Academics and Research
At Laurier, we incorporate Indigenous knowledge within a wide range of our academic programming. This allows students from all disciplines the opportunity to engage with a vibrant field based in social, political, historical and cultural study in Canada.
Enhance your student experience by participating in any number of the following courses offered in the 2019/20 academic year. Consult the LORIS Browse Classes (formerly Dynamic Schedule) for course time, location and up-to-date instructor information.
Fall 2019
Waterloo
- AN316: Art, Anthropology and Material Culture (Andre Czegledy)
- AN355: Indigenous Peoples in Global Context
- EN265: American Literature to 1900 (Lynn J. Shakinovsky)
- EU493: Diversity: First Nations Topics Education
- GS355: Indigenous Peoples in Global Context
- HE301: Social Determinates of Health (Robert Travers)
- HI258: Indigenous Peoples and Empire History (Susan Neylan)
- HI344: Indigenous Eastern Canada (Susan Neylan)
- HI778: Indigenous History Minor Seminar
- HI728: Indigenous History Major Seminar
- ID120: Introduction to Indigenous Studies
- ID227: People of the Longhouse
- NO105: Billionaire, Beaver and Banditos (Kevin Spooner)
- NO202: Narrative, Place and Identity (Katherine Roberts)
- NO219: Canadian Studies for International Degree-seeking and Exchange Students
- NO330: Indigenous People and Public Policy
- PO373: Indigenous People and Public Policy
- RE100: Religions of the Americas (Erich Fox Tree)
- RE355: Indigenous People in Global Context
- RE449: (Re)Thinking Native Thinking (Erich Fox Tree)
- SOJE120: Introduction to Indigenous Studies Social and Environmental Justice
- SK645: Indigenous Research Methods (Kathy Absolon)
Brantford
- CC204: Indigenous Peoples and the Law
- ID120: Introduction to Indigenous Studies (Lianne Leddy)
- ID120: Introduction to Indigenous Studies (Darren Thomas)
- ID227: People of the Longhouse
- ID302: Indigenous Children and Family
- ID360: Indigenous-Settler Relations
- ID386: Indigenous Psychology (Darren Thomas)
- ID400: Indigenous Research Methods (Darren Thomas)
- ID410: The Medicine Garden
- LY334: Law and the Environment (Mark Davidson)
- YC302: Indigenous Children and Families
- SK311: Reconciliation and Indigenous Social Work Relations
Winter 2020
Waterloo
- AR229: Indigenous Archaeology (Gary Warrick)
- GG300: Indigenous Ecological Knowledge (Miguel Sioui)
- GC354: Sounds of the Sacred (Gerard Yun / Kelly Laurila)
- GC380: Decolonizing Indigenous Settlers (Kelly Laurila)
- GS212: Issues in International Development
- HI253: Race, Rights and Laws In US History (Dana Weiner)
- HI293: Canada Since Confederation
- HI345: Indigenous Western Canada
- HI728: Indigenous History Major Seminar
- HI778: Indigenous History Minor Seminar
- ID100: Indigenous People And Media (Lianne Leddy)
- MU243: Musical Cultures (Gerard Yun)
- NO105: Billionaire, Beaver and Banditos (Kevin Spooner)
- PD402: Indigenous Community and Policing
- PO374: Diversity and Federalism in Canada (Thomas Hueglin)
- PO264: Practice of Politics in Canada
- SK507: Social Justice and Transformative Social Work Practices (Laura Mastronardi)
- SK665: Indigenous Knowledge in Social Work (Timothy Leduc)
- SK644: Aboriginal Kinship and Social Work (Lori Hill)
- SK641: Social Policy and Activism
- WS211: Diverse Masculinities (Neil Balan)
- WS490: Fem and Pol of Decolonization (Karen Stote)
Brantford
- HR163: Introduction to International Development
- ID120: Introductions to Indigenous Studies (Darren Thomas)
- ID201: Indigenous Perspectives on Globalization (Darren Thomas)
- ID205: Indigenous Peoples and Anthropology (Gary Warrick)
- ID205: Gender and Indigenous Communities (Lianne Leddy)
- ID220: Basic Mohawk
- ID301: Traditional Ecological Knowledge
- ID302: Indigenous People and Family
- ID303: Indigenous Pedagogy
- LY404: Compassion, Justice and the Law (Mark Davidson)
- ID220: Cultural Teachings Mohawk Language (SNP)
- SK221: Social Policy
- SK421: Social Movements and Justice
- SK422: Indigenous Wholistic Healing (Timothy Leduc)
- SK423: Child Welfare Practice (Nancy Colleen Freymond)
- SOJE120: Introduction to Indigenous Studies and Environmental Justice (Darren Thomas)
- SOJE205: Indigenous People and Anthropology Social and Environmental Justice (Gary Warrick)
- YC302: Indigenous Children and Families
Spring 2020
Waterloo
- EU535: Mental Health Fundamentals (Carolyn FitzGerald)
- HI728: Indigenous History Major Seminar
- HI778: Indigenous History Minor Seminar
Kitchener
- SK593: Indigenous Child Welfare
- SK645: Indigenous Research Methods (Kathleen Elaine Absolon King)
- SK648: Elders' Teaching Self Reflect (Banakonda Kennedy-Kish Bell)
Online
- PD302: Indigenous Peoples Political Structure
- SAFE611: Diverse Communities
- SK665: Indigenous Knowledge in Social Work
Resources at Your Disposal
The Indigenous Student Centres in Waterloo and Brantford are committed to supporting you with your academics and research. We offer advising, tutor matching, assistance with course selection, peer mentoring, and academic skill development programs. Each centre is equipped with a study lounge, available for small group meetings or individual study sessions, and a resource library full of Indigenous perspectives on a variety of topics.
Summer Research Placement
As an Indigenous student, you may be eligible to apply for the NSERC Undergraduate Research Award, a summer research placement at Laurier with a qualifying professor. This placement allows you to work with a professor on relevant topics of your choosing, depending on your interests and the professor’s research areas of expertise.
Although the majority of projects relate to the Faculty of Science (KPE, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Math), there are Business, Arts, Geography and Psychology opportunities as well. You do not have to be a science student or a student in that project's program to participate.
The application process and deadline are different than other NSERC student applications. Keep an eye on your Laurier email during the winter semester for more information about NSERC opportunities.
Eligibility
- GPA of 7.0 (B) overall
- self-identified Indigenous student
- enrolled in full-time, undergraduate studies
Purposeful Learning
“The NSERC-funded award allowed me to get one-on-one experience with a professor and solidify what I had learned in my first and second years at Laurier.”
– Kim Arbor, third-year student