History (HIST) - Colonialism and Resettlement in the Canadian West

HIST 2016  Colonialism and Resettlement in the Canadian West

Prerequisites:

Six credits of History at the 1000 level or 24 credits completed.

Antirequisites:

HIST 3217 as offered in 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2010-11

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

Students examine the displacement of indigenous people and the creation of Euro-Canadian settler communities in the Canadian west with their own values and momentum. Students gain an understanding of the basis of the settler and indigenous societies of the Canadian west. Students also engage in a case study of the global process of British settler colonialism.