SOCW 354

An Introduction to Indigenous Issues and Human Services

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

Critically examines the historical process of colonization in Canada, the resulting barriers embedded in policy and practice, and alternative ways of viewing the social-psychological position of Indigenous people in Canadian Society. Contemporary issues and the movement toward self-determination will be discussed in relation to social work theory and practice.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 354, 454.

Pre- or corequisites: 323, or 311 and 312.

Undergraduate course in Social Work offered by the School of Social Work in the Faculty of Human and Social Development.