Fall/Winter Timetable
POL490H1S L0201
Topics in Canadian Politics I
Public Education as Truth and/or Reconciliation?
Themes
This course investigates the intersection of public education and politics in Canada. It will focus on the historical use of state sponsored education systems as a tool of oppression in Canada with reference to Indigenous education (including residential and day schools) and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action 6-12 regarding education as a way forward in healing the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian state. A key question for the course is whether publically-funded education systems are equipped to handle the social and political challenges of the TRC’s recommendations.
Prerequisites
POL214Y1 or POL214Y5 or POLB50Y3 or POL224Y1 and 1.0 other POL credit in Canadian Politics. See Department's website for POL courses by area group: http://politics.utoronto.ca/undergraduate/courses/fallwinter-timetable/
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