Equity Studies

Equity studies is a disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and multi-disciplinary approach to social justice and inequality. Ranging across the local, regional, national, and global, this focus area explores inequalities between and among humans that are based on socially produced categories of geography, religion, race, gender, disability, age, class, and sexuality. It also includes issues related to inter-species equality, environmental justice, and intergenerational equality.

After completing the foundations course Equality in Context (MAIS 635), you may focus on a specific topic, including inequality linked to:

• a group identity (for example, gender, disability, or species)
• social movement activism
• policy or practice analysis (human rights, Canadian Charter of Rights)
• an event (for example war, famine)
• environmental justice

You may also choose to focus on a specific effect of inequality (for example, homelessness, food security, poverty, joblessness).

This focus area will be of interest to those wishing to engage in research and scholarship:

• in the voluntary, public, or private sectors
• at the local, regional, or international levels
• in relation to:
  • family
  • religion
  • education
  • politics
  • healthcare
  • social work
  • police work
  • the armed forces
  • government
  • policy development
  • the legal system
• in other areas involving interaction with humans, other species, or the environment, including environmental, intergenerational, and inter-species justice

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Foundational courses for Equity Studies

• MAIS 635: Equality in Context

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Recommended courses within Equity Studies

• EDST 630: Transformative Learning for Social Change
• EDST 632: Global Education
• EDST 645 Curriculum: Provoking Inquiry
• ENVS 689: The Political Ecology of Global Environment Change
• GOVN 540: Global Governance and Law
• HIST 632: Gender, Race, Racism, and the History of Classical Scholarship
• MAIS 514: The Theory and Practice of Trade Unions
• MAIS 604: Planning and Action for Community Change
• MAIS 628: Gender and Sexuality
• MAIS 638: What I Tell You May Not Be True: Autobiography, Discourse Analysis, and Post-Colonialism
• MAIS 640: Grounded Theory, Exploration, and Beyond
• MAIS 644: Adult Education, Community Leadership, and the Crisis of Democracy
• MAIS 650: Canadian and International Labour Education
• MAIS 663: Critical Race Theory in Global Context
• MAIS 665: Cultural Studies: Reflections, Democratic Possibilities, and Futures
• MDDE 651: Gender Issues in Distance Education
• POLI 550: Women, Equality, and Representation
• PSYC 576: Assistive Technology
• PSYC 589: Learning Disabilities: Issues and Interventions
• SOCI 537: Deciphering Our Social Worlds
• SOCI 539: Sociology of War and Organized Violence
• WGST 522: Violence against Women - A Global Perspective

Previous reading course topics

• International Political Economy: The Politics of Globalization (Shrivastava)
• Global Development Strategies (Shrivastava)
• Africa in the World (Joe Kelly)

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Currently closed for registrations

• GLST 611: Social Movements
• GLST 652: Democracy and Justice in the Context of Global Capitalism
• MAIS 612: Gender, Leadership and Management
• MAIS 658: Doing Disability Differently
• WGST 547: Rethinking Science and Technology: Gender, Theory, and Practice

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Permanently closed courses within Equity Studies

• EDST 510: Training in Canada
• HIST 620: Environmental History of North America and the Globe
• MAIS 611: Transformatory Organizing
• MAIS 613: Transformatory Organizing
• MAIS 618: English in Question: Critical Reflections on the Rise of a Global Language
• MAIS 622: Advanced Feminist Theory
• MAIS 630: Pushing the Boundaries of Gender and Sexuality
• MAIS 664: The Canadian Context of Critical Race Theory
• WMST 546: Gender Culture and Technology