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2023-2024 Courses with Indigenous Content

This page lists courses at York University that incorporate course content regarding Indigenous peoples and their culture, history, language, traditions or practices as well as content relating to colonialism and decolonization. Please be aware that certain courses may have multiple course codes and departments. In such cases, these courses will be listed together and offered as a single course.

This is an on-going list, and if you don’t see a course that you think should be included, be sure to reach out to cikl@yorku.ca so we can update this list.

Course Code(s):Credit:Course Title:Department(s):Campus:
GL/CDNS 1900
GL/EN 1900
GL/HUMA 1900
3.00Reconciling Literature: Understanding Texts & ContextsCanadian Studies
English
Humanities
Glendon
EU/ENVS 11003.00The land we’re on: Treaties, Art and EnvironmentEnvironmental StudiesKeele
AP/HIST 1025
AP/INDG 1025
6.00Ancient North America From the Last Ice Age to European ContactHistory
Indigenous Studies
Keele
AP/HUMA 12056.00Indigenous Peoples, Race, and Settler ColonialismHumanitiesKeele
AP/HUMA 12076.00Indigenous Peoples and Relationship to LandHumanitiesKeele
AP/INDG 10506.00Introduction to Indigenous StudiesIndigenous StudiesKeele
Course Code(s):Credit:Course Title:Department(s):Campus:
GL/CDNS 2630
GL/SOCI 2630
GL/SOSC 2630
3.00Indigenous Peoples of CanadaCanadian Studies
Sociology
Social Science
Glendon
GL/CDNS 2636
GL/HUMA 2636
GL/LIN 2636
GL/SOSC 2636
3.00Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway) Language and Culture ICanadian Studies
Humanities
Linguistics and Language Studies
Social Science
Glendon
GL/CDNS 2638
GL/HUMA 2638
GL/LIN 2638
GL/SOSC 2638
3.00Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway) Language and Culture IICanadian Studies
Humanities
Linguistics and Language Studies
Social Science
Glendon
ED/EDST 2200
ED/EDUC 2200
3.00Issues in Indigenous EducationEducational Studies
Education
Keele
ED/EDUC 2300 3.00Pedagogy of the Land: Indigenous Understandings of
the Land as First Teacher
EducationKeele
AP/HIST 2900
AP/INDG 2900
6.00Global Indigenous HistoriesHistory
Indigenous Studies
Keele
AP/HREQ 2060
AP/INDG 2030 
6.00Racism and ColonialismHuman Rights and Equity Studies 
Indigenous Studies
Keele
AP/INDG 2050 6.00Indigenous Spirituality in the Contemporary WorldIndigenous StudiesKeele
AP/INDG 20606.00Treaties and the Indian ActIndigenous Studies Keele
AP/INDG 2070 6.00Introduction to Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe)
Language and Culture
Indigenous StudiesKeele
AP/INDG 2080 6.00Introduction to Kanien’keha (Mohawk)
Language and Culture
Indigenous StudiesKeele
LW/LAW 2110 4.00Indigenous Peoples and Canadian LawLawKeele
AP/POLS 2990 3.00Introduction to Indigenous PoliticsPolitical Science Keele
AP/SOWK 20703.00Indigenous Understandings in Social Work
Theory and Practice
Social WorkKeele

Course Code(s):Credit:Course Title:Department(s):Campus:
AP/ANTH 3640
AP/HIST 3736
6.00Indigenous Struggles in Latin AmericaAnthropology
History
Keele
GL/CDNS 3616
GL/LIN 3616
GL/SOSC 3616
3.00Case Studies in Canada’s Aboriginal LanguagesCanadian Studies
Linguistics and Language Studies
Social Science
Glendon
GL/CDNS 3942
GL/EN 3942
3.00Postnational Perspectives: Contemporary
Canadian Literature
Canadian Studies
English
Glendon
GL/EN 32056.00Postcolonial Literatures and TheoryEnglishGlendon
AP/EN 32553.00Indigenous Drama in CanadaEnglishKeele
AP/EN 3305
AP/INDG 3305
3.00Native American LiteratureEnglish
Indigenous Studies
Keele
ED/FNMI 30003.00Teaching First Nations, Métis & Inuit Studies in the
Intermediate Division
First Nations, Métis & Inuit StudiesKeele
GL/GWST 3568
AP/GWST 3568
6.00Indigenous Feminisms: Connections and ContradictionsGender and Women StudiesKeele
AP/HUMA 3530
AP/INDG 3310
6.00Métis Issues in North AmericaHumanities
Indigenous Studies
Keele
AP/HUMA 3537
AP/INDG 3839
3.00Canadian Native AutobiographyHumanities
Indigenous Studies
Keele
GL/HUMA 3637
GL/SOCI 3637
GL/SOSC 3637
3.00Anishinaabe Technologies of Orality Through Aatisookaanan
(Traditional Stories)
Humanities
Sociology
Social Science
Glendon
AP/INDG 39903.00Directed Reading CourseIndigenous StudiesKeele
AP/INDG 39906.00Directed Reading CourseIndigenous Studies Keele
LW/LAW 3040P3.00Comparative Law: Indigenous Legal TraditionsLawKeele
LW/LAW 3390A3.00Rights & Reconciliation: Indigenous Peoples & the LawLawKeele
LW/LAW 38334.00Indigenous Perspectives and RealitiesLawKeele
FA/THEA 32403.00First Nations TheatreTheatreKeele
Course Code(s): Credit:Course Title:Department(s):Campus:
GL/CDNS 4601
GL/HUMA 4601
GL/SOCI 4601
GL/SOSC 4601
3.00Indigenous Activism, Resistance and ResurgenceCanadian Studies
Humanities
Sociology
Social Science
Glendon
GL/CDNS 4611
GL/LIN 4611
3.00Linguistic Diversity in CanadaCanadian Studies
Linguistics and Language Studies
Glendon
GL/CDNS 4621
GL/HIST 4621
GL/SOCI 4621
GL/SOSC 4621
6.00Decolonising Canada – Décoloniser le CanadaCanadian Studies
History
Sociology
Social Science
Glendon
GL/CDNS 4641
GL/EN 4641
3.00Beyond “Two Solitudes”: The Contact Zones of
Canadian Literature
Canadian Studies
English
Keele
AP/CMDS 47503.00Approaching Indigenous MediaCommunication and Media StudiesKeele
AP/CMDS 47553.00Indigenous Media in the Canadian ContextCommunications and Media StudiesKeele
AP/CRIM 4659
AP/SOSC 4659
6.00Indigenous Peoples, Crime, and JusticeCriminology
Social Science
Keele
EU/ENVS 43113.00Indigenous Environmental JusticeEnvironmental StudiesKeele
ED/FNMI 40003.00Teaching First Nations, Métis & Inuit Studies in the
Intermediate Senior Division – Part A
First Nations, Métis & Inuit StudiesKeele
ED/FNMI 4001 3.00Teaching First Nations, Métis & Inuit Studies in the
Intermediate Senior Division – Part B
First Nations, Métis & Inuit StudiesKeele
AP/HUMA 4301
AP/INDG 4301
3.00Horror, Crime, and the Law in Indigenous and
African Diaspora Fiction and Performance
Humanities
Indigenous Studies
Keele
AP/INDG 4102
AP/POLS 4102
3.00Advanced Topics in Indigenous PoliticsIndigenous Studies
Political Science
Keele
AP/INDG 47056.00Indigenous TheoryIndigenous Studies Keele
AP/INDG 49903.00Directed ReadingIndigenous Studies Keele
AP/INDG 49906.00Directed ReadingIndigenous Studies Keele
HH/KINE 43153.00Aboriginal Physical Activity and Community HealthKinesiology and Health ScienceKeele
HH/NURS 43703.00The History and Health of Indigenous Individuals,
Families and Communities
Nursing Keele
AP/SOSC 43516.00Law and Society Honours Seminar: Indigenous Peoples and LawSocial ScienceKeele
AP/SOWK 42703.00Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Social Welfare Policy:
Reflecting on Relationship
Social WorkKeele
Course Code(s):Credit:Course Title:Department(s):Campus:
GS/EDUC 5225
GS/WMST 6111
GS/GFWS 6111
3.00(De) Colonizing Research MethodologiesEducation
Women Studies
Gender, Feminist, and Women Studies
Keele
GS/EDUC 53703.00Indigeneity and Territory in Cultural TraditionsEducationKeele
GS/SOWK 55503.00Indigenous Worldviews and Implications to Social WorkSocial WorkKeele
GS/CLWP 68793.00Indigenous Peoples and the Criminal Justice SystemCriminal Law and Procedure Off-Campus
EU/ENVS 61523.00Indigenous Research, Ethics and MethodsEnvironment Studies Keele
GS/HLTH 62203.00Human Rights and Health EquityHealthKeele
GS/POLS 61453.00Indigenous Politics: Decolonization or “Development”?Political ScienceKeele
GS/SOCI 62043.00Indigenous Theory SociologyKeele
GS/SPTH 64233.00The Alchemy Lectures-Public Engagement with
Black and Indigenous Thought and Ideas
Social and Political ThoughtKeele
LW/LAW 75009.00Intensive Program in Indigenous Lands,
Resources, & Governments
LawKeele
LW/LAW 7510
LW/LAW 7520
3.00Intensive Program in Indigenous Lands,
Resources, & Governments
LawKeele
Course Code(s):Credit:Course Title:Department(s):Campus:
AP/INDG 1050 6.00Introduction to Indigenous StudiesIndigenous StudiesOnline
ED/EDUC 22003.00Issues in Indigenous EducationEducationOff-Campus
AP/CLTR 3255
FA/CMA 3255
AP/HUMA 3255
3.00Imagining Indigeneity: Indigenous Cinema StudiesCulture
Cinema & Media Arts
Humanities
Off-Campus
GS/ALDR 63056.00In Search of Reconciliation Through Dispute ResolutionDispute ResolutionOff-Campus
GS/CDIS 50853.00Indigeneity and Disability: Intersections of Health and Human RightsCritical DisabilityKeele
GS/EDUC 52253.00(De) Colonizing Research MethodologiesEducationKeele
GS/EIL 65673.00Indigenous Communities and Resource DevelopmentEnergy and Infrastructure LawOnline
GS/PSYC 69803.00Mental Health Consultation, Assessment, Treatment and Research in Indigenous CommunitiesPsychologyKeele