Course Offerings
All classes are held at the Brantford campus unless otherwise noted. The Indigenous Studies combined honours programs and options can only be completed on the Brantford campus; the Indigenous Studies minor is available on both the Brantford and Waterloo campuses.
Current course offerings and schedules are subject to change and should be checked on LORIS, or LORIS Browse Classes (formerly Dynamic Schedule), where location information can also be found. Full, official academic information can be found on the academic calendars.
If you would like to take a course for which you are missing a prerequisite or are in the wrong year level or major, you will have to complete the Indigenous Studies Override Form. Filling out the form does not guarantee entry into the course.
If no faculty member is named, the instructor is to be announced. Unless otherwise stated, all courses are 0.5 credits.
In the course codes below:
ID stands for Indigenous Studies
SOJE stands for Social and Environmental Justice
YC stands for Youth and Children's Studies
ID100: Indigenous Peoples and Media
ID/SOJE120: Introduction to Indigenous Studies)
ID201: Indigenous Perspectives on Globalization
ID202: The Métis in Canada - Syncretic Worldviews
ID/SOJE205: Indigenous People and Anthropology
ID207: Gender and Indigenous Communities
ID/YC208: Indigenous Play and Games
ID227: The People of the Longhouse
ID230: Indigenous Languages of Turtle Island: Worldviews, Knowledges and Oral Traditions
This course examines the interrelationship between the languages, histories and cultures of Indigenous peoples. From creation stories to contemporary times, the worldviews, politics and philosophies embedded in Indigenous languages are the foundation for how Indigenous peoples understand the world and our responsibilities to it.
ID301: Traditional Ecological Knowledge
ID/YC302: Indigenous Children and Families [1]
ID303: Indigenous Pedagogy
ID/YC308: Indigenous Forms of Justice
ID330: Cultural Teaching through Language: Introduction to Spoken Language
ID360: Indigenous-Settler Relations
ID375: Indigenous Community Organizing
ID386: Indigenous Psychology
ID400: Indigenous Research Methodologies
ID/YC401: Indigenous Allyship and Kinship
ID405: Indigenous Issues and Anthropology
ID410: Medicine Garden
ID430: Cultural Teachings Through Language: Intermediate Spoken Language
Course Outlines
For past Indigenous Studies course outlines, please contact the Academic Program Assistant and provide:
- the course number(s)
- the year the course was offered
- and your Laurier student ID (if applicable)
The outlines will be forwarded as a PDF attachement.
Current students, please use your Laurier email account when requesting course outlines as this is our official means of communication with you, and will ensure delivery.