This course traces the history of modern day Western Canada, through exploring the social, political, and economic forces that shaped the environments and societies that have emerged since European contact. Topics may include the history of Indigenous polities, trade and alliance, the fur-trade, Metis society and politics, gender and settler-colonization, environment and economy, labour and radical politics, and Indigenous resistance and decolonization [6 credits]
This course traces the history of modern day Western Canada, through exploring the social, political, and economic forces that shaped the environments and societies that have emerged since European contact. Topics may include the history of Indigenous polities, trade and alliance, the fur-trade, Metis society and politics, gender and settler-colonization, environment and economy, labour and radical politics, and Indigenous resistance and decolonization [6 credits]
