***NEW FOR FALL 2021!***
Ms. Blake-Seale
This course is for students who are passionate about social justice! Equity, privilege, human rights, stereotypes, power relationships and discrimination are the themes discussed in this course. Using the backdrop of historical and modern examples of social injustice, students will learn about the barriers to achieving true equity in Canadian society, and prominent activists who are fighting to break these barriers down. This course culminates in a personal action project, where students are to identify a specific need related to an equity or social injustice issue and design an initiative to address this need. Social Justice is a hot topic! Come and be the change.
Topics will include: Historical Canadian examples (Japanese Internment, Indigenous rights, Africville, Persons Case), Racism and Racial profiling, Islamaphobia, Immigrant rights; Privilege and power dynamics (race, gender, sexual orientation).
Prerequisite: Any university, college, or university/college preparation course in social sciences and humanities, English, or Canadian and world studies