GSFS 405. Social Justice and Activism.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Develops frameworks for understanding the relationships between critical knowledge production, activism, and social justice. Emphasis on activist strategies, social change initiatives, and their underlying theories and methodologies. Explores the emergence of social justice frameworks in response to ongoing histories of colonization, imperialism, and alternative world making.
- Prerequisite(s): GSFS 200 OR GSFS 250 and any GSFS 300 level course. Recommended GSFS 305.
- Restriction(s):Not open to students who have taken WMST 401 when the topic was “The Women’s Movement in Canada”.
- Students are required to take the intro course(s) and one GSFS course at the 300 level before taking GSFS courses at the 400 level.