This interdisciplinary course examines critical, cultural, and community responses to the question “What is Canada?”, past and present. Issues addressed include Indigeneity and nation to nation relations, evolving formations of identity, belonging, and citizenship, and intersections of sexuality, gender, race, ethnicity, and faith. Theoretical concepts introduced include settler colonialism and decolonization, immigration and diaspora, nationalism and multiculturalism, memory and reclamation, activism and resistance. The course is interdisciplinary in its approach and addresses globalization from a wide range of perspectives, including mobility, trade, urbanization, health, religion, environmental change, technology, communications, and the arts.
This interdisciplinary course examines critical, cultural, and community responses to the question “What is Canada?”, past and present. Issues addressed include Indigeneity and nation to nation relations, evolving formations of identity, belonging, and citizenship, and intersections of sexuality, gender, race, ethnicity, and faith. Theoretical concepts introduced include settler colonialism and decolonization, immigration and diaspora, nationalism and multiculturalism, memory and reclamation, activism and resistance. The course is interdisciplinary in its approach and addresses globalization from a wide range of perspectives, including mobility, trade, urbanization, health, religion, environmental change, technology, communications, and the arts.
