Exploring themes of colonialism, indigenous life, national imaginaries, dictatorships and transitions to democracy through different forms of telling Latin American history. Includes epistolary writing, maps, eyewitness accounts, chronicles, actions, novels, films, built environment and city plans, testimonios, and plays.

Places issues and problems of current relevance such as disease, terrorism, drugs, or ethnic conflict in historical perspective. Each section will explore a single theme. Check with department for course offerings.

Theory of social-ecological resilience as applied to cross-cultural community settings, using case studies from communities on Haida Gwaii and other exceptional cases of community resilience.

The relationship between the culture of the Haida people and their marine environment; and traditional and modern approaches to management of marine resources.

This course will be offered, as opportunities arise, by instructors teaching with the Haida Gwaii Institute. The course is expected to be of a specialized nature and be at a level appropriate for upper level students.