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HIST 221Racism and Response in Canadian History

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
History

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

The "race problem" has appeared on the Canadian public agenda, but the issue is not of recent origin. This course examines Euro-Canadian attitudes and practices toward non-European minorities from pioneer times to the present and sets racial policies in the context of the evolution of a Canadian national identity.

Prerequisites

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Antirequisites

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3 posts and comments in 3 threads mention HIST 221, October 2017 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.

Spring 2020

A mandatory "racism course" Will do literally nothing; Take it from someone who does bird courses all the time 360 points, 45 comments

“We arts students are the experts on dumb courses that take up our time. Whether it be that weird film course you took for your fine arts requirement, or the class where you learned Italian despite …”

u/fishscalepanties: “… Like, one of my favourite courses was HIST 221 Racism and Response in Canadian History, part of the class were group discussions and those were really good as everyone there cared about the subject matter. …”

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Winter 2018

[Need a bird course] Econ 101? 102? 12 points, 19 comments

“Hi all, I'm in Arts and I need a recommendation of an easy course to fill my "Bachelor of Arts breadth requirements". …”

u/fishscalepanties: “… I’m a history minor so I obviously recommend HIST courses for humanities, HIST 221 with Walker is my favourite. Two readings and a response every three weeks or so, a take home exam, and really interesting lectures imo. …”

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Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

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u/Jackhofmann: “HIST 210 HIST 220W HIST 221 HIST 225 HIST 230 HIST 239 HIST 250 HIST 252 HIST 257 HIST 271 HIST 275 HIST 291 HIST 305 HIST 311 HIST 313 HIST 351 HIST 389 HIST 391 HIST 397 HIST 398 HIST 422 HIST 450 HIST 491 HIST 601 HIST 604 HIST 605 HIST 607 HIST 612 HIST 632 HIST 691A HIST …”

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