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Ontario Tech University
   
    Nov 11, 2026  
2026-2027 Undergraduate Academic Calendar 
    
2026-2027 Undergraduate Academic Calendar
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INDG 2010U – The Indian Residential School System


In this course, we will take a comprehensive approach to learning about Canada’s colonial project and its objective to eliminate the “Indian problem.” The underlaying foundation of the course is the perspective that the IRS system and the Scoops are only two examples of Canada’s genocide against Indigenous Peoples. In this course, students will be presented with an in-depth history of the Indian Residential School (IRS) System and its consequences for Indigenous Nations in the past, present and even the future. We will also learn about the Scoops (60s Scoop and Millenium Scoop), the child welfare policies, and how they represent the continuation and rebranding of the IRS system. The course will also challenge students’ perspectives on reconciliation and to understand why we say, “truth before reconciliation.”
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3



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