DST 509DST 509 - Disability Arts and CultureCourse DescriptionExploring disability arts, this course will think through how the inclusion of disability arts "crips" or productively disrupts, arts and culture in Canada. We will explore how disability arts contributes to the disability rights and justice movements as well as the many ways this sector is changing the way we fund the arts, create and experience art, and how disability arts and curatorial practices are giving rise to a new standard of artistic excellence.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00Antirequisites:DST 508DST 510 - Death and Everyday LifeCourse DescriptionExplore death as an undeniably pervasive way by which we organize everyday life. By examining artistic, media, historical, theoretical, empirical and activist material, take up questions regarding how life and death chances are distributed among different communities, demographics, and populations. Through encounters with ideas and concepts at the intersection of death and disability studies, reflect on how we may die as we live, with care, dignity, interdependence, and a sense of shared humanity.Weekly
Students are invited to explore how and why some lives have come to matter less than others, how this inequality is institutionalized in policies and practices of ableism, colonialism, racism, sexism and other forms of oppression, and how those marginalized have resisted this. The course will start from a disability standpoint as a way to think intersectionally about the various forms of oppression and domination, as well as resistance to them, with a focus on the Canadian context.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00Liberal Studies:LLDST 500 - A History of MadnessCourse DescriptionWhere do diverse concepts of "madness" come from? How have these ideas changed over time? How have "mad people" interpreted their own experiences? This course will be in the tradition of social history from "below". It will survey the social medical, political, economic, cultural and religious factors that have influenced interpretations of what it means to be "mad" from ancient time to the present.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00Liberal Studies:ULDST 501 - Rethinking DisabilityCourse DescriptionThis foundation course introduces the core ideas students will explore throughout their studies. It immerses students in a highly participatory and provocative encounter with history, social theory, politics, policy, art and culture seen through a disability lens. Course content is designed to reflect the experience of people with disabilities, highlighting the social roots and impact of discrimination, exclusion and marginalization as well as responses of resistance.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00DST 502 - Disability and the StateCourse DescriptionThis course begins with students' day-to-day experience of "policy", moving towards deeper examination of the underlying values, interests and institutions that shape social and disability policy. Students are guided to make comparisons and connections, looking at historical responses to disability and at contemporary programs and services. Readings and online presentations explore what policy means, why it matters, and what processes and strategies are activated by people with disabilities to influence, shape and reform social policy.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00Prerequisites:DST 501 or INT 902 or SWP 921DST 503 - Current Topics in Disability ICourse DescriptionThis course will provide students with an opportunity to engage in an in-depth examination of specialized and scholarly work within the disability studies field. Content will be chosen by the Instructor based on recent research and trends in the field.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00DST 504 - Mad People's HistoryCourse DescriptionThis course will provide an overview of the history of madness from the point of view of people who were, and are, deemed "mad". The purpose of this course is to place the diverse perspectives of people diagnosed as mad, insane or mentally ill as being of central importance in the history of psychiatry, and to address the question: how madness has been viewed by mad people over the centuries.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00DST 506 - Principles and Practices of AccessibilityCourse DescriptionThe Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) mandates development of enforceable accessibility standards for businesses and organizations to identify, remove and prevent barriers to accessibility. This course is for those seeking specialized knowledge of the AODA, accessibility issues and implementation. It covers understandings of disability, issues giving rise to the Act, disability activism and a critical analysis of the new accessibility standards for customer service, built environments, employment, information and communications and transportation.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00DST 507 - Disability, Justice and Good Human LifeCourse DescriptionDisabled people's lives are shaped by powerful ideologies rooted in moral and political philosophy. Moving beyond medicalized evaluations, this course critically applies conceptions of justice, ethics, morality to issues such as disability discrimination, right-to-die, choice, autonomy, and assisted suicide. In these and other complex debates is the root question: "Do we own our own bodies?"Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00Prerequisites:DST 501 or INT 902 or SWP 921Antirequisites:PHL 507DST 508 - Cripping the Arts in CanadaCourse DescriptionThis course will explore disability arts in Canada. We examine how disability arts has contributed to and challenged the disability rights and other social movements. We position disability arts in a Canadian context and interrogate its emergence historically. We explore contemporary issues and debates within disability arts, such as the role that it continues to play in the disability rights movement, whether disability arts can be produced by non-disabled people, and emerging disability arts aesthetics.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00Liberal Studies:ULAntirequisites:DST 509DST 509 - Disability Arts and CultureCourse DescriptionExploring disability arts, this course will think through how the inclusion of disability arts "crips" or productively disrupts, arts and culture in Canada. We will explore how disability arts contributes to the disability rights and justice movements as well as the many ways this sector is changing the way we fund the arts, create and experience art, and how disability arts and curatorial practices are giving rise to a new standard of artistic excellence.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00Antirequisites:DST 508DST 510 - Death and Everyday LifeCourse DescriptionExplore death as an undeniably pervasive way by which we organize everyday life. By examining artistic, media, historical, theoretical, empirical and activist material, take up questions regarding how life and death chances are distributed among different communities, demographics, and populations. Through encounters with ideas and concepts at the intersection of death and disability studies, reflect on how we may die as we live, with care, dignity, interdependence, and a sense of shared humanity.Weekly
