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SCI 211Traditional Medicines Land-Based Field Course

Units
0.50
Faculty
Science
Subject
Science

When it runs

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

Ran in 4 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

A four-day land-based field course. Students will engage with Indigenous instructors and community members to learn traditional medicine knowledges. Delivery will be blended with online preparatory lectures. Land-based learning, and teaching circles with Indigenous Knowledge Holders.

Prerequisites

  • Students must be in level 2A or higher

Antirequisites

None listed.

Notes

  • For further information, contact the Science Indigenous Initiatives Manager.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
FLD 00170196 / 25Online or by arrangement
FLD 701264014 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

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From 3 ratings and 3 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • I went into this course not entirely sure what to expect, and left thinking about it constantly.
    Mark and Wendy Phillips, the Elders who lead the course, are extraordinary teachers. Their depth of knowledge is staggering and reaches into far more fields than I expected. They would offer teachings shaped so that every person in the circle could draw something different and personal from the same words. Even questions I had not asked aloud felt like they had been answered.
    The course also made me contemplate what science is. I came in as a mathematician, reasonably confident in the Western scientific perspectives I had been educated in. And yet, the Elders left me with a much deeper respect…

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  • completely changed my perspective. great trip, good food, nice hotel, awesome experience.

    Jun 2025 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • This course was led by Savannah Sloat.
    If you ever get the chance you take this course (or actually, it is best to make room for this course), take it! This course did take place over the span of 4 days in Havelock, Ontario. You are taught so much about Indigenous beliefs, their way of thinking (and how they view the natural world), their history and how they were treated, and their journey thus far; it will all change you from within. There are also a couple of songs you learn and words that you might catch in Ojibwe. The experience is unlike anything I have experienced before. Words cannot do it justice.

    May 2025 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

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