Courses

Exploring the physiological and biochemical changes that occur in skeletal muscle, adipose tissue, and liver following exercise. Interactions between exercise, nutrition, and commonly prescribed medications used for the treatment of diabetes and cardiovascular disease will also be examined. [3-0]
Prerequisite: All of KIN 232, KIN 235, and third-year standing.

Examining the influence of psychological factors across different settings and populations, with a particular focus on interventions aimed at enhancing mental health. Understanding psychology can be used to design effective interventions at the individual and community level. [3-0-0] Prerequisite: KIN 150.

Current perspectives on health promotion and health education; design and implementation of health promotion strategies in a variety of arenas, particularly health promotion/education strategies aimed at encouraging physical activity. [3-0] Prerequisite: All of KIN 150, KIN 160, KIN 205, KIN 262.

The complex social, cultural, historical, and economic factors that shape health and wellness within Indigenous communities will be explored through extensive blended learning and experiential learning opportunities. [3-0-0] Prerequisite: All of KIN 160, KIN 262.

Topics explore the relationship between Indigenous physical cultures, physical activity, health and wellbeing. [3-0] Prerequisite: Restricted to students in the BKIN program with third- or fourth-year standing.

Topics explore the social, cultural and global context of sport, exercise, physical activity, health, and the body. [3-0] Prerequisite: Two of KIN_V 360, KIN_V 363, KIN_V 368, KIN_V 460, KIN_V 464, KIN_V 465, KIN_V 468. Restricted to students in the BKIN program with fourth-year standing.

Culture and identification of landscape materials with emphasis on woody plants. Elementary principles of landscape composition. Suitable for students of other faculties and departments interested in landscape materials and their uses, but priority given to Agroecology and Landscape Architecture students. [2-2]

Site analysis and planning of relatively complex sites, emphasizing stormwater management design. Credit will be granted for only one of LARC_V 540, LARC_V 440 or DES_V 231.

Analysis and planning of landscapes to communicate sustainability and to inform public awareness and design by exploring the relationship between aesthetics and sustainability.

Competing approaches to law and legal authority shaped by conflicts over historical and contemporary inequalities, including the exercise of and challenges to coercive law enforcement and claims made for legal redress.

Focuses on human rights movements; state violence and impunity; reform of criminal justice systems; rights of indigenous peoples, women, and minorities; international protection of human rights; the UN and inter-American systems.

Critical examination of the history and legacy of colonial legal orders in Canada. This course is compulsory for students who commence their Juris Doctor degree in September 2020 or later.

An introduction to the structure, powers, duties of and relationships among the various institutions and actors that comprise the Canadian state, the principles of statutory interpretation, and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Theories of the relationship between the legal system, social relations and the state. Not offered each year, consult Faculty.

Recent developments in feminist legal theory. Not offered each year, consult Faculty.

Customary international law and treaties relating to the environment; institutional structures. Not offered each year, consult Faculty. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

Constitutional foundation and protection of human rights under Japanese law.

The course is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of children's rights and youth welfare, with a particular focus on addressing the needs of youth at risk legal and social systems. Not offered each year, consult Faculty.

Legal issues relating to race and racism, including related issues of gender, culture or identity. Not offered each year, consult Faculty.

The municipality as a legal entity; its creation, operation and powers; by-laws and their validity; contractual liability; judicial review; business regulation; expropriation and land use control.

International and Canadian refugee law; the Refugee Convention and its implementation in Canada; the practice of refugee law in Canadian courts and tribunals. Course content does not duplicate LAW_V 377. Credit will only be given to one of LAW_V 378 or LAW_V 578.

The linkages, intersections, and tensions between the legal regulation of the environment and competing social and economic priorities. Credit will only be granted for one of LAW 386 or LAW 586. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

Legal research and writing for environmental agency or NGO under supervision of faculty member and lawyer. Not offered every year, consult Faculty. Credit will only be granted for one of LAW_V 390 or LAW_V 591.

A foundation course dealing with legal problems common to the management of natural resources such as fisheries, mines and minerals, petroleum, forests, and water resources.