Indigenous Studies minor

General Information

The purpose of the minor in Indigenous Studies is to foster student understanding of Indigenous histories, contemporary perspectives, and lived experiences, and to gain insight into Indigenous ways of knowing. Students will develop a critical awareness of colonialism in Canada, within global and historical contexts. Responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action in education and to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigneous Peoples (UNDRIP), the minor aims to offer a teaching and learning environment that facilitates respectful relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. Indigenous pedagogies and the values of respect, reciprocity, relevance, responsibility, and relationality inform the program.

The Indigenous Studies minor is an inter-faculty minor accessible to students registered in programs across the university, housed in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities. Core INDG courses are offered to students in combination with upper-year courses offered in each faculty, in order to enhance students’ capacity to apply knowledge, understanding and experience gained in core courses in their specific disciplines and/or faculties.

Admissions requirements

The Indigenous Studies minor is available to students in any major program at Ontario Tech University. The minor consists of six courses or 18 credit hours, which includes four required courses and two electives from the list of approved courses. A cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 in courses in this minor program is required for successful completion.

Required courses

• INDG 1000U – Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Colonial History and its Impacts on Indigenous Peoples
• INDG 4100U – (Re)Membering Reciprocal Relations

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• Any two of the following:

• INDG 2100U – Endaayaang - Storying Home in Michi Saagiig Territory
• INDG 2200U – Indigenous Digital and Visual Media
• INDG 2500U – Two-Eyed Seeing in the Natural Sciences
• INDG 3100U – First Nations History in Michi Saagiig and Haudenosaunee Territories in Southern Ontario
• INDG 3200U – Contemporary Indigenous Literature
• INDG 3310U – Indigenous Peoples, Sustainability and Development: A Global Perspective
• INDG 4300U – Special Topics in Indigenous Studies
• INDG 4310U – The Politics of Indigenous Rights
• INDG 4570U – Indigenous Design and Technology

Elective courses

• Two of:  

• ENGR 4570U – Indigenous Design and Technology
• HLSC 3823U – Health and Indigenous People in Canada
• INDG 2100U – Endaayaang - Storying Home in Michi Saagiig Territory
• INDG 2200U – Indigenous Digital and Visual Media
• INDG 2500U – Two-Eyed Seeing in the Natural Sciences
• INDG 3100U – First Nations History in Michi Saagiig and Haudenosaunee Territories in Southern Ontario
• INDG 3200U – Contemporary Indigenous Literature
• INDG 3310U – Indigenous Peoples, Sustainability and Development: A Global Perspective
• INDG 4300U – Special Topics in Indigenous Studies
• INDG 4310U – The Politics of Indigenous Rights
• INDG 4570U – Indigenous Design and Technology
• KINE 2010U – Health and Indigenous People in Canada
• KINE 3482U – Physical Activity and Indigenous Peoples in Canada
• LGLS 3310U – Indigenous Peoples, Law and the State in Canada
• POSC 3310U – Indigenous Peoples, Sustainability and Development: A Global Perspective
• POSC 4310U – The Politics of Indigenous Rights
• SCIE 2500U – Two-Eyed Seeing in the Natural Sciences

Note:

• Not all courses may be offered every year and some of these courses may have prerequisites.
• Please note any prerequisites before enrolling in any non-INDG courses and consult with your Faculty Academic Advisor before enrolling in a course that is listed in your major program map. Identical courses cannot be double-counted within the minor.