7 courses in Waterloo’s course catalog for 2020–21 (Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021), from UW Open Data. ucalendar asks programs not to read that year’s calendar, so this stands in for it. Original: ucalendar.uwaterloo.ca/2021/COURSE/course-HRTS.html
An introduction to the subject of human rights and to the way it is studied. Questions to be examined include: What are human rights and where do they come from? How are they defined? How are they applied and enforced? What happens when they conflict? The course will draw on Canadian, Indigenous, and international ideas and examples.
LEC · Course ID 015743On ucalendarHRTS 101 today
An introduction to Canadian human rights codes, commissions, and policies as instruments for the application and enforcement of human rights. Special attention will be given to the Ontario Human Rights Code and Ontario Human Rights Commission.
Prereq: HRTS 101
LEC · Course ID 015744On ucalendarHRTS 102 today
A historical and cross-cultural overview of definitions of personhood and rights. It examines comparative foundational precepts from sociality to dignity, and comparative forms of action, remedy, restitution, obligation, and justice.
Prereq: HRTS 101
LEC · Course ID 015745On ucalendarHRTS 201 today
An overview of contemporary debates in human rights theory. The course critically analyzes the jurisprudence and politics underpinning key international human rights conventions from a variety of theoretical lenses, including feminist and queer theory, theories of indigeneity, anti-racism and decolonization, and radical re-readings of the European Enlightenment.
Prereq: HRTS 201
LEC · Course ID 015746On ucalendarHRTS 202 today
An examination of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as the central mechanism for the determination and application of human rights with respect to government action. The course will proceed by means of the study of leading decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Prereq: HRTS 101
LEC · Course ID 015747On ucalendarHRTS 203 today
A study of the key documents and institutions that shape the manner in which the United Nations deals with human rights issues. The course will culminate in a simulation of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Prereq: HRTS 101
LEC · Course ID 015748On ucalendarHRTS 301 today
A comparative examination of the rights challenges faced by diverse Indigenous peoples around the globe. Special attention will be given to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and work being done to protect and advance the rights it enshrines.
LEC · Course ID 015749On ucalendarHRTS 305 today