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- Professor Nicholas Blomley Honored with the Community-Engaged Research Achievement Award
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- GEOG 162 - Canada
SFU Connections
Areas of study and courses that can connect with GEOG 162.
Why should you choose this course?
As a prospective, new, or current student at SFU, consider GEOG 162 for.....
-an option for one of the Professional Development Program (PDP) courses, part of SFU's Teaching Program
-an elective course that also fulfils a WQB credit within Geography and many other degrees
-a connection or springboard into Indigenous Studies at SFU in areas such as Ethnobotany or Ethnoecology
-a prerequisite for GEOG 264 - Canadian Cities
-a potential prerequisite for GEOG 267 - Introduction to Indigenous Land-Based Knowledge and Place-Based Relationships
-a connection to Indigenous Ethnoecology and Ethnobotany
-teaching us to think critically about the unsettling (colonization) of Canada during its creation as a nation state
-giving context for some of the complex issues that underlie Canada as a nation, and what it really means to be a Canadian
-an example of SFU's commitment to Truth and Reconcilliation and a showcase of some of the things involved in that process
Connected Courses
Courses that GEOG 162 connects with:
- GEOG 255 - Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
A basic overview of Geographical Information Systems and Science; GIS software, hardware, data structures and models; spatial data, operations and algorithms; practical applications and limitations.
- GEOG 267 - Introduction to Indigenous Land-Based Knowledge and Place-Based Relationships
An introduction to Indigenous place-based knowledge, this term long course will explore interrelationships between people to their local environments, with a focus on the Skwxw煤7mesh (Squamish) Nation and other Indigenous peoples and environments in and around coastal British Columbia. The course will integrate knowledge of culturally important plants and animals, their habitats and ecological interrelationships.
- GEOG 389 - Nature and Society
Examines the relationship between nature and society, covering the dominant geographical approaches to human-environment interaction, and their social, spatial, and political economic effects.
- INDG 232 - Introduction to Ethnoecology in Indigenous Studies
Through the interdisciplinary lens of ethnoecology, this course is an exploration of ongoing, hard-earned and reciprocal relationships between people and their environment. This course considers the cultural underpinnings of perception and interaction with landscape and ecologies - as one way to appreciate issues of sustainability and diversity in a global context.
- INDG 332 - Indigenous Ethnobotany
This course is an introduction to the study of plant knowledge and use by Indigenous peoples. It provides students with information about the role of plants in Indigenous cultures including such areas as foods, medicines, technology, ceremony, ecological indicators, and within Indigenous knowledge and classification systems. Special focus may be placed on the ethnobotany of one or more Indigenous groups or culture areas.
- Other potential course links:
EVSC 101 - Introduction to Environmental Science
GEOG 241 - People, Place, Society
GEOG 264 - Canadian Cities
GEOG 362 - Gentrification and Urban Change
GEOG 365 - Race, Resistance and Urban Space
GEOG 377 - Environmental History
GEOG 381 - Territory, Power, State
GEOG 429 - Racial Capitalism and Beyond
GEOG 432 - Problems in Environmental History
GEOG 465 - Geographies of Conquest and Liberation
HIST 325 - History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America to 1850
HIST 326 - History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America Since 1850
INDG 101 - Introduction to Indigenous Studies
INDG 286 - Indigenous Peoples and British Columbia: An Introduction
REM 207 - Indigenous Peoples and Resource Management
REM 404 - Indigenous Planning and Stewardship
SD 281 - Introduction to Sustainability
SD 407 - Indigenous Governance and Resource Relationships
SD 481 - Global Sustainability Governance and Action