Indigenous Studies
IDST 110 - Aboriginal Culture, the Lands and Personal Connection
2.00 credits
(4,0,0)
10 wks
This is a seminar style course designed to prepare students for success within the ARLS program, broaden perspectives, create contacts, and enhance skills to gain employment upon completing the program. Through a seminar approach, you explore topics such as heritage and values associated with the land, concepts of value of the land and resources, and different employment and careers opportunities in land and resource management and stewardship.
IDST 120 - Aboriginal Land and Resource Stewardship
3.00 credits
(4,0,0)
15 wks
This course explores concepts of stewardship and sustainability from contemporary and traditional perspectives. The over-riding theme of this course is to explore what it means to be a steward of the land and how this relates to conservation and sustainability from different world-views. Historical precedents and legal cases that define aboriginal rights and title will also be explored in the context of land stewardship.