HIST 209Smallpox to Medicare: Canadian Medical History

Units: 0.50
Faculty: Arts
Subject: History

When it runs

Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Starting with Aboriginal medicine, the course examines topics such as the rise of the medical and nursing professions, changing public attitudes to health and disease, and the evolution of the Canadian health insurance system.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

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Nice course if you are REALLY interested in health care and want to know the background in Canada, but it's a history course so don't expect any scientific/technological detail. WARNING: when I took the course, 60% of the grade is based on 6 group work assignments (one every 2 weeks); good practice for working in a group but I would not say this is an easy course. It was difficult to score an 80% or above on the group assignments, so again not a bird course. The other 40% is split 15% on an article review due part way through the term and 25% on a final book review paper. I found the grading on the papers a little more lenient. And there is quite a bit of assigned reading throughout the…

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

4 posts and comments in 2 threads mention HIST 209, July 2021 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2022

Dec 11, 2022 Hist course 5 points, 7 comments

“Does anyone know of any bird or easy history courses our uni offers? It doesn’t necessarily have to be a bird course but I won’t be able to spend too much time writing essays and I’d rather take a …”

u/timetodeathh: “i took HIST 209 and it was pretty chill — some discussion posts, some really easy/short MCQ quizzes, and a final presentation that we just had to record ourselves talking over and submit on learn”

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Spring 2021

Jul 29, 2021 [deleted by user] 1 point, 12 comments

u/jgcjasmine: “as a health student hist 209 might interest you - it covers the medical history of canada!”

u/Deputy_Dan: “Which ones are you thinking? (Look at my flair 😉)”

u/hotpinkbreakfast: “HIST 209 seems like it fits in with my program the most, so i was thinking that one. i’ve seen HIST 216 recommended a lot on this sub, so i was considering that one as well. Are there any in particular you would recommend at the 100-200 level ?”

u/imnotarianagrande: “… take something fun you know you’d be interested in (like hist 209 medical history) or something music/media based so there’s a break in content. …”