IPK 092
3 credits
Academic Learning and Indigenous Cultures
Prerequisite(s): One of the following: English 10, 11, or 12; Communications 11 or 12; English First Peoples 10, 11, or 12; or UUP department permission (assessment may be required).
Pre- or corequisite(s): ENGL 071
Students will incorporate indigenous ways of knowing with academic approaches to learning. Students will also balance academic and cultural expectations in order to achieve success in the university community. Career planning, goal setting, study skills, time management, and learning styles which reflect aboriginal cultural experiences will be examined. Multi-literacies encompassing communication technologies will be developed to support academic success. A facilitative approach to information gathering will be taken in order to encourage a collaborative approach to learning.
IPK 093
3 credits
Critical Thinking from Indigenous Perspectives
Prerequisite(s): One of the following: English 11 or 12, English 12 First Peoples, or UUP department permission (assessment may be required).
Pre- or corequisite(s): ENGL 081
Students will apply critical thinking to a variety of written, visual, and auditory works; critical thinking will incorporate aboriginal perspective and academic standards with an emphasis on Sto:lo tradition. Collaborative group work is an important part of this course. Students will learn about different argumentation strategies, and will develop an increased awareness of bias and the difference between appropriately and credibly supported and unsupported arguments. A facilitative approach to instruction will be taken in order to encourage a collaborative approach to learning.
IPK 100
3 credits
University and College Access Seminar I
Prerequisite(s): None
This seminar is an academic support program that assists students to initiate, continue, or resume their college or university education. It is designed to assist the learner in preparing for success in post-secondary education.
This seminar provides a collaborative learning opportunity that requires learners to develop classroom, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills required for a variety of post-secondary studies.
Students, taught by an Indigenous instructor, will recognize the importance of maintaining an Indigenous perspective while engaged in university and college study.
IPK 101
3 credits
University and College Access Seminar II
Prerequisite(s): IPK 101
This seminar is an academic support program that continues from IPK 100. It is designed to assist the learner in preparing for success in post-secondary education.
This seminar provides a collaborative learning opportunity that builds on skills learners acquired in IPK 100 to develop classroom, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills required for a variety of post-secondary studies.
Students, taught by an Indigenous instructor, will recognize the importance of maintaining an Indigenous perspective while engaged in university and college study.
This second seminar provides students an opportunity to practice and strengthen on the skills learned in IPK 101.
IPK 121
3 credits
Learn Today, Lead Tomorrow I
Prerequisite(s): None
This seminar is an academic support to assist students in preparing for successful completion of rigorous university studies. It provides an intensive collaborative learning opportunity that requires learners to develop classroom, critical thinking, and interpersonal and personal skills required for university-level study.
Students, taught by an Indigenous instructor, will recognize the importance of maintaining an Indigenous perspective while engaged in university study and academic research.
IPK 122
3 credits
Learn today, Lead Tomorrow II
Prerequisite(s): IPK 121
This seminar is an academic support to assist students in preparing for successful completion of rigorous university studies and is a continuation of IPK 121. It provides an intensive collaborative learning opportunity that builds on skills acquired in IPK 121 wherein learners will practice the classroom, critical thinking, and interpersonal and personal skills required for university-level study.
Students, taught by an Indigenous instructor, will recognize the importance of maintaining an Indigenous perspective while engaged in university study and academic research.
This second seminar provides students an opportunity to practice and strengthen the skills and knowledge learned in IPK 121.
IPK 277
3 credits
Indigenous Art: Stories and Protocols
Prerequisite(s): None
Learning in this course is anchored in and built upon life experiences and collective wisdom of the participants, including that of the educator who guides the discovery process.
Successful learners will make connections within the evolution of indigenous art, in its diverse and multiple forms, from pre-contact protocols and practice through to contemporary applications. In addition, they will be able to describe and discuss the effects of traditional teachings, colonial impacts, contemporary revivals, and their personal “gift” as an artist.
Students will acquire an enhanced awareness, understanding, and knowledge of indigenous art forms applying what they learn to their own experiences and practices.
IPK 331
4 credits
History of Indigenous Leadership
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits including one of the following: HIST 103, IPK 121, IPK 122, IPK 277, FNST 101, FNST 102, FNST 201, FNST 202, or FNST 275/EDUC 275.
This course will explore both colonial and pre-colonial styles of Indigenous Leadership and the ways in which Indigenous Leaders have led the struggle for Indigenous rights and title in settler states. In particular, it focuses on the ways in which Indigenous Leaders have shaped, and continue to shape, the cultural, political and economic fabric of modern Canada and First Nations in Canada.
Note: This course is offered as IPK 331 and POSC 336. Students make take only one of these for credit. Students with credit for IPK 131 cannot take this course for further credit.
IPK 332
4 credits
Indigenous Leadership: Yesterday and Today for Tomorrow II
Prerequisite(s): IPK 331
This course is a continuation from IPK 331. Successful learners will advance the knowledge learned in IPK 331 and be able to link the effects of disruptive forces in their lives and with culture, grieving, healing, and personal growth as leaders. Students will acquire the ability to discuss and understand relationship building as a positive process and demonstrate how it contributes to quality learning, emotional and spiritual growth, and as integral to the process of social development. At the end of the course students will have the ability to explain and discuss effective leadership and identify the contributing factors needed for effective Indigenous leadership. Students will acquire an enhanced awareness, understanding, and knowledge of Stó:lõ history, realities, and challenges for today and tomorrow.
Note: Students with credit for IPK 132 cannot take this course for further credit.
IPK 344
4 credits
Indigenous Methodologies
Prerequisite(s): 60 university-level credits.
This course examines the complexities of Indigenous research frameworks. Students will learn to identify how Indigenous methodologies differ from historical mainstream western approaches. Successful students will be able to make meaningful links between Indigenous philosophies, knowledges, identities, and policies examined in the course and their own practice as researchers.
Note: This course will include field trips.
Note: This course is offered as IPK 344 (formerly IPK444), ANTH 344 (formerly ANTH 444), and SOC 344 (formerly SOC 444). Students may take only one of these for credit.
IPK 386
4 credits
Indigenous Worldviews in North America
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits.
This course will explore the philosophical teachings of Indigenous knowledge holders primarily from Turtle Island, although connections will be made with Indigenous peoples from other parts of the world. Students will develop an understanding and appreciation of alternative perspectives in Indigenous philosophies and why they are important, valid, and relevant in the modern world.
Note: Students with credit for IPK 486 cannot take this course for further credit.
IPK 401
4 credits
Indigenous Worldview and Spirituality
Prerequisite(s): 60 university-level credits including IPK 386.
This course will explore the ways in which Indigenous spirituality differs from Western religions and the impact this difference has had on Indigenous and non-Indigenous worldviews, and ways of understanding and relating in the world. Much of this course will be based upon experiential learning and mandatory fieldwork.
IPK 402
9 credits
Indigenous Studies Field Work Practicum
Prerequisite(s): 60 university-level credits including HALQ 102, IPK 344, IPK 386, and (one of IPK 331 or IPK 332) and instructor's permission.
This practicum is a supervised work experience with and in First Nations communities, agencies, and/or government offices. Students will have the opportunity to apply skills and knowledge in Indigenous settings and contribute to the management and resolution of contemporary challenges. This course should be taken in the beginning of the fourth year of the Indigenous Studies program.
IPK 403
6 credits
Indigenous Studies Capstone
Prerequisite(s): 60 university-level credits including IPK 444 and (one of the following: IPK 331, IPK 332, IPK 386, IPK 477, or IPK 401) and instructor's permission.
Students working both in the classroom and in a First Nations community will apply an Indigenous research methodology in one of the following specific issue areas: land and treaty making, resource management, Indigenous governance, social justice and education, or health.
IPK 477
4 credits
Traditional Ecological Knowledges
Prerequisite(s): 60 university-level credits
This course explores in depth Indigenous approaches to botany, zoology, and ecology. Topics may include: Indigenous systems of classification; contexts in which Indigenous peoples develop and utilize traditional ecological knowledge; methods of learning about traditional ecological knowledge from knowledgeable Indigenous elders and harvesters; traditional and new Indigenous approaches to natural resource (co)management; methods of caring for, harvesting, and/or using plants and animals; and the relationship of traditional ecological knowledge to other aspects of Indigenous ways of life, culture, and territorial claims. There will be an emphasis on the traditional ecological knowledge of the North West Coast.
Note: This course includes class field trips.
Note: This course is offered as IPK 477 and BIO 477. Students may take only one of these for credit.
