Indigenous Community Justice Minor

Description

The minor in Indigenous Community Justice aims to critically engage students with Indigenous social justice issues and explore the impact of European influence on Indigenous life and cultures. Students will examine the social construction of settler societies that have taken root around the world through imperial and capitalist expansionism. They will be challenged to put knowledge of culture, history, and social justice—and their theoretical understandings—into practice. Students will study Indigenous mobilization, political organization, self-determination, resurgence, and regeneration of communities and cultures. This Minor also exposes students to the complexity and diversity of Indigenous ways of delivering justice, governance, and community structures. Students will also learn about the large variation of Indigenous methods of achieving justice among the numerous Indigenous communities across Canada. Finally, students will also engage in experiential learning and active engagement with local communities and peoples, as well as with peoples throughout Turtle Island.

This minor may be applied towards any KPU bachelor's degree.

Admission Requirements

Students pursuing a Minor in Indigenous Community Justice must be admitted to KPU for undergraduate studies.

Declaration Requirements

Students pursuing this minor must declare their intention prior to graduation. A minor may only be declared as part of a bachelor’s degree.

Curricular Requirements

The Minor in Indigenous Community Justice requires completion of 18 credits of lower-level courses and 15 credits of upper-level courses as follows. Students must achieve a minimum grade of C in all required courses.

Lower-Level Requirements

All of:
	ANTH 1100	Social & Cultural Anthropology	3 credits
	HIST 1113	Cultures in Collision: Canada to 1867	3 credits
	INDG 1100	Introduction to Indigenous Studies	3 credits
	SOCI 1125	Introduction to Society: Processes and Structures	3 credits
One of:
	ANTH 2142	First Nations Cultures of Canada	3 credits
	ANTH 2160	Culture and the Environment	3 credits
One of:
	SOCI 2150	Sociology of Indigenous Peoples (in development)	3 credits
	SOCI 2230	Racialization and Ethnicity in Canada	3 credits

Upper-Level Requirements

All of:
	CRIM 4240	Indigenous Peoples and Justice	3 credits
	INDG 3155	Indigenous Perspectives on Settler Colonial Societies	3 credits
	INDG 4245	Indigenous Activism	3 credits
	LING 3390	Indigenous Languages in Canada	3 credits
	SOCI 4150	First Peoples, Public Policy in Canadian and Global Contexts (in development)	3 credits