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 | 3.00 | Reconciling Literature: Understanding Texts & Contexts | Canadian Studies English Humanities | Glendon |
| EU/ENVS 1100 | 3.00 | The land we’re on: Treaties, Art and Environment | Environmental Studies | Keele |
| AP/HIST 1025 AP/INDG 1025 | 6.00 | Ancient North America From the Last Ice Age to European Contact | History Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/HUMA 1205 | 6.00 | Indigenous Peoples, Race, and Settler Colonialism | Humanities | Keele |
| AP/HUMA 1207 | 6.00 | Indigenous Peoples and Relationship to Land | Humanities | Keele |
| AP/INDG 1050 | 6.00 | Introduction to Indigenous Studies | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| Course Code(s): | Credit: | Course Title: | Department(s): | Campus: |
| GL/CDNS 2630 GL/SOCI 2630 GL/SOSC 2630 | 3.00 | Indigenous Peoples of Canada | Canadian Studies Sociology Social Science | Glendon |
| GL/CDNS 2636 GL/HUMA 2636 GL/LIN 2636 GL/SOSC 2636 | 3.00 | Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway) Language and Culture I | Canadian Studies Humanities Linguistics and Language Studies Social Science | Glendon |
| GL/CDNS 2638 GL/HUMA 2638 GL/LIN 2638 GL/SOSC 2638 | 3.00 | Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway) Language and Culture II | Canadian Studies Humanities Linguistics and Language Studies Social Science | Glendon |
| ED/EDST 2200 ED/EDUC 2200 | 3.00 | Issues in Indigenous Education | Educational Studies Education | Keele |
| ED/EDUC 2300 | 3.00 | Pedagogy of the Land: Indigenous Understandings of the Land as First Teacher | Education | Keele |
| AP/HIST 2900 AP/INDG 2900 | 6.00 | Global Indigenous Histories | History Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/HREQ 2060 AP/INDG 2030 | 6.00 | Racism and Colonialism | Human Rights and Equity Studies Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/INDG 2050 | 6.00 | Indigenous Spirituality in the Contemporary World | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/INDG 2060 | 6.00 | Treaties and the Indian Act | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/INDG 2070 | 6.00 | Introduction to Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) Language and Culture | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/INDG 2080 | 6.00 | Introduction to Kanien’keha (Mohawk) Language and Culture | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| LW/LAW 2110 | 4.00 | Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Law | Law | Keele |
| AP/POLS 2990 | 3.00 | Introduction to Indigenous Politics | Political Science | Keele |
| AP/SOWK 2070 | 3.00 | Indigenous Understandings in Social Work Theory and Practice | Social Work | Keele |
| Course Code(s): | Credit: | Course Title: | Department(s): | Campus: |
| AP/ANTH 3640 AP/HIST 3736 | 6.00 | Indigenous Struggles in Latin America | Anthropology History | Keele |
| GL/CDNS 3616 GL/LIN 3616 GL/SOSC 3616 | 3.00 | Case Studies in Canada’s Aboriginal Languages | Canadian Studies Linguistics and Language Studies Social Science | Glendon |
| GL/CDNS 3942 GL/EN 3942 | 3.00 | Postnational Perspectives: Contemporary Canadian Literature | Canadian Studies English | Glendon |
| GL/EN 3205 | 6.00 | Postcolonial Literatures and Theory | English | Glendon |
| AP/EN 3255 | 3.00 | Indigenous Drama in Canada | English | Keele |
| AP/EN 3305 AP/INDG 3305 | 3.00 | Native American Literature | English Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| ED/FNMI 3000 | 3.00 | Teaching First Nations, Métis & Inuit Studies in the Intermediate Division | First Nations, Métis & Inuit Studies | Keele |
| GL/GWST 3568 AP/GWST 3568 | 6.00 | Indigenous Feminisms: Connections and Contradictions | Gender and Women Studies | Keele |
| AP/HUMA 3530 AP/INDG 3310 | 6.00 | Métis Issues in North America | Humanities Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/HUMA 3537 AP/INDG 3839 | 3.00 | Canadian Native Autobiography | Humanities Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| GL/HUMA 3637 GL/SOCI 3637 GL/SOSC 3637 | 3.00 | Anishinaabe Technologies of Orality Through Aatisookaanan (Traditional Stories) | Humanities Sociology Social Science | Glendon |
| AP/INDG 3990 | 3.00 | Directed Reading Course | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/INDG 3990 | 6.00 | Directed Reading Course | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| LW/LAW 3040P | 3.00 | Comparative Law: Indigenous Legal Traditions | Law | Keele |
| LW/LAW 3390A | 3.00 | Rights & Reconciliation: Indigenous Peoples & the Law | Law | Keele |
| LW/LAW 3833 | 4.00 | Indigenous Perspectives and Realities | Law | Keele |
| FA/THEA 3240 | 3.00 | First Nations Theatre | Theatre | Keele |
| Course Code(s): | Credit: | Course Title: | Department(s): | Campus: |
| GL/CDNS 4601 GL/HUMA 4601 GL/SOCI 4601 GL/SOSC 4601 | 3.00 | Indigenous Activism, Resistance and Resurgence | Canadian Studies Humanities Sociology Social Science | Glendon |
| GL/CDNS 4611 GL/LIN 4611 | 3.00 | Linguistic Diversity in Canada | Canadian Studies Linguistics and Language Studies | Glendon |
| GL/CDNS 4621 GL/HIST 4621 GL/SOCI 4621 GL/SOSC 4621 | 6.00 | Decolonising Canada – Décoloniser le Canada | Canadian Studies History Sociology Social Science | Glendon |
| GL/CDNS 4641 GL/EN 4641 | 3.00 | Beyond “Two Solitudes”: The Contact Zones of Canadian Literature | Canadian Studies English | Keele |
| AP/CMDS 4750 | 3.00 | Approaching Indigenous Media | Communication and Media Studies | Keele |
| AP/CMDS 4755 | 3.00 | Indigenous Media in the Canadian Context | Communications and Media Studies | Keele |
| AP/CRIM 4659 AP/SOSC 4659 | 6.00 | Indigenous Peoples, Crime, and Justice | Criminology Social Science | Keele |
| EU/ENVS 4311 | 3.00 | Indigenous Environmental Justice | Environmental Studies | Keele |
| ED/FNMI 4000 | 3.00 | Teaching First Nations, Métis & Inuit Studies in the Intermediate Senior Division – Part A | First Nations, Métis & Inuit Studies | Keele |
| ED/FNMI 4001 | 3.00 | Teaching First Nations, Métis & Inuit Studies in the Intermediate Senior Division – Part B | First Nations, Métis & Inuit Studies | Keele |
| AP/HUMA 4301 AP/INDG 4301 | 3.00 | Horror, Crime, and the Law in Indigenous and African Diaspora Fiction and Performance | Humanities Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/INDG 4102 AP/POLS 4102 | 3.00 | Advanced Topics in Indigenous Politics | Indigenous Studies Political Science | Keele |
| AP/INDG 4705 | 6.00 | Indigenous Theory | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/INDG 4990 | 3.00 | Directed Reading | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| AP/INDG 4990 | 6.00 | Directed Reading | Indigenous Studies | Keele |
| HH/KINE 4315 | 3.00 | Aboriginal Physical Activity and Community Health | Kinesiology and Health Science | Keele |
| HH/NURS 4370 | 3.00 | The History and Health of Indigenous Individuals, Families and Communities | Nursing | Keele |
| AP/SOSC 4351 | 6.00 | Law and Society Honours Seminar: Indigenous Peoples and Law | Social Science | Keele |
| AP/SOWK 4270 | 3.00 | Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Social Welfare Policy: Reflecting on Relationship | Social Work | Keele |
| Course Code(s): | Credit: | Course Title: | Department(s): | Campus: |
| GS/EDUC 5225 GS/WMST 6111 GS/GFWS 6111 | 3.00 | (De) Colonizing Research Methodologies | Education Women Studies Gender, Feminist, and Women Studies | Keele |
| GS/EDUC 5370 | 3.00 | Indigeneity and Territory in Cultural Traditions | Education | Keele |
| GS/SOWK 5550 | 3.00 | Indigenous Worldviews and Implications to Social Work | Social Work | Keele |
| GS/CLWP 6879 | 3.00 | Indigenous Peoples and the Criminal Justice System | Criminal Law and Procedure | Off-Campus |
| EU/ENVS 6152 | 3.00 | Indigenous Research, Ethics and Methods | Environment Studies | Keele |
| GS/HLTH 6220 | 3.00 | Human Rights and Health Equity | Health | Keele |
| GS/POLS 6145 | 3.00 | Indigenous Politics: Decolonization or “Development”? | Political Science | Keele |
| GS/SOCI 6204 | 3.00 | Indigenous Theory | Sociology | Keele |
| GS/SPTH 6423 | 3.00 | The Alchemy Lectures-Public Engagement with Black and Indigenous Thought and Ideas | Social and Political Thought | Keele |
| LW/LAW 7500 | 9.00 | Intensive Program in Indigenous Lands, Resources, & Governments | Law | Keele |
| LW/LAW 7510 LW/LAW 7520 | 3.00 | Intensive Program in Indigenous Lands, Resources, & Governments | Law | Keele |
| Course Code(s): | Credit: | Course Title: | Department(s): | Campus: |
| AP/INDG 1050 | 6.00 | Introduction to Indigenous Studies | Indigenous Studies | Online |
| ED/EDUC 2200 | 3.00 | Issues in Indigenous Education | Education | Off-Campus |
| AP/CLTR 3255 FA/CMA 3255 AP/HUMA 3255 | 3.00 | Imagining Indigeneity: Indigenous Cinema Studies | Culture Cinema & Media Arts Humanities | Off-Campus |
| GS/ALDR 6305 | 6.00 | In Search of Reconciliation Through Dispute Resolution | Dispute Resolution | Off-Campus |
| GS/CDIS 5085 | 3.00 | Indigeneity and Disability: Intersections of Health and Human Rights | Critical Disability | Keele |
| GS/EDUC 5225 | 3.00 | (De) Colonizing Research Methodologies | Education | Keele |
| GS/EIL 6567 | 3.00 | Indigenous Communities and Resource Development | Energy and Infrastructure Law | Online |
| GS/PSYC 6980 | 3.00 | Mental Health Consultation, Assessment, Treatment and Research in Indigenous Communities | Psychology | Keele |