590 Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Law (Dunn)

LAW590 

Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Law

(Dunn)

Prerequisite courses: 

Prerequisite for:

Instructor(s): Michael Dunn

Course credit: 3

Method of presentation: Lecture

METHOD OF EVALUATION

Closed book examination – 100% 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course provides students with a survey of aspects to aboriginal law and Crown-Indigenous relations. The course will introduce students to the following areas: UNDRIP, Aboriginal and Treaty Rights, the Crown-Indigenous Relationship, and the impact of residential schools. The class will take a primarily black letter approach to the law with a focus on case law and textual analysis. Students will develop an understanding of the historical placement of these issues and how they evolved from contact to present. Evaluation will be conducted by way of closed book examination(s). 

SPECIAL COMMENTS

Description updated 2024-25. Please contact the instructor for any specific questions you may have related to this particular course section.

REQUIRED TEXTS (IF ANY):

TBD