Director Marian Bredin Participating Faculty Gregory Betts (English Language and Literature), Nicolas Baxter-Moore (Communication, Popular Culture and Film,) Jeff Boggs (Geography), Marian Bredin (Communication, Popular Culture and Film), Maureen Connolly (Kinesiology), Ronald Cummings (English Language and Literature), Derek Foster (Communication, Popular Culture and Film), Karen Fricker (Dramatic Arts), Kevin Gosine (Sociology), Matthew Hennigar (Political Science), Jane Koustas (Modern Languages, Literature and Cultures), Daniel Samson (History) Academic Adviser Liz Hay |
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Administrative Assistant Elaine Aldrige-Low 905-688-5550, extension 4029 573 Glenridge 213 The Centre for Canadian Studies offers an opportunity to study Canadian culture and society from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, with co-operating faculty from Communication, Popular Culture and Film, Dramatic Arts, Economics, English Language and Literature, Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Geography, History, Political Science, Sociology and Visual Arts. Students take required interdisciplinary Canadian Studies (CANA) courses along with a number of Canada-centred courses offered by other departments emphasizing the unique nature of the Canadian experience, and the value and practice of combining disciplinary approaches in the study of culture and society. CANA core courses offered in years 1, 2 and 3 are designed to introduce students to interdisciplinary studies in a progressive manner. The year 1 course is taught by one instructor and examines the development of Canadian culture from the perspectives of disciplines within the Humanities. Year 2 and 3 courses are interdisciplinary courses which combine Humanities and Social Sciences perspectives on a particular topic or issue related to the study and understanding of Canada. The Centre for Canadian Studies offers combined major programs leading to a BA (Honours or Pass) and a Minor for students in other disciplines. Canadian Studies core courses may also be taken as electives by students in other degree programs. Canadian Studies may be combined with any other discipline or program in the Humanities or Social Sciences which offer a combined major program. Together with the requirements for a combined major BA (Honours) in Canadian Studies, students may choose to fulfill the requirements for a Concentration in Canadian Cultural Texts and Practices, a Concentration in Canadian Society and Politics or a Concentration in Politics and Francophone Canada: Language and Culture. These Concentrations allow students to develop a distinct emphasis on either Humanities or Social Sciences approaches to the study of Canada. |
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In co-operation with the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, the Centre for Canadian Studies offers a combined major leading to a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Canadian Studies and French Studies. Designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge demanded for successful leadership in Canadian business, tourism and civil service. Year 1
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Students may earn a Concentration in Canadian Cultural Texts and Practices by successfully completing the following courses together with the requirements for a combined major BA (Honours) in Canadian Studies:
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Students may earn a Concentration in Canadian Society and Politics by successfully completing the following courses together with the requirements for a combined major BA (Honours) in Canadian Studies:
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Students may earn a Concentration in Francophone Canada by successfully completing the following courses together with the requirements for a combined major BA (Honours) in Canadian Studies:
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Students in other disciplines can obtain a Minor in Canadian Studies within their degree program by completing the following courses with a minimum 60 percent overall average:
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Note: As many of the courses listed below have prerequisites, students should plan their programs in advance. *Courses which may be used to fulfill the Indigenous or French language recommendation. Policies of Childhood and Youth: Canadian Perspectives Children, Youth and the Law Media Industries (also offered as PCUL/SOCI 2P98) History of Advertising (also offered PCUL 4P55) Indigenous Theatre (also offered as INDG 2P96) Canadian Theatre Canadian Economic History Economics of the Environment (also offered as TOUR 2P28) Canadian Economics Issues Topics in Canadian Economic Policy Early Canadian Literature Twentieth-Century Canadian Literature Cultural Conflict in Canadian Literature Adapting Canadian Literature Special Topics in Canadian Literature Contemporary Canadian Literature Topics in Contemporary Canadian Writing Canadian Cinema (also offered as COMM/PCUL 2P56) Canadian Television (also offered as COMM/PCUL 3P21) Issues in Canadian Cinema (also offered as COMM 3P56) French I French II French III Grammar and Composition Literature and Culture: The French-Speaking World Composition and Stylistics Canadian Literature in French to 1939 Canadian Literature in French from 1939 to 1960 Linguistic Approach to Textual Analysis Translation II: Applications Canadian Literature in French after 1960 Cities in a Globalizing World Cultural and Historical Geography (also offered as PCUL 2P06) Geography of Canada Colonial Canada Post-Confederation Canada Canada: War and Nationalism Women in North America to 1865 (also offered as WGST 2Q93) Women in North America: 1865 to the Present (also offered as WGST 2Q94) Native - Newcomer Relations in Canada North America's First Nations Canadian Immigration and Ethnic History Canadian Labour History (also offered as LABR 3P75) Canadian Regional History The Canadian West The Church Besieged: Religion in North America after 1850 God's Country? Religion in North America before 1850 French Canada Topics in Canadian History The Health of Canadian Society Introduction to Nishnawbe Languages Studies in Indigenous Culture I Studies in Indigenous History I Labour and Employment Law (also offered as POLI 2P03) Canadian Popular Culture (also offered as COMM/FILM 2P21) The Government and Politics of Canada Introduction to Canadian Public Administration (also offered as COMM 2Q98 and LABR 2Q98) Canadian Political Thought Local Government Political Parties and Electoral Behaviour The Politics of Labour (also offered as LABR 3P13) Politics in Ontario Politics and the Mass Media in Canada (also offered as COMM 3P17) Law and Politics Canadian Foreign Policy Environmental Policy, Law and Administration Advanced Issues in Canadian Public Policy Public Sector Management Issues in Local Government Citizen Politics Federalism in Canada Canadian Political Economy (also offered as LABR 4P15) The Canadian Judicial Process Canada and the Developing World Nationalism and Ethnic Politics Machinery of Government Business-Government Relations (also offered as LABR 4P54) Politics and the Environment Tutorial in Canadian Politics Issues in Canadian Politics Selected Topics in Canadian Public Policy Education and Equity In and Out of Work in the Global Economy (also offered as LABR 2P32) Racialization and Society Gender and Society (also offered as WGST 3P51) Women and Crime (also offered as WGST 3P82) Indigenous Peoples in North America (also offered as INDG 3Q98 and WGST 3Q98) Law and Society Social Issues in the Community Social Policy (also offered as WGST 4Q41) Critical Practice in the Fine and Performing Arts (also offered as IASC 2P93) Embodied Text: Art Beyond the Artifact (also offered as IASC 2P94) Arts, Heritage and Culture: Public Policy and Governance (also offered as DART 4P68 and VISA 4P68) Heritage Interpretation in the Digital Age (also offered as IASC 3P93) Canadian Identities: Art and Visual Culture in Canada Before 1960 Canadian Art since 1960: Contemporary Trends Gender in Canada: Global Contexts (also offered as SOCI 2P99) Gender Justice and Women's Movements |
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Note that not all courses are offered in every session. Refer to the applicable term timetable for details. # Indicates a cross listed course * Indicates primary offering of a cross listed course |
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Students must check to ensure that prerequisites are met. Students may be deregistered, at the request of the instructor, from any course for which prerequisites and/or restrictions have not been met. CANADIAN STUDIES COURSES Introduction to Canadian Studies Examination of the creation of Canadian identity, boundaries, and institutions, through historical, political, and cultural mythologies. Application of the interdisciplinary tools of Canadian Studies to texts, film, music, literature, popular media and artistic interpretations in Canada. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Women, Gender and the Economy (also offered as LABR 2P86, SOCI 2P86 and WGST 2P86) Women in the Canadian labour market. Topics include allocation of time between the household and the labour market, gender segregation in the work place, how earnings are determined, causes of occupational and earning difference by gender, role of investment in education and discrimination, recent developments in the labour market and their impact on women and men, and selected policy issues. Lectures, 3 hours per week. Restriction: students must have a minimum of 4.0 overall credits. Note: may be offered online. Culture and Power in Canada I: Cultural Communities Interdisciplinary examination of Canadian culture and society employing a variety of methods and perspectives. Approaches drawn from cultural studies, social theory and critical analysis applied to examples of Canadian literature, art, cinema and popular culture. Topics may include dynamics of race, class and gender, linguistic diversity, multiculturalism, ethnic relations and cultural appropriation. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Note: CANA 1F91 recommended. Culture and Power in Canada II: Cultural Institutions Interdisciplinary examination of Canadian culture and society employing a variety of methods and perspectives. Approaches drawn from cultural studies, social theory and critical analysis applied to examples of Canadian literature, art, cinema and popular culture. Topics may include cultural industries and institutions, cultural and media policies, Canada-US relations and examination of Canadian myths. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Note: CANA 1F91 recommended. Italians in Canada and Italy-Canada Relations (also offered as ITAL 2P98) History of Italian immigration in Canada focusing on Ontario. Italian-Canadian literature including such writers as Nino Ricci and Mary Di Michele. Cultural and economic relations between Italy and Canada including World War II internment experience. Italian contribution to the arts in Canada (art, music, film, literature). Lectures, 3 hours per week. Restriction: students must have a minimum of 5.0 overall credits or permission of instructor. Note: given in English. No knowledge of Italian required. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in INTC 2P98 and ITAL 2P85. Selected Interdisciplinary Studies Application of principles of interdisciplinary studies and techniques to the study of Canada. Canadian Diversity in Comparative Perspective (also offered as POLI 3P10) Contextualize Canada's response to diversity by exploring the various facets of multiculturalism and citizenship as ideals, policies and theories. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of instructor. Indigenous Politics in Canada (also offered as POLI 3P14) Key historic and contemporary issues in Indigenous politics. Topics include settler-site relations, treaties, reconciliation, Indigenous governance, participation and resistance. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor. A Foreign Prospect: Canada from Beyond its Borders Perceptions of Canada and Canadians originating outside of the nation's borders, topics include Aboriginal relations, government, the environment, warfare, the arts and cultural conflict. From first contact to the contemporary period, drawing upon fictional, historical, political and artistic interpretations of the nation. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): CANA 1F91 or permission of the instructor. Politics in Québec (also offered as POLI 3P16) Québec's political, social and economic evolution since 1945. Topics may include old and new varieties of nationalism, the Quiet Revolution, the changing roles of church and state, the decline of the anglophone minority, Québec's impact on Canadian Federalism. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): one of CANA 2P91, 2P92 (2F91), one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor. The New Niagara (also offered as GEOG 3P40) Quantitative and qualitative techniques for examining Niagaras cultural, demographic and economic changes. Topics may include changes in Niagara's industries and occupations, Niagaras position in the world economy, regional growth coalitions, economic restructuring, income inequality, free trade, deindustrialization, agricultural decline, tourism, structural unemployment, demographic transition, in- and out-migration, brain drain, greying population, and transition to cognitivecultural economy. Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week. Restriction: students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits. Prerequisite(s): two credits from CANA 2P86, 2P91, 2P92, ECON 1P91, 1P92, 2P19, GEOG (2P02), 2P03, 2P07, 2P12, 3P05, HIST 2F27, MATH 1P92, 1P98, POLI 2P80, SOCI 2P22, 2P23, 2P26, 3P11, 3P12 or permission of the instructor. Note: labs involve using GIS and other software to map and analyze cultural, demographic and economic change in Niagara. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in GEOG 3P93 and GEOG (TREN/TMGT) 3P98. Foreign Ventures: Canada's Changing Global Role Canadian perception of and interaction with other countries and cultures, including state-driven political, military and economic programs, global social and cultural exchanges, and domestic attitudes toward Canada's global role from the late 19 century to the present. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): CANA 1F91 or permission of instructor. Advanced Topics in Canadian/American Transnationalism Studies in specialized transnational topics in Canadian Studies. Lectures, seminars, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): CANA 2P91 and 2P92 (2F91) or permission of the instructor. Advanced Topics in Canadian Studies Interdisciplinary examination of critical themes in Canadian culture, history, economy, politics, geography and citizenship, focusing on regional identities, border crossings and the binational relations. Lectures, seminar, 6 hours per week in Fall term, Independent study in Winter term. Restriction: students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits. Prerequisite(s): CANA 1F91 or permission of instructor. Note: students should hold a valid passport and/or required documentation for travel to the United States. Honours Thesis/Project Independent interdisciplinary study under the guidance of a faculty adviser. Restriction: open to CANA majors with approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students are responsible for making arrangements with a supervising faculty member and must submit a written proposal by September 15. Thesis/project, to be evaluated by a faculty committee representing the disciplinary areas to which the thesis/project is related. History in the Field: Ontario and the War of 1812 (also offered as HIST 4P10) Social, cultural, political and economic impact of the War of 1812 in southern Ontario, emphasizing commemoration and public history. Examinations of historic sites, battle fields and material artifacts; study of historical and historiographical texts; field research at local museums, archives and historic sites. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to HIST (single or combined) and HIST (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors with approval to year 4 (honours) until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to students with permission of the Department and to HIST (single or combined) and HIST (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors with approval to year 4 (honours). Prerequisite(s): CANA 1F91 or permission of the instructor. Note: students are responsible for travel and other expenses. Topics in Canadian History Seminar, 3 hours per week. INTERCULTURAL STUDIES COURSE Foundations of Intercultural Studies Today's world as understood from different cultural perspectives. Cultural similarities and differences, intercultural contact and communication, and preparation for international experience. Cultural themes in imaginative, historical and expository texts. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in INTC 1P80. |
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