MA Thesis
An in-depth research project involving the preparation and defense of a thesis which shall demonstrate capacity for independent work and original research or thought.
Major Research Paper
A major research paper which shall demonstrate capacity for independent work and original research or thought.
Graduate Seminar
In a small group forum, students hone their skills in developing research projects. A broad range of topics and progressive approaches to social justice and equity research are introduced through guest speakers, workshops, and student presentations.
Theorizing Social Justice and Equity Studies
Critical analysis of classical and contemporary conceptualizations of social justice and social inequality.
Research Methods in Social Justice and Equity Studies
Critical analysis of methodologies used in social justice and equity research.
Domination and Resistance
Theories, case studies, and other texts examining domination and resistance in both historical and global contexts. Topics may include exploitation, colonialism, postcolonialism, globalization, and counter-hegemonic social identities.
Social Justice and the City
Theories, case studies, and other texts examining social and economic inequalities and their relation to processes of urbanization. Topics may include oppressive urbanism, cultural politics of difference, contested terrains of justice, and urban social movements.
Social Justice and Environment
Theories, case studies, and other texts examining the interconnectedness of social and environmental problems, and struggles to overcome them, in the context of capitalism and globalization.
Animal Liberation and Social Justice
Theories, case studies, and other texts examining social justice beyond the limits of the human species, including issues such as animal rights, animal liberation, speciesism in relation to other forms of oppression, alternative ethical and political relationships to animals.
Gender, Sexuality, and Social Justice
Theories, case studies, and other texts examining the social inequities and social movements associated with issues such as gender and sexual identities, and their articulation with other social inequities and struggles at local, national, and global levels.
Active Voice: Social Justice and the News Media
Theories, case studies, and other texts examining the representation of social justice and equity issues in the mainstream news media and the struggle and strategies of alternative news media to intervene in those representations.
Families, Households, and Social Justice
Theories, case studies, and other texts examining historical and current social inequities, social movements, and state policies associated with gendered and generationed family relations and their articulation with other social inequities and struggles at local, national, and global levels.
Labour, Workers, and Social Justice
Theories, case studies, and other texts examining historical and current social movements arising out of worker's experiences and their articulation with other social inequities and struggles at local, national, and global levels.
Human Rights and Social Justice
Theories, case studies, and other texts examining the historical development and implementation of legal initiatives in the broad field of social justice and equity at local, national, and global levels.
Race, Ethnicity, Indigeneity, and Social Justice
Theories, case studies, and other texts examining the domination and resistance of racialized, ethnicized, and indigenous peoples and their articulation with other social inequities and struggles at local, national, and global levels.
Social Justice and the Arts
Theories, case studies, and other texts examining how social justice and equity issues emerge in literary texts, plays, films, music, and other media, and how the arts and media are linked to struggles for social justice at local, national, and global levels.
Directed Study
Specialized study on an individual basis under the direction of a faculty supervisor.
Selected Topics in Social Justice and Equity Studies
A topic in social justice and equity studies that will vary by instructor.