Fall/Winter Timetable

POL424H1S L0101

Graduate Course Code: POL2361H1S L0101

Globalization and Indigenous Politics

Themes

The course introduces students to critical considerations of globalization from the perspective of indigenous peoples. Issues explored in the course include indigenous epistemologies, impacts of globalization on indigenous peoples, international indigenous organizing, human rights and indigenous social movements. The focus will be on two dimensions of globalization: the global corporate economy and global indigenous organizing in the United Nations.

Texts

A custom courseware package and journal articles available online through the UofT library website.

Format and Requirements

Seminar (participation, weekly questions, research outline, group presentation, research paper)

Prerequisites

POL201Y1 or (POLB90H3, POLB91H3) or INS201Y1 or permission of instructor

Exclusions
POL410H1F (taken in 2009-10) and JPA461H1