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\n Critical Race Studies\n <\/h1>\n \n \n \n\n

Critical Race Studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines how race and racism shape laws, institutions, culture, and everyday life. It looks at how race intersects with gender, class, sexuality, and ability. The field prepares students for careers in social justice, law, education, community work, policy, advocacy, and roles focused on equity and systemic change.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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The Minor in Critical Race Studies explicitly foregrounds anti-racism, including anti-Black racism, and decolonial practices as central to social justice. Race will be examined in its historical context and through current social, political and cultural practices. Students will be introduced to a diverse range of topics including:\u00a0the historical roots of oppression, transnational feminisms, white settler-colonialism, privilege and power, social construction of race, socio-political conditions producing systemic and institutional racism, and the intersection of race with sexism, homophobia, transphobia, classism, and ableism. The goal of the Minor is to provide students with resources in Critical Race Studies that would allow them to learn about white supremacy, settler colonialism, Indigeneity, anti-Black and systemic and institutional racisms, and histories of racialization, migration, and diaspora in Canada. The Critical Race Studies Minor develops the foundation for public citizenship and is well suited for anyone interested in equity, diversity, inclusion and social justice.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students will explore questions such as:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • How has race been defined and represented historically?<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • How does privilege and power shape racism?<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • How is racism experienced intersectionally? How does it operate in tandem with capitalism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and ableism?<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • How does whiteness as a systemic and structural concept inform our lived experiences in white settler societies like Canada?<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • What are the opportunities for connection and collaboration amongst racialized and Indigenous peoples across Canada?<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • How can anti-racism work in solidarity with decolonizing initiatives?<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • What research approaches and critical methods are available for addressing race and racism?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    The Minor consists of one required 1.0 credit in WGST 1808 or FYSM 1402, 0.5 credit in CRST 2001, and 2.5 credits chosen from a list of existing courses drawn from various contributing departments. The program will be of particular interest to those who are interested in understanding the systemic implications of injustice, those who have lived experiences with racism as well as those interested in community organizing and activism, such as social justice, anti-racism, decolonization, human rights, migration and diaspora, and other relevant fields.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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