Human Rights - Anthropology of Development in the Canadian North

ANTH 3006  Anthropology of Development in the Canadian North

Antirequisites:

ANTR 3376 if taken in 09FW, ANTR 3006

Hours:

Three hours of seminar per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

This course offers anthropological perspectives of key issues facing Canada's changing North including: resource development and associated social, ecological, and economic impacts; impacts of development on sustainable livelihoods and health; changing governance structures as a result of Aboriginal land claims; social conceptions and implications of climate change in the North; and the role of the North in future energy, resource, and international politics. This course may be credited towards Indigenous Studies and Social Welfare & Social Development.