The School offers a variety of courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Please note that not all courses listed in the Undergraduate and Graduate Calendars are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for the current session, please consult the course pages listed below for Canadian Studies graduate and undergraduate courses.
For details about these scheduled classes please consult the class schedule on Carleton Central.
Note that details on courses and instructors will change so check here often.
Summer May – June 2024
- CDNS 1001 Introduction to the Study of Canada (ONLINE Synchronous)
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CDNS 1001 Introduction to the Study of Canada – ONLINE Synchronous course
Schedule: Monday and Wednesday 1735-2025
Instructor: Samantha Stevens
Course Descriptor: CDNS 1001 “Introduction to the Study of Canada” is a 6-week intensive summer course that delves into the essence of studying Canada, offering a comprehensive examination of its history, politics, culture, and role in the global context. Through a critical and interdisciplinary lens, students will engage with the diverse narratives and perspectives that define the Canadian experience.
This summer course is designed to enrich students’ understanding of Canada, fostering a nuanced appreciation of its identity and the various forces that shape its society and place in the world.
Read the full Course Descriptor.
- CDNS 2001 Canada and Global Issues (ONLINE Synchronous)
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CDNS 2001 Canada and Global Issues – ONLINE Synchronous course
Schedule: Tuesday and Thursday 1805-2055
Instructor: Timothy Browne
Course Descriptor: This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary study of Canada and Canadians as global actors, examining key global issues that Canada is addressing. We look at how Canada approaches global issues and reflect on how these issues affect Canada and Canadians.
Watch this space for the Course Descriptor.
Summer July – August 2024
- CDNS 2301 Immigrants, Migrants and Diasporas – ONLINE Synchronous
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CDNS 2301 Immigrants, Migrants and Diasporas – this is an Online Synchronous course
Schedule: Monday and Wednesday 1735 – 2005
Instructor: Milana Nikolko
Course Description: The course examines dynamic relations in the interplay between drivers, agency, material and ideological boundaries and territories. We study the state’s role and international conventions that regulate migration and distinguish between refugees, people seeking temporary international protection, seasonal or temporary workers, permanent migrants and diasporas through the policy categories.
Read the full Course Descriptor.
- CDNS 3700 Constructing and Contesting Memory in Canada – ONLINE Synchronous
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CDNS 3700 Constructing and Contesting Memory in Canada- this is an Online Synchronous course
Schedule: Tuesday and Thursday 1805-2055
Instructor: Brittney Bos
Course Descriptor: Over the past five years, concerns about national “memory” have dominated headlines around the world: from the toppling of monuments to the repatriation of artifacts, questions about memory are increasingly dominating popular discourse. What do we collectively remember and why? Who decides and who has the power to contest these memories? Should our community memories remain static or change with the times? What happens when historic memories no longer fit with our present-day values?
Read the full Course Descriptor.
- CDNS 5003A Selected Topics in Canadian Studies – In Person
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CDNS 5003A Selected Topics in Canadian Studies: this is an in-person course.
TITLE – – Labour, In and Against the Settler Colony
This course is cross-listed with PECO 5501; PSCI 5501; SOCI 5504; and SOWK 5703.
Schedule: Monday and Wednesday 1805 – 2055 in RB 3110
Instructor: Phil Henderson
Course Descriptor: This course studies the relationships between organized labour and settler colonial regimes; it is divided into three sections. 1) theories of settler colonialism and imperialism; 2) the political economy of settler colonialism; and 3) a consideration of the role that organized labour has played in anti-colonial struggles in settler contexts around the world. Read the full Course Descriptor.
