Academic Calendar 2017/2018 - Race, Ethnicity, and Social Welfare

SWLF 3426  Race, Ethnicity, and Social Welfare

Prerequisites:

Any 24 credits completed

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term. Three hours of lecture per week for one term

Credits:

3

Description:

Students focus on how race, racism, and ethnicity affect the ability of various groups to access work opportunities, social welfare, and social rights in contemporary societies. Topics covered may include immigrants, refugees, diasporas, Indigenous peoples, colonialism, slavery, nationalism, citizenship, minority rights, multiculturalism, segregation, social exclusion, employment equity, and anti-racist struggles.