Indigenous Studies
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IST 092 Introduction to Indigenous Studies
Effective date: September 2009
This course looks at Indigenous people's relationships with land, resources, cultures, and each other, as well as historical and contemporary relationships between Indigenous people and settler governments. The course includes an overview of Indigenous cultures in BC, colonialism, and cultural and political re-emergence.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- TBD plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Prerequisites
One of:
- C in English 10
- C in ENGL 050
Camosun offers English assessment testing to determine current level of skill.
IST 104 Indigenous Ways of Knowing
Effective Date: January 2017
This course will explore Indigenous ways of knowing and living. It engages students in self-reflection on their own learning processes and looks at how various approaches are grounded in culture. The course explores how Indigenous voice and spaces are integral to creating truly inclusive educational experiences.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $282.60 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Effective Date: September 2019
This course will explore Indigenous ways of knowing and living. It engages students in self-reflection on their own learning processes and looks at how various approaches are grounded in culture. The course explores how Indigenous voice and spaces are integral to creating truly inclusive educational experiences.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $282.60 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Prerequisites
One of:
- C+ in English 12
- C+ in English First Peoples 12
- C in ENGL 091 and ENGL 093
- C in ENGL 092 and ENGL 094
- C in ENGL 092 and ENGL 096
- C in ENGL 103 and ENGL 104
- C in ENGL 142
- C in ELD 092 and ELD 094
- C in ELD 097
- C in ELD 103 and ELD 104
Camosun offers English assessment testing to determine current level of skill.
IST 111 Circle Seminar 1
Effective date: May 2012
This course supports students to develop skills in circle learning and examine identity within an Indigenous program.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 2
- Format
- 1.5 seminar hours per week
- Tuition
- $141.30 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
IST 112 Circle Seminar 2
Effective date: September 2012
This course supports students to develop their circle learning skills, enhance their understanding of Indigenous communities, and examine their academic and career goals.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 2
- Format
- 1.5 seminar hours per week
- Tuition
- $141.30 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Prerequisites
- COM in IST 111
Restricted course Open to students in Indigenous Studies, second semester.
IST 114 Indigenous Studies Health 1
Effective date: September 2016
Introduces the learner to the role of Indigenous Health Care Worker. Self-awareness and appreciation of Indigenous culture and the impact of history on families and communities is explored. College orientation, planning for full-time attendance in school, and discussion of home/life balance is part of this course.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 1.5
- Format
- 51 hours over 6 weeks
- Tuition
- TBD plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
IST 115 Indigenous Studies Health 2
Effective date: September 2016
A continuation of IST 114. Expands on societal, political, spiritual and cultural issues that impact on the student's role as a personal support worker and caregiver. Explores the role of healthcare workers and their impact on Indigenous families/communities. Students will develop a resource book of Indigenous supports.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 2
- Format
- 58 hours over 25 weeks
- Tuition
- TBD plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
IST 116 Indigenous Studies in Canada 1
Effective Date: September 2015
This course examines the traditions, societies, and cultures of Indigenous peoples in what is now known as Canada prior to European contact. The course provides an introduction to various Indigenous peoples' ways of knowing (epistemology) with a special emphasis on the maintenance and/or revitalization of traditional values, cultural identity and spirituality.
Check transferability with the BC Transfer Guide • Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $282.60 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
IST 117 Indigenous Studies in Canada 2
Effective date: September 2009
This course analyzes the effects of colonization on Indigenous peoples/communities through an examination of policies such as residential schools, child welfare, treaties and the Indian Act. The course studies revitalization strategies and the nation rebuilding processes operating in Indigenous communities.
Check transferability with the BC Transfer Guide • Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $282.60 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
IST 118 IST Circle & Elders Teaching 1
Effective date: January 2015
This course consists of weekly circle-based discussions and debriefing sessions for program students, staff and faculty, in Semester 1 of the Indigenous Human Services Career Access Program (IHSCAP) or Indigenous College Prep (ICP) Programs. On regular occasions, Indigenous elders will join the circle to share their wisdom and oral traditions.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 1
- Format
- 1.5 seminar hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Human Services Career Access; Indigenous College Prep
- Tuition
- $81.90 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Prerequisites
- Students must be of Indigenous ancestry
IST 119 IST Circle & Elders Teaching 2
Effective date: January 2015
This course consists of weekly circle-based discussions and debriefing sessions for program students, staff and faculty, in Semester 2 of the Indigenous Human Services Career Access Program (IHSCAP) or Indigenous College Prep (ICP) Programs. On regular occasions, Indigenous elders will join the circle to share their wisdom and oral traditions.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 1
- Format
- 1.5 seminar hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Human Services Career Access; Indigenous College Prep
- Tuition
- $81.90 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Prerequisites
- Students must be of Indigenous ancestry
IST 120 Introduction to Indigenous Peoples
Effective Date: January 2015
TELŦIN TŦE WILNEW, a SENĆOŦEN phrase meaning “Understanding Indigenous People.” This unique, award-winning course is intended for students unfamiliar with Indigenous worldviews. Participants will learn from Indigenous people about Indigenous worldviews and colonization through video, audio interviews, radio shows and scholarly articles. The purpose of the course is to dispel stereotypes and myths, to enable learners to understand the experience of Indigenous peoples in a Canadian context, and to equip them with the knowledge and skills to begin to interact respectfully with Indigenous peoples in community and in the workplace. Discussions are conducted in circle format with an Indigenous facilitator.
Check transferability with the BC Transfer Guide • Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 10 seminar hours and 35 online hours total
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $493.67 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Prerequisites
One of:
Camosun offers English assessment testing to determine current level of skill.
Effective Date: September 2019
TELŦIN TŦE WILNEW, a SENĆOŦEN phrase meaning “Understanding Indigenous People.” This unique, award-winning course is intended for students unfamiliar with Indigenous worldviews. Participants will learn from Indigenous people about Indigenous worldviews and colonization through video, audio interviews, radio shows and scholarly articles. The purpose of the course is to dispel stereotypes and myths, to enable learners to understand the experience of Indigenous peoples in a Canadian context, and to equip them with the knowledge and skills to begin to interact respectfully with Indigenous peoples in community and in the workplace. Discussions are conducted in circle format with an Indigenous facilitator.
Check transferability with the BC Transfer Guide • Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 15 seminar hours and 30 online hours total
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $493.67 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Prerequisites
One of:
Camosun offers English assessment testing to determine current level of skill.
IST 136 Indigenous Justice and Law
Effective date: September 2019
Students will examine Indigenous legal traditions and forms of justice, followed by a review of Indigenous peoples’ experiences in the Canadian criminal justice system including interactions with police, courts, and corrections. Using both experiential and theoretical learning processes, students will consider and assess opportunities for emerging approaches and initiatives to achieve reconciliation in relation to justice for Indigenous peoples.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Tuition
- $597.15 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
IST 142 Land, Water, & Stewardship
Effective date: September 2019
Students will explore Indigenous relationships with land and water, perspectives on traditional ecological knowledge, concepts of traditional territory, and how ideas about economic and social development intersect with Indigenous cultural values. Students will explore contemporary Indigenous environmental issues including those related to extraction industries, development, tourism, and differing perspectives on stewardship.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Tuition
- $597.15 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
IST 171 Ways of Wellness - Learning
Effective date: September 2010
This course provides students with the ability to make informed decisions about career and education preparation. As well, it examines health and individual wellness issues from Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives of individual wellness.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $282.60 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Prerequisites
One of:
- C in English 10
- C in ENGL 050
Camosun offers English assessment testing to determine current level of skill.
IST 172 Ways of Wellness - Community
Effective date: September 2010
This course examines health and education needs and issues in Indigenous communities. As well, it provides students with learning and thinking strategies necessary for success in wellness and community leadership programs.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $282.60 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Prerequisites
- C in IST 171
IST 204 Special Projects
Effective date: September 2013
Students will undertake assignments enabling them to develop leadership and community skills. Projects may include working with Indigenous communities and organizations, government ministries and departments, NGOs and other agencies.
Check transferability with the BC Transfer Guide • Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 seminar hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $282.60 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Effective date: September 2019
Students will undertake assignments enabling them to develop leadership and community skills. Projects may include working with Indigenous communities and organizations, government ministries and departments, NGOs and other agencies.
Check transferability with the BC Transfer Guide • Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 seminar hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $282.60 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
IST 205 Indigenous Introduction to Social Work
Effective Date: May 2015
This course introduces students to the practice of social work beginning with a critical examination of the ethics, values, and historical development of the profession and its impacts on indigenous communities. The course will examine the various levels and settings of social work practice, including individual, family and community systems and informal helping with particular emphasis on practice in Indigenous communities. The course accentuates self-reflection, which will help students to examine not only their identities, but also their interest, motivation, and capacity for social work practice.
Check transferability with the BC Transfer Guide • Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 seminar hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $460.80 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Effective Date: September 2019
This course introduces students to the practice of social work beginning with a critical examination of the ethics, values, and historical development of the profession and its impacts on indigenous communities. The course will examine the various levels and settings of social work practice, including individual, family and community systems and informal helping with particular emphasis on practice in Indigenous communities. The course accentuates self-reflection, which will help students to examine not only their identities, but also their interest, motivation, and capacity for social work practice.
Check transferability with the BC Transfer Guide • Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 seminar hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $460.80 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
IST 206 Indigenous Social Welfare
Effective Date: May 2015
This course provides a general introduction to the perspectives, concepts and theoretical foundations of social welfare in Canada, including an analysis of the institutional structures of social welfare in the modern state. Students examine how specific social policies (health, housing, family & children, corrections and income security) and programs impact a variety of populations within Canadian society with a strong focus on Indigenous people/communities. The role of the social worker in formulating policy is also explored.
Check transferability with the BC Transfer Guide • Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 seminar hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $460.80 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Effective Date: September 2019
This course provides a general introduction to the perspectives, concepts and theoretical foundations of social welfare in Canada, including an analysis of the institutional structures of social welfare in the modern state. Students examine how specific social policies (health, housing, family & children, corrections and income security) and programs impact a variety of populations within Canadian society with a strong focus on Indigenous people/communities. The role of the social worker in formulating policy is also explored.
Check transferability with the BC Transfer Guide • Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 seminar hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $460.80 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
IST 211 Circle Seminar 3
Effective date: May 2012
This course supports students to develop advanced circle learning skills and practical applications of the learning acquired from the IST program, including interacting with community.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 2
- Format
- 1.5 seminar hours per week
- Tuition
- $141.30 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
IST 212 Circle Seminar 4
Effective date: May 2012
This course supports students to identify concepts and practices of self-awareness and self-care, and to develop skills in public presentation.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 2
- Format
- 1.5 seminar hours per week
- Tuition
- $141.30 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
IST 220 Indigenous Art Studies
Effective date: September 2013
This course presents an overview of the arts of various Indigenous peoples and communities within their histories and cultures. The creative voices of artists will take students beyond the facts and figures of history, geography, and political science, and reveal the stories of the underlying individual and collective human experiences.
Check transferability with the BC Transfer Guide • Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $282.60 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Effective date: September 2019
This course presents an overview of the arts of various Indigenous peoples and communities within their histories and cultures. The creative voices of artists will take students beyond the facts and figures of history, geography, and political science, and reveal the stories of the underlying individual and collective human experiences.
Check transferability with the BC Transfer Guide • Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $282.60 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
IST 230 Community Engagement & Action
Effective date: September 2019
Students will learn about building relationships with and contributing to Indigenous communities, Nations, and organizations. Students, participating in both theoretical and applied learning processes, will explore their own beliefs and values about collectivity and traditional forms of leadership as well as contribution to and with community; learn how to respectfully engage with Indigenous community members, knowledge keepers, and community leaders; and learn how to appropriately access and work with community-owned knowledge.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Tuition
- $597.15 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
IST 232 Indigenous Political Science
Effective date: September 2012
This course is an introduction to Indigenous political science. Students will gain awareness about historical and contemporary perspectives on Indigenous political epistemologies, policy initiatives and political organizations. Students will integrate new learning from themes presented with non-Indigenous governments as a way of creating transformative political structures for Indigenous communities.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $282.60 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Effective date: September 2019
This course is an introduction to Indigenous political science. Students will gain awareness about historical and contemporary perspectives on Indigenous political epistemologies, policy initiatives and political organizations. Students will integrate new learning from themes presented with non-Indigenous governments as a way of creating transformative political structures for Indigenous communities.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $282.60 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
IST 234 Land and Language
Effective Date: September 2018
This course introduces students to the Indigenous relationships among culture, land, and language and their connected influences with development of self-identity. Students participate in land-based activities, learn some aspects of speaking a traditional Indigenous language, and connect with their own ancestral land and language.
Check transferability with the BC Transfer Guide • Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $282.60 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Prerequisites
One of:
- C+ in English 12
- C+ in English 12 First Peoples
- C in ENGL 091 and ENGL 093
- C in ENGL 092 and ENGL 094
- C in ENGL 092 and ENGL 096
- C in ENGL 103 and ENGL 104
- C in ENGL 103 and ENGL 106
- C in ENGL 142
- C in ELD 092 and ELD 094
- C in ELD 097
- C in ELD 103 and ELD 104
Camosun offers English assessment testing to determine current level of skill.
Effective Date: September 2019
This course introduces students to the Indigenous relationships among culture, land, and language and their connected influences with development of self-identity. Students participate in land-based activities, learn some aspects of speaking a traditional Indigenous language, and connect with their own ancestral land and language.
Check transferability with the BC Transfer Guide • Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $282.60 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Prerequisites
One of:
- C+ in English 12
- C+ in English 12 First Peoples
- C in ENGL 091 and ENGL 093
- C in ENGL 092 and ENGL 094
- C in ENGL 092 and ENGL 096
- C in ENGL 103 and ENGL 104
- C in ENGL 103 and ENGL 106
- C in ENGL 142
- C in ELD 092 and ELD 094
- C in ELD 097
- C in ELD 103 and ELD 104
And one of:
Camosun offers English assessment testing to determine current level of skill.
IST 241 Gender and Identity
Effective date: September 2012
This course will examine the influence of colonization and the issues of resistance and recovery in regards to traditional knowledge, ethnicity, and sexuality, and the construction of Indigenous gender roles and identity.
Check transferability with the BC Transfer Guide • Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $282.60 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Effective date: September 2019
This course will examine the influence of colonization and the issues of resistance and recovery in regards to traditional knowledge, ethnicity, and sexuality, and the construction of Indigenous gender roles and identity.
Check transferability with the BC Transfer Guide • Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $282.60 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
IST 242 Environment and Stewardship
Effective date: September 2012
This course will explore Indigenous and non-Indigenous views of the environment, perspectives on traditional ecological knowledge and nature as a living system. Students will examine contemporary Indigenous environmental issues including those related to forestry, fishing, wild species, protected areas, climate change, and resource planning and stewardship.
Check transferability with the BC Transfer Guide • Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- TBD plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Effective date: September 2019
This course is scheduled for cancellation. Please see IST 142 instead.
IST 243 Comparative Indigenous Issues
Effective date: September 2012
This course examines historical and contemporary policies and practices concerning Indigenous people in New Zealand, Australia and the United States. Students identify, examine and analyze treaties, Indigenous policy, education, child welfare and international law. The course includes examination of international Indigenous movements towards self-determination.
Check transferability with the BC Transfer Guide • Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $282.60 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Effective date: September 2019
This course examines historical and contemporary policies and practices concerning Indigenous people in New Zealand, Australia and the United States. Students identify, examine and analyze treaties, Indigenous policy, education, child welfare and international law. The course includes examination of international Indigenous movements towards self-determination.
Check transferability with the BC Transfer Guide • Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- $282.60 plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
IST 244 Language Revitalization
Effective date: September 2012
This course will examine historical and contemporary factors in Indigenous language revitalization. Issues considered in this course are language revitalization practices, language policies affecting Indigenous languages, community complexities and knowledge of local language issues. This course will prepare learners to support the development of language programs in their communities.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- TBD plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Effective date: September 2019
This course will examine historical and contemporary factors in Indigenous language revitalization. Issues considered in this course are language revitalization practices, language policies affecting Indigenous languages, community complexities and knowledge of local language issues. This course will prepare learners to support the development of language programs in their communities.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 3 lecture hours per week
- Related programs
- Indigenous Learning
- Tuition
- TBD plus additional fees. Effective until August 31, 2019.
IST 250 QĆÁSET Indigenous Cultural Camp
Effective date: September 2017
Students will learn about traditional Indigenous values, philosophies, spirituality, teachings, and ceremonies related to relationships with land. This course will primarily be delivered as a land-based experiential camp, off-site, under the direction of Indigenous knowledge keepers, Elders, and faculty.
Course offerings vary by term; search Camlink for scheduled sections
- Credits
- 3
- Format
- 42 total pre-camp, camp, post-camp, and online hours over 4 weeks
- Related programs
- Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Family Support, Indigenous Business Leadership, Indigenous College Prep
- Tuition
- TBD plus additional fees | $775 plus additional fees for students in the above related Indigenous programs. Effective until August 31, 2019.
Last updated: May 2, 2019 10:56 am
