(Summer CRN: ) This course builds on the foundations of sociological theory, methods and historic considerations established in SOCI 101. Students will explore a range of topics dealing with various aspects of social inequality, culture, integration, and ideological conflict in both a Canadian and global context. Together with SOCI 101, this course provides the prerequisite for all other sociology courses. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 102 or SOCI 100. Three credits.
(Spring CRN ) An introduction to the field of disability studies, this course examines the ways in which disabled people and disability issues are defined and treated in contemporary society. Social and political conceptions of disability are contrasted with medical and individualistic definitions of disability with the aim of developing a critique of taken-for-granted conceptions of normal bodies, minds, and senses. Communitybased contributions and responses to disability knowledge are emphasized and common ideas and assumptions about disability are situated historically to illustrate changing relations to disability over time, and to the role of disability knowledge in social change. The experience of disability will be stressed. Three credits.
The Library provides a variety of library skills workshops, including Library Research 101, Managing References with Zotero, Citing Your Sources, and Data, among others. Workshops are free of charge and open to all. Participants can choose a workshop and register online.
In Youth-Focused Community Outreach, participants will build on the fundamentals of the Introduction to Community Outreach course and learn how to engage with youth in a way that is meaningful and impactful for all parties. Course facilitators Addy Strickland and Hannah James will support participants to define youth outreach and engagement, share strategies for creating welcoming, youth-friendly spaces, and explore a variety of tools for use in outreach and engagement activities. Participants will make connections and explore various tools and approaches that can be applied to their own contexts. Individual module topics include: defining youth outreach and engagement, meeting youth where they’re at, creating welcoming youth-friendly spaces, tools and strategies to engage youth, asset-based approaches to youth outreach, and trust in action.
Dans le cadre de ce cours, les participants consolideront les bases du cours d’introduction à la sensibilisation communautaire et apprendront à interagir avec les jeunes de façon significative et pertinente pour tous les intervenants. Les facilitatrices de ce cours, Addy Strickland et Hannah James, aideront les participants à définir la sensibilisation et l’engagement des jeunes, à échanger des stratégies pour créer des espaces accueillants et conviviaux pour les jeunes et à découvrir une multitude d’outils pouvant servir aux activités de sensibilisation et d’engagement. Les participants créeront des liens et exploreront divers outils et approches qu’ils peuvent utiliser dans leurs propres situations. Voici les sujets de chaque module : définir la sensibilisation et l’engagement des jeunes; aller à la rencontre des jeunes; créer des espaces accueillants et conviviaux pour les jeunes; les outils et les stratégies pour engager les jeunes; les approches fondées sur les atouts en matière de sensibilisation des jeunes; et la confiance en action.
