Lecture: 4 hours/week
- Lecture
- Seminar
- Group work
- Student presentations
- Guest speaker
- Critically explore key concepts in social justice and anti-oppression, such as:
- Theories of justice, critical theory, critical thinking, culture, socialization, knowledge, power, biases, privilege, discrimination, oppression
- Critically explore key conepts in diversity, equity, and inclusion, such as:
- Gender, race, ethnicity, economic inequalities, language, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, intersectionality
- Critically explore current and historical challenges in the Canadian context, in areas such as:
- Colonization and colonialism, immigration, poverty, UNCRC (rights of the child), UNDRIP (rights of Indigenous peoples), TRC report, MMIWG report and the Accessible British Columbia Act.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Understand and utilise key concepts in social justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-oppression to develop and guide their own practice.
2. Critically examine their own social location, cultural identity, and worldview as a requirement to becoming an advocate and an ally for children and youth.
3. Critically analyze the principles and practices of disability justice and the Accessible British Columbia Act (ABC), demonstrating an understanding of its intersectional nature and the Act's implications for fostering inclusivity and equity in various CYC settings.
4. Demonstrate awareness of and articulate the challenges that colonization, racialization, immigration, poverty, and particularly those described in United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) reports, and the Accessible British Columbia Act present to children, youth, and their families in the CYC field in the Canadian context.
This course will conform to the Douglas College Evaluation Policy regarding the number and weighting of evaluations.
- Written assignments
- Group/individual 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 course outline.
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.
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