Working with Indigenous Communities

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Course
CYCC 1112
Discontinued
No
Course code
CYCC 1112
Descriptive
Working with Indigenous Communities
Department
Child and Youth Care
Faculty
Applied Community Studies
Credits
3.00
Start date
End term
Not Specified
PLAR
No
Semester length
15 Weeks
Max class size
35
Course designation
Indigenous Content
Industry designation
None
Contact hours

Lecture: 4 hours/week

Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Learning activities
  • Lecture
  • Group work
  • Student presentations
  • Guest speakers
  • Audio-visual presentations

All methods of instruction apply to in class, hybrid and/or online modes of learning.

Course description
This course focuses on developing a professional identity by examining personal ethics, Indigenous values, experiences, and worldviews. Students will develop a critical understanding of the role of diversity, self-determination, social and economic justice, and power relations in forming strong and healthy communities. Students will use critical thinking concepts to explore and reflect on historical and current perspectives when engaging in ethical decision-making. Legal, political, social and cultural connotations around self-determination for Indigenous peoples are considered.
Course content
  • Social and economic justice, appreciation of diversity, respect for protocol, encouragement and respect for self-determination, the ethical use of power, and the absence of violence combine to form strong and healthy communities.
  • Through collaborative work and a return to Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing, Indigenous communities have power, the capacity to effect change, and the ability to care for their members.
  • Critical thinking and effective articulation of ideas in various formats and settings are essential to effective community involvement.
  • Ethical decision-making requires continual reflection, commitment to Truth and Reconciliation, and decolonization.
  • Understand Indigenous-led community practices of care.
Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  1. Summarize the impact of personal, cultural, professional and societal values on their work in the Indigenous community.
  2. Examine the characteristics of a healthy Indigenous community.
  3. Articulate social justice and diversity issues and how to apply ethics to them.
  4. Explain how experiences of oppression and power apply to Indigenous populations.
  5. Assess and apply models of critical thinking in written and oral forms. 
Means of assessment

This course will conform to the Douglas College Evaluation Policy regarding the number and weighting of evaluations.

  • Written assignments
  • Group presentations
  • Self-assessment
  • Classroom activity participation
  • Other

This is a letter-graded course.

Instructors may use a student’s record of attendance and/or level of active participation as part of the student’s graded performance. Expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation will be clearly defined in the instructor's course outline.

 

Textbook materials

Textbooks and materials are to be purchased by students. A list of required textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of the semester.

Prerequisites

This course is restricted to Child and Youth Care students. Students from other programs who are interested should contact cyc@douglascollege.ca.

Students in the CYC program are required to maintain a minimum grade of 60% (C) in all CYC courses in order to progress in the program.

Corequisites

None

Equivalencies

None

Which prerequisite

CCSD 1240 and CFCS 2410