(CRN 22154) Scholars often position the United States and the Hispanic world as being antithetical. In reality, these two diverse entities have a complex, shared past, which often overlapped and produced both tensions and moments of emulation. HIST 294 will explore this history from the colonial period to the present. Topics under discussion will include the Spanish colonization of the Americas, U.S.-Spanish relations during the Revolutionary War, interactions in the Spanish-American borderlands, U.S. incursions into Latin America, the Spanish-American War, Hispanic immigration to the United States, the impact of Spanish art and architecture, and U.S. investment throughout Latin America. Three credits.
(CRN 14060) This course traces the history of Canadian immigration, settlement, ethnicity, race relations, and multiculturalism from 1896 to the present. It demonstrates the central contribution of immigrants to the formation of Canada while also introducing important debates about immigration policy, refugees, minority rights, equality of opportunity, racism, ethnic identity, the commemoration of ethnic pasts, the creation of transnational communities, concepts of citizenship, and the policy of multiculturalism. Credit will be granted for only one of HIST 323 or HIST 310. Three credits.
(CRN 22155) This course introduces students to foundational concepts of pain including pain's impact on the individual and society. Course topics include the multi-dimensional and individual-specific nature of pain, basic theories, and science for understanding pain, terminology for describing pain, and tools used for measuring and managing pain. This course will explore the difference between acute and chronic pain, and pain with a life-limiting illness. By the end of this course students should be ablet o develop a person-centered approach to pain using the multidimensions of pain to assess and manage pain. Registration limited to HKIN students. Three credits.
(CRN 14035) An in-depth study of the assessment and management of athletic injuries. Students will learn proper assessment protocol, advanced assessment techniques, and specialized taping techniques. On campus. Three credits.
(CRN 14033/Lab 14034) An introduction to the responses and adaptations (acute and chronic) of the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems to disruptions to homeostasis due to muscular activity. Credit will be granted for only one of HKIN 265 or HKIN 365 or HKIN 398 (2019-2020). Course online, labs on campus. Three credits.
CRN (14094) This course will introduce students to theories and practical tools for the program planning and evaluation cycle. Students will gain an understanding of theoretical underpinnings in evaluation, understand the role of program theory, discern between evaluation designs including formative and summative evaluations and gain applied skills in the evaluation process. Specifically, students will learn how to conduct a community needs assessment, develop logic models, identify evaluation questions with relevant process and outcome indicators, identify appropriate data collection methods and complete the knowledge translation and exchange cycle. Considerations in conducting culturally appropriate evaluations will be discussed throughout. Three credits.
(Spring 2024 CRN 14061 / Fall 2024 CRN 59725 / Winter 2025 CRN 59728) This introductory course exposes students to the range of subject matter covered in the degree program and provides an introduction to the field of nutrition. The role of nutrients in a healthy dient is featured along with identifying the behavioural, social and political factors that impact food choice. Students will discuss nutrition in the media and will begin to work with food guidance tools to explore nutrition and health promotion. Credit will be granted for only one of HNU 142, HNU 135, HNU 161, HNU 185 or HNU 315. Three Credits.
(Spring CRN 14062 / Fall CRN 59729) Students will learn basic nutrition science principles with emphasis on energy, macronutrients, vitamins and minerals required by humans for health and fitness. Topics will include foundational nutrition guidelines, nutrient functions, their food sources and how the body handles them. The role of nutrients, a healthy diet, fluid and supplements in exercise will be emphasized. Credit will be granted for only one of HNU 163 or 363 (HNU 163 is not acceptable for credit in the BSc HNU degree or BSc HKIN Minor in Nutrition).
(Winter CRN 59731) Human Nutrition Policy is designed to acquaint students with the Canadian human nutrition policy landscape. Students will become familiar with how policy can be used at the population level. They will be introduced to key nutrition policy concepts, the roles and interests of federal, provincial and local governments, the five stages of the public policy process. Canadian nutrition policy examples to be covered. Opportunities to act or intervene in the policy process, using tools such as advocacy, activism, and research, will identified. Three credits
Indigenous women traditionally held places of honour, respect, and leadership within their families and communities as our advisors and caretakers of life, lands, and resources. Indigenous women are natural leaders and decision-makers; keepers of knowledge, culture and language; protectors of land and water; activists and cycle-breakers. Indigenous women are reclaiming their rightful place as leaders.
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