Students in this first-time offering will explore the organizational structure of academic, institutional, and professional knowledge production; identify the potentials, boundaries, and limits of disciplinary approaches. They will also imagine interdisciplinary engagement with real-world problems and communities.

Science Policy and the Canadian North exposes students to key themes in science policy in the Canadian North. Case studies from the Canadian North are used to explore the main themes of the course. Topics include the basic elements of the policy-making process and how science contributes to policy making; the process by which scientific knowledge is generated and the role science and technology plays in society; and the two elements of science policy: science for policy, and policy for science. (Cross listed with RENR 401K)

As an upper-level course, students are expected to have intermediate-level writing skills and some Northern Studies preparation.

This exciting and innovative team-taught course focuses on dimensions of food in the Yukon and is delivered in a seminar format where each student is integrally involved in the discussion, analysis and assessment of issues through readings, cases or other modes of examination. The course is designed to be participatory and stimulate research and outside-of-the-box thinking about contemporary Yukon food issues. This course is cross-listed with BUS 321 CRN 10246. Faculty contacts: Victoria Castillo, Andy Roebuck, Sara McPhee-Knowles, and Rachel Pugh.

This course critically examines sociological constructions and lived experiences of race and ethnicity within the Canadian context, in relation to Canada’s official policy of multiculturalism. Here, students will explore how race and ethnicity intersect with structures of power, colonialism, migration, gender, and identity using key sociological theoretical frames, historical developments, and contemporary issues. 

The course investigates the promises and limitations of multiculturalism in Canada, paying close attention to Indigenous-settler relations, systemic racism, immigration policy, and the reproduction of racial inequality in institutions such as education, health, labour market, and the criminal justice system. Emphasis will be placed on critical thinking and analysis, and the application of theory to empirical realities. SOCI 100 or other social science is strongly recommended.

This is a course in counselling psychology that is being developed to introduce key elements of the practice in Western and Yukon First Nations contexts. 

Counselling Psychology in a Northern Context is a practice that draws on Western psychological methods to treat individual symptoms of mental unwellness. This course looks at the history of the clinical counselling field, theoretical foundations for counselling methods, ethical and legal issues in counselling and contexts for practice. An intentional focus is on the Northern context, and various Indigenous counsellors will offer lectures on areas of their practice. Indigenous counselling is a holistic practice that aims to balance the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of a person. It is based on the belief that these aspects are interconnected and can be impacted by the individual, their family, community, and environment.

Prerequisites: PSYC 100 or PSYC 101 is required and PSYC 204, Abnormal Psychology, is strongly recommended. Program advisor approval will be needed. Contact agraham@yukonu.ca.