Courses
Courses Offered by the Canadian Studies Program
| Course | Course Title | 2024-2025 Instructors |
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| CDN202H1 | Aspects of Québec Culture |
Rosa Saverino |
| CDN205H1 | Topics in Canadian Studies I |
Not offered 2024-2025 |
| CDN218H1 | Voices in Canadian Writing |
TBD |
| CDN221H1 | Culture and the Media in Canada |
Rick Salutin |
| CDN240H1 | Italian Canadian Studies |
Not offered 2024-2025 |
| CDN267H1 | Canadian Nationalisms |
Siobhan O'Flynn |
| CDN268H1 | Canada & Globalization |
TBD |
| CDN280H1 | Canadian Jewish History |
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| CDN305H1 | Topics in Canadian Studies II - Chinese Canadian Communities and Oral Histories
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Not offered 2024-2025 |
| CDN307H1 | Asian Cultures in Canada |
Larissa Lai |
| CDN325H1 | Asian Canadian Space & Place |
Sessional Lecturer |
| CDN335H1 | Black Canadian Studies |
Temitope Adefarakan |
| CDN340H1 | The History of Canadian-U.S. Relations |
Jonathan Bayer |
| CDN355H1 | Digital Media, Digital Makers |
Siobhan O'Flynn |
| CDN365H1 | The Canadian Arctic |
Not offered 2024-2025 |
| CDN367H1 | Canadian Pluralism |
TBD |
| CDN368H1 | Canada's Borders |
Killian McCormack |
| CDN370H1 | Special Topics in Canadian Studies: Digital Canada |
Not offered 2024-2025 |
| CDN380H1 | Sociocultural Perspectives of the Canadian Jewish Community |
TBD |
| CDN385H1 | Re-Imagining Canada: Creative Visions of Our Past, Present, and Futures |
Siobhan O'Flynn |
| CDN390H1 | Chinese Canadian Studies |
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| CDN395H1 | Independent Study in Asian Canadian Studies |
Faculty Member |
| CDN405H1 | The University in Canada |
TBD |
| CDN406H1 | Topics in Canadian Studies III - Critical Approaches to Asian Canadian Studies |
Larissa Lai |
| CDN420Y1 | Senior Essay in Canadian Studies |
Rick Salutin |
| CDN425H1 | Independent Research in Canadian Studies |
Faculty |
| CDN430Y1 | Senior Seminar: Special Topics in Canadian Studies |
Not offered 2024-2025 |
| CDN435Y1 | Active Citizenship in a Canadian Context |
Not offered 2024-2025 |
| CDN470H1 | Temitope Adefarakan | |
| UNI101H1 | Citizenship In Canada |
Shawn Micallef |
| FYF CDN197H1 | Inventing Canada |
Siobhan O'Flynn |
| FYF CDN198H1 | Canada, Colonialism and Settler Relations |
Krista Barclay |
| CDN199H1 | Canada-Hong Kong Migration |
Amardeep Kaur |
| DRM366H1 | Canadian Theatre |
Not offered 2024-2025 |
| JCI199H1 | Italians in Canada: Histories, Journeys, Struggles, Successes |
Paolo Frascà |
| JCI250H1 | Italian Canadian Communities |
Not offered 2024-2025 |
| JCI350H1 | Italian Canadian Culture and Identity |
Paolo Frascà |
| JSU237H1 | Introduction to HIV/AIDS: Health, Sexuality and Gender |
Scott Rayter |
| JSU325H1 | Queerly Canadian (formerly UNI325H1) |
Scott Rayter |
| JUG320H1 | The Canadian Wilderness |
Not offered 2024-2025 |
| JRC199H1 | Truths & Reconciliations in Canada |
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Admission to CDN395H1, CDN420Y1, CDN425H1, or CDN435Y1
Students who wish to enrol in these courses must submit the following forms:
- CDN395H1 Ballot for Admission
- CDN420Y1 Ballot for Admission
- CDN425H1 Ballot for Admission
- CDN435Y1 Ballot for Admission
Please submit completed forms to uc.programs@utoronto.ca
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UC Independent Study Courses
University College also has four independent study courses that give students an opportunity to design an independent research course at the 300- or 400-level not otherwise available within the Faculty. For more information on the eligibility requirements and application procedure please visit the UC Independent Study webpage.
Courses Approved for Canadian Studies POSts
Students can also nominate a course in other units not on this list, as long as they can verify that the course deals with Canadian issues to a significant extent (about 30%) —which could include a First Year Foundations or Special Topics course.
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Indigenous Studies
INS201Y1 Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Foundations, History, and Politics
INS210Y1 Introduction to Anishinaabemowin
INS220Y1 Introduction to an Iroquoian Language
INS230H1 Introduction to Inuktitut
INS231H1 Elementary Inuktitut
INS261H1 Contemporary Challenges Facing Indigenous Communities New!
INS301Y1 Native Language and Culture
INS302H1 Aboriginal Representation in the Mass Media
INS310Y1 Anishinaabemowin II
INS320Y1 Kanien’kéha II
INS350H1 Indigenous Health Systems
INS351Y1 Aboriginal Legends and Teachings (Not offered 2024-2025)
INS352H1 Indigenous Leadership, Policy, and Practices in Canada
INS353H1 First Nations Politics in Canada
INS360Y1 Politics and Process of Reconciliation in Canada
INS403H1 Indigenous Peoples and the Urban Context
INS407H1 Indigenous Environmental Justice
INS410H1 Anishinaabewin Intellectual Traditions, Narrative and Culture
JPA354H1 Indigenous Rights and Indigenous Law in Canada (Not offered 2024-2025)
JFP450H1 Indigenous Issues in Health and Healing
JPI201H1 Indigenous Politics in Canada (formerly JPA308H1 / POL308H1) -
Art
FAH248H1 Canadian Painting 1665-1960
FAH354H1 Recent and Contemporary Canadian Art
FAH376H1 Canadian Architecture: A survey (Not offered 2024-2025)
FAH457H1 Issues in Canadian Art, ca. 1900-1940
FAH458H1 Issues in Recent Canadian Art
FAH482H1 Master Works of Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario (Not offered 2024-2025)
FAH485H1 Collecting Canada: Art in the Royal Ontario Museum
FAH486H1 Case Studies at the Royal Ontario Museum
FAH495H1 Independent Studies in Canadian Art and Architecture (Not offered 2024-2025)
FAH495Y1 Independent Studies in Canadian Art and Architecture (Not offered 2024-2025) -
Caribbean Studies (New College)
CAR429H1 Caribbean Diaspora in Canada
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Centre For Asian Studies
CAS413H1 Asia and Canada
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Cinema Studies
CIN370H1 Canadian Documentary: Institutions, Practices and Participation
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Computer Science
CSC300H1 Computers and Society
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East Asian Studies
EAS474H1 U.S. and Canada's Wars in Asia
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English
ENG215H1 The Canadian Short Story
ENG252H1 Introduction to Canadian Literature
ENG254H1 Introduction to Indigenous Literatures
ENG350H1 Early Canadian Literature
ENG352H1 Canadian Drama
ENG353Y1 Canadian Fiction
ENG354Y1 Canadian Poetry
ENG355Y1 Transnational Indigenous Literatures
ENG356Y1 African Canadian Literature
ENG357H1 New Writing in Canada
ENG368H1 Asian-North American Literature
ENG424H1 Advanced Studies: Canadian and Indigenous North American Literatures (Not offered 2024-2025)
ENG425H1 Advanced Studies: Canadian and Indigenous North American Literatures (Not offered 2024-2025)
ENG428H1 Advanced Studies: Canadian and Indigenous North American Literatures (Not offered 2024-2025) -
Finnish Studies
FIN320H1 The Finnish-Canadian Immigrant Experience
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Forest Conservation
FOR200H1 Conservation of Canada's Forests
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French
FRE210H1 Introduction to Quebec Literature and Culture
FRE273H1 Introduction to the History of the French Language
FRE314H1 Quebec and French-Canadian Literature
FRE379H1 Sociolinguistics of French
FRE410H1 Advanced Topics in Quebec Literature
FRE441H1 Advanced Topics in French Literature: The Writings of New France -
Geography
GGR124H1 Urbanization, Contemporary Cities and Urban Life
GGR240H1 Historical Geography North America
GGR246H1 Geography of Canada
GGR308H1 Physical Aspects of the Canadian Arctic and Sub-Arctic
GGR321H1 Indigenous People and Environmental Issues in Canada (Not offered 2024-2025)
GGR336H1 Urban Historical Geography of North America
GGR339H1 Urban Geography, Planning and Political Processes
GGR357H1 Housing and Community Development
GGR416H1 Environmental Impact Assessment -
History
HIS263Y1 Introduction to Canadian History (Not offered 2024-2025)
HIS265Y1 Black Canadian History
HIS266H1 Asian Canadian History
HIS300H1 Energy Cultures in North American History
HIS307H1 Canadian Political Issues (Not offered 2021-2022)
HIS311H1 Introduction to Canadian International Relations
HIS312H1 Immigration to Canada
HIS313H1 Canadian Labour and the Left
HIS314H1 Quebec and French Canada
HIS318H1 Histories of the West in Canada
HIS360H1 African-Canadian History, 1606 to Present
HIS363H1 Dynamics of Gender in Canadian History
HIS365H1 History of the Great Lakes Region
HIS366H1 Aboriginal Peoples of the Great Lakes from 1815 to Present (Not offered 2024-2025)
HIS369H1 Aboriginal Peoples of the Great Lakes from 1500 to 1830 (Not offered 2024-2025)
HIS384H1 Colonial Canada
HIS402H1 Canada and Decolonization
HIS405Y1 Canadian Foreign Relations
HIS410H1 Spectacle, Crowds, and Parades in Canada (Not offered 2024-2025)
HIS429H1 Canada and Empire in the Twentieth-Century (Not offered 2024-2025)
HIS430H1 Canadians and the World Wars
HIS462H1 Canadian Intelligence and National Security, 1945 to present (Not offered 2024-2025)
HIS464H1 Religion and Violence in Comparative Perspective
HIS466H1 Topics in Canadian History
HIS469H1 Religion, Culture and Society in Canada
HIS472H1 Indigenous-Newcomer Relations in Canadian History (Not offered 2024-2025) -
Joint Courses
JFP450H1 First Nations Issues in Health & Healing
JGU346H1 The Urban Planning Process
JGU454H1 The Role of the Planner: Making a Difference
JPA354H1 Indigenous Rights and Indigenous Law in Canada (Not offered 2024-2025)
JPS315H1 LGBTQ Politics (formerly POL315H1)
JQR360H1 The Canadian Census: Populations, Migrations and Demographics
JUG320H1 The Canadian Wilderness -
New College
CSE346H1 Community Organizing and Global Solidarity
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Political Science
JPI201H1 Aboriginal Politics in Canada (formerly JPA308H1 / POL308H1)
JPU315H1 Sexual Diversity Politics (formerly POL315H1, Not offered 2024-2025)
POL214H1 Canadian Government
POL224H1 Canada in a Comparative Perspective
POL306H1 Urban Politics and Governance in Canada (Not offered 2024-2025)
POL312H1 Canadian Foreign Policy Performance
POL314H1 Public Opinion and Voting (Not offered 2021-2022)
POL316H1 Contemporary Canadian Federalism
POL318H1 Canada and the Global Challenge Since 9/11, Part I: NAFTA (Not offered 2024-2025)
POL334H1 Ontario and Quebec Politics
POL336H1 Topics in Provincial Politics
POL337H1 The Canadian Constitution
POL341H1 Canada and the Global Challenge Since 9/11, Part II: The WTO
POL344H1 Social Movements in Europe and North America
POL349H1 Globalization and Urban Politics
POL356H1 Canadian Political Parties
POL382H1 Topics in Canadian Politics
POL425H1 Multiculturalism in Canada
POL439H1 The Canadian Welfare State in Comparative Perspective
POL462H1 Parties and Party Systems: A Canadian Perspective (Not offered 2024-2025)
POL463H1 Comparative Political Parties and Elections (Not offered 2024-2025)
POL467H1 The Politics of Immigration and Multiculturalism in Canada
POL473H1 Advanced Environmental Politics and Policy in Canada (Not offered 2024-2025)
POL474H1 Politics and Political Analysis
POL490H1/491H1 Special Topics in Canadian Politics -
Portuguese
PRT234H1 Portuguese Immigration to North America (Not offered 2024-2025)
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Public Policy
PPG301H1 Introduction to Public Policy
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St. Michael's College
SMC291H1 Broadcast Media and Culture (Not offered 2024-2025)
CHC372H1 The Catholic Church in Canada
SMC321H1 The Catholic Church and Canadian Law (Not offered 2024-2025)
SMC366H1 Interreligious Dialogues & Practice (Not offered 2024-2025)
CLT376H1 Irish-Canadian Literature (Not offered 2024-2025)
CLT377H1 The Celts in Cape Breton (Not offered 2024-2025)
SMC385H1 Numbers and the Humanities: Multicultural Toronto (Not offered 2024-2025)
CLT413H1 The Irish in Canada
CLT416H1 Irish Nationalism in Canada(Not offered 2024-2025)
SMC428H1 The Spiritual in Modern Art (Not offered 2024-2025)
SMC466H1 Public Broadcasting in Canada (Not offered 2024-2025) -
Slavic Languages and Literatures
SLA238H1 Literature of the Ukrainian-Canadian Experience
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Victoria College
VIC119H1 Ancient Narratives in Modern Contexts
VIC351H1 Learning Communities and Higher Education (Not offered 2024-2025) -
Women and Gender Studies
WGS380H1 Aboriginal, Black & Immigrant Women in the Land of Dollars