Courses

Students interact face-to-face and online as a community of learners to discuss global issues in agriculture, food, and natural resources in cultural context. Typically taken after studying abroad. [0-0-2] Prerequisite: GRS_V 390

Intersectional feminist theory and practice, focusing on contemporary issues in a transnational context.

Techniques of literary study, with emphasis on intersectionality and the ways in which gender is represented in literature and contributions of feminism and gender studies to literary studies.

How human rights are expressed in the Arts. Critical engagement with feminist, race and social justice scholarship, and activism.

Interdisciplinary exploration of the multiple intersections between gender and (neo)colonialism, racism, poverty, ableism, and heterosexism in a globalized world; historical and cross-cultural aspects, and the social construction of sex and gender, masculinity and femininity.

The intersections of gender, education, and work using sociological and economic frameworks. Recommended pre-requisites: either all of GRSJ 101, GRSJ 102 or third-year standing.

Emerging technology in the areas of digital affect theory, cyborg feminism, critical digital humanities, critical race studies, surveillance studies, and queer game studies.

Critical examination of the gender dimension of globalization and the theories, discourse, and practices in international politics using gender analysis. Recommended pre-requisites: either all of GRSJ 101, GRSJ 102 or third-year standing.

Critical engagement with the creative process of marginalized peoples and the intersection of creative writing, social justice, and anti-racist feminism. Emphasis on how historical and social context are crucial to acts of creative writing and reading. Recommended pre-requisites: all of GRSJ 101, GRSJ 102, or third-year standing.

An interdisciplinary survey of gender studies and histories of African/Black women in the Americas from the beginning of the slave trade to the present. Recommended pre-requisites: either all of GRSJ 101, GRSJ 102 or third-year standing.

The intellectual and political interventions of queer of colour theorizing in the gender and sexual politics of racial and imperial projects, including its engagements with women of colour feminisms, settler colonial and indigenous studies, and immigration and diaspora studies.

Data collection techniques, the politics of interpretation, and the formulation of a research proposal using a feminist, anti-racist framework. Recommended pre-requisites: all of GRSJ 101, GRSJ 102. Restricted to GRSJ Majors and Minors in third-year standing or above.

Feminist scholarship emphasizing languages and processes of representation and the construction of difference in cultural discourses and institutions. Recommended pre-requisites: all of GRSJ 101, GRSJ 102. Restricted to GRSJ Majors and Minors in third-year standing or above.

Topics will vary from year to year. Consult the departmental website or contact the GRSJ undergraduate program for details. Recommended pre-requisites: all of GRSJ 101, GRSJ 102. Restricted to third-year standing or above

Critical anti-colonial and feminist analyses of colonial and racial subjugation, as well as the many modalities of indigenous and minority resistance.

Connects feminist and critical race theory and practice through placement in a community organization. As is the case with all UBC practice-related courses, this course requires a Criminal Record Check. Open to GRSJ Majors. This course is graded for Pass/Fail. Restricted to GRSJ Majors with fourth-year standing. Prerequisite: All of GRSJ_V 101, GRSJ_V 102 and two of GRSJ_V 325, GRSJ_V 326, GRSJ_V 327, GRSJ_V 328. Consult the department.

Restricted to students in one of M.A. GRSJ, Ph.D. GRSJ.

The potential of creative work to disrupt ingrained ideas and representations by appealing to the senses. Study and engage with academics, artists, and activists interested in how art contributes to critical and engaged social justice work. Restricted to students in one of M.A. GRSJ, Ph.D. GRSJ.

The political, economic, and legal environment of Aboriginal-Canadian relations and its influence on resource use and management; review of historic relationships, emerging case law, and new reconciliation frameworks.

Processes that shape coastal terrestrial ecosystems through time and applications to current ecological reality. Part of the Haida Gwaii Fall Semester. Prerequisite: Third-year standing.

Unique biological attributes of island wildlife, such as subspecies, isolated populations, and distinct evolutionary pathways, with a focus on endemic species on Haida Gwaii. Part of the Haida Gwaii Fall Semester. Credit will be granted for only one of FRST 395 or HGSE 357. Prerequisite: Third-year standing.

Exploration of the diversity of Indigenous peoples of British Columbia and Canada and their unique histories, beginning with origin stories and oral histories and moving on to the histories and relationships that Indigenous groups have with the federal, provincial and territorial governments.

Perspectives and methodologies applied to the conservation of marine environments in British Columbia.