Indigenous Studies program requirements
What the Indigenous Studies Specialist, Major and Minor require, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course they name.
Indigenous Studies Specialist
- Arts program
- 10.0 credits
- Open enrolment
- ASSPE0115
Enrolment
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(10.0 credits, including at least 1.0 credit at the 400-level)
1INS201Y1/ (INS201H1 and INS202H1)
2INS210Y1/ INS220Y1/ (INS230H1 and INS231H1)
3INS300Y1/ INS301Y1 and (INS303H1 and INS304H1)/ (JPI201H1 and JIG322H1)
4INS390H1 and INS460H1
54.0 credits from Group A (note: some of these courses have prerequisites)
61.0 credit from Group A or Group B below (note: some of these courses have prerequisites)
7For numbers 5 and 6 above, 2.0 credits must be at the 300-level and a 0.5 credit must be at the 400-level.
Group A: INS200H1, INS201Y1/ (INS201H1, INS202H1), JPI201H1, INS205H1, INS210Y1, INS215Y1, INS220Y1, INS230H1, INS231H1, INS240Y1, INS250H1, INS261H1, INS300Y1, INS301Y1, INS302H1, INS303H1, INS304H1, INS310Y1, INS320Y1, INS322H1, JIG322H1, INS340Y1, INS341H1, INS350H1, INS351Y1, INS352H1, INS355H1, INS352H1, INS353H1, INS354H1, INS360Y1, INS371H1, INS372H1, INS380H1, INS390H1, INS398H0, INS398Y0, INS491Y1, INS402H1, INS403H1, INS404H1, INS405H1, INS407H1, JIG440H1, JFP450H1, INS460H1, INS480H1, INS491Y1, INS493H1, INS494Y1, INS495Y1, INS496H1, INS497H1, INS498Y1, ANT210H1, ANT315H1, ANT327H1, ANT384H1, ANT458H1, AST310H1, CRI364H1, CRI422H1, CSE341H1, ENG254H1, ENG355Y1, FAH255H1, FAH452H1, HIS262H1, HIS366H1, HIS369H1, HIS419H1, HIS472H1, LIN458H1, RLG331H1, SDS385H1, WGS395H1
Group B: ANT200Y1, ANT204H1, ANT319Y1, ANT311Y1, ANT317H1, ANT319H1, ANT320H1, ANT327H1, ANT348H1, ANT366H1, ANT407H1, ANT410H1, CAR225H1, CAR226H1, CSE240H1, ENG270H1, ENG350H1, ENG371H1, ENG372H1, HIS106Y1, HIS230H1, HIS264H1, HIS318H1, HIS365H1, HIS402H1, JHN323H1, LAS350H1, LIN351H1, RLG307H1, SDS382H1
Courses these requirements name
- INS201Y1Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Foundations, History and Politics last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- INS201H1Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Foundations
- INS202H1Introduction to Indigenous Studies: History & Politics
- INS210Y1Introduction to Anishinaabemowin
- INS220Y1Introduction to Kanien’kéha (Mohawk Language)
- INS230H1Introduction to Inuktitut
- INS231H1Elementary Inuktitut
- INS300Y1Worldviews, Indigenous Knowledges, and Oral Tradition last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS301Y1Indigenous Languages and Cultures
- INS303H1Understanding Indigenous Language Vitality and Endangerment
- INS304H1Best Practices in Indigenous Language Revitalization
- JPI201H1Indigenous Politics in Canada
- JIG322H1Indigenous Worlds, Worldviews and the Environment
- INS390H1Research and Ethics in Indigenous Studies
- INS460H1Indigenous Theory, Research and Methods
- INS200H1Introduction to Indigenous Truth and Resilience
- INS205H1Indigenous Worldviews, Spiritual and Healing Traditions
- INS215Y1Introduction to an Indigenous Language of Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS240Y1Ecological Interactions: Intro to Indigenous and Western Sciences last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS250H1Introduction to Indigenous Environmental Studies
- INS261H1Contemporary Challenges Facing Indigenous Communities
- INS302H1Indigenous Representation in the Mass Media and Society
- INS310Y1Anishinaabemowin II
- INS320Y1Kanien’kéha II
- INS322H1Indigenous Narratives of Empowerment
- INS340Y1Indigenous Health Science last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS341H1North American Indigenous Theatre
- INS350H1Indigenous Health Systems
- INS351Y1
- INS352H1Indigenous Leadership, Policy and Practices in Canada
- INS355H1Current Issues in Indigenous Health
- INS353H1First Nations Politics in Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS354H1Indigenous Governance and Self-Determination last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS360Y1Politics and Process of Reconciliation in Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS371H1Topics in Indigenous Literatures
- INS372H1Special Topics in Indigenous Language
- INS380H1Special Topics in Indigenous Studies
- INS398H0Research Excursions
- INS398Y0Research Excursions
- INS491Y1Topics in International Indigenous Studies
- INS402H1Traditional Indigenous Ecological Knowledge
- INS403H1Indigenous Peoples and the Urban Context
- INS404H1
- INS405H1Indigenous Thought & Expression: Creative Non-fiction last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS407H1Indigenous Environmental Justice
- JIG440H1Indigenous Geographies
- JFP450H1Indigenous Issues in Health and Healing
- INS480H1Advanced Special Topics in Indigenous Studies
- INS493H1Independent Experiential Studies
- INS494Y1Independent Experiential Studies
- INS495Y1Independent Research
- INS496H1Independent Research
- INS497H1Independent Research
- INS498Y1Independent Research
- ANT210H1Anthropologists and Indigenous Peoples in North America
- ANT315H1Arctic Archaeology
- ANT327H1"Diversity": Critical/Comparative Studies of Indigeneity, Multiculturalism and (Settler) Colonialism last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- ANT384H1Special Topics in Society, Culture and Language
- ANT458H1Indigenous Health Histories and Canadian Settler Colonialism
- AST310H1Indigenous Methodologies for Astronomy
- CRI364H1Indigenous Peoples & Criminal Justice
- CRI422H1Indigenous Law
- CSE341H1Theorizing Settler Colonialism, Capitalism and Race
- ENG254H1Introduction to Indigenous Literatures
- ENG355Y1Transnational Indigenous Literatures last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- FAH255H1Art of Indigenous North America
- FAH452H1Contemporary Indigenous Art in Canada and the United States
- HIS262H1Canada: A Short History of Here
- HIS366H1Indigenous Histories of the Great Lakes from 1815 to the Present last in the 2022-2023 Calendar
- HIS369H1Indigenous Histories of the Great Lakes, to 1830 last in the 2022-2023 Calendar
- HIS419H1Canada By Treaty: Alliances, Title Transfers and Land Claims
- HIS472H1Indigenous-Newcomer Relations in Canadian History last in the 2022-2023 Calendar
- LIN458H1Revitalizing Languages
- RLG331H1Creation Narratives and Epistemologies
- SDS385H1Queer Indigenous Politics and Cultures
- WGS395H1
- ANT200Y1Introduction to Archaeology
- ANT204H1Social Cultural Anthropology and Global Issues
- ANT319Y1Archaeology of North America last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ANT311Y1Archaeological Fieldwork
- ANT317H1Archaeology of Eastern North America
- ANT319H1
- ANT320H1Ancient Cultures of the Andes
- ANT348H1Medical Anthropology: Health, Power and Politics
- ANT366H1Anthropology of Activism and Social Justice
- ANT407H1Inka and Aztec States
- ANT410H1Hunter-Gatherers Past & Present last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- CAR225H1Caribbean Societies
- CAR226H1Caribbean Political Thought
- CSE240H1Introduction to Critical Equity and Solidarity Studies
- ENG270H1Introduction to Colonial and Postcolonial Writing
- ENG350H1Early Canadian Literature
- ENG371H1Topics in Indigenous, Postcolonial, Transnational Literatures
- ENG372H1Topics in Indigenous, Postcolonial, Transnational Literatures
- HIS106Y1The African Diaspora in the Americas, 1492-1804
- HIS230H1Indigenous and Early Colonial Caribbean History
- HIS264H1Canadian History
- HIS318H1Histories of the "Wild" West
- HIS365H1History of the Great Lakes Region
- HIS402H1Sephardim: The Jews of Spain and their Diasporas
- JHN323H1Indigeneity in the Caribbean
- LAS350H1Indigenous Realities in Latin America
- LIN351H1Sociolinguistic Patterns in Language
- RLG307H1Museums and Material Religion
- SDS382H1Intro to Queer of Colour Critique
Indigenous Studies Major
- Arts program
- 7.0 credits
- Open enrolment
- ASMAJ0115
Enrolment
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(7.0 credits, including at least 2.0 credits at the 300+ level)
1INS201Y1/ (INS201H1 and INS202H1)
2INS210Y1/ INS220Y1/ (INS230H1 and INS231H1)
3INS300Y1/ INS301Y1 and (INS303H1 and INS304H1)/ (JPI201H1 and JIG322H1)
4INS390H1
52.0 credits from INS, JFP, JIG or JPI (note: some of these courses have prerequisites)
6One 0.5 credit from Group A or one 0.5 credit from Group B below (note: some of these courses have prerequisites)
7Of the courses chosen, at least 2.0 credits must be at the 300+ level, of which a 0.5 credit must be at the 400-level.
Group A: INS200H1, INS201Y1/ (INS201H1, INS202H1), JPI201H1, INS205H1, INS210Y1, INS215Y1, INS220Y1, INS230H1, INS231H1, INS240Y1, INS250H1, INS261H1, INS300Y1, INS301Y1, INS302H1, INS303H1, INS304H1, INS310Y1, INS320Y1, INS322H1, JIG322H1, INS340Y1, INS341H1, INS350H1, INS351Y1, INS352H1, INS355H1, INS352H1, INS353H1, INS354H1, INS360Y1, INS371H1, INS372H1, INS380H1, INS390H1, INS398H0, INS398Y0, INS491Y1, INS402H1, INS403H1, INS404H1, INS405H1, INS407H1, JIG440H1, JFP450H1, INS460H1, INS480H1, INS491Y1, INS493H1, INS494Y1, INS495Y1, INS496H1, INS497H1, INS498Y1, ANT210H1, ANT315H1, ANT327H1, ANT384H1, ANT458H1, AST310H1, CRI364H1, CRI422H1, CSE341H1, ENG254H1, ENG355Y1, FAH255H1, FAH452H1, HIS262H1, HIS366H1, HIS369H1, HIS419H1, HIS472H1, LIN458H1, RLG331H1, SDS385H1, WGS395H1
Group B: ANT200Y1, ANT204H1, ANT319Y1, ANT311Y1, ANT317H1, ANT319H1, ANT320H1, ANT327H1, ANT348H1, ANT366H1, ANT407H1, ANT410H1, CAR225H1, CAR226H1, CSE240H1, ENG270H1, ENG350H1, ENG371H1, ENG372H1, HIS106Y1, HIS230H1, HIS264H1, HIS318H1, HIS365H1, HIS402H1, JHN323H1, LAS350H1, LIN351H1, RLG307H1, SDS382H1
Courses these requirements name
- INS201Y1Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Foundations, History and Politics last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- INS201H1Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Foundations
- INS202H1Introduction to Indigenous Studies: History & Politics
- INS210Y1Introduction to Anishinaabemowin
- INS220Y1Introduction to Kanien’kéha (Mohawk Language)
- INS230H1Introduction to Inuktitut
- INS231H1Elementary Inuktitut
- INS300Y1Worldviews, Indigenous Knowledges, and Oral Tradition last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS301Y1Indigenous Languages and Cultures
- INS303H1Understanding Indigenous Language Vitality and Endangerment
- INS304H1Best Practices in Indigenous Language Revitalization
- JPI201H1Indigenous Politics in Canada
- JIG322H1Indigenous Worlds, Worldviews and the Environment
- INS390H1Research and Ethics in Indigenous Studies
- INS200H1Introduction to Indigenous Truth and Resilience
- INS205H1Indigenous Worldviews, Spiritual and Healing Traditions
- INS215Y1Introduction to an Indigenous Language of Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS240Y1Ecological Interactions: Intro to Indigenous and Western Sciences last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS250H1Introduction to Indigenous Environmental Studies
- INS261H1Contemporary Challenges Facing Indigenous Communities
- INS302H1Indigenous Representation in the Mass Media and Society
- INS310Y1Anishinaabemowin II
- INS320Y1Kanien’kéha II
- INS322H1Indigenous Narratives of Empowerment
- INS340Y1Indigenous Health Science last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS341H1North American Indigenous Theatre
- INS350H1Indigenous Health Systems
- INS351Y1
- INS352H1Indigenous Leadership, Policy and Practices in Canada
- INS355H1Current Issues in Indigenous Health
- INS353H1First Nations Politics in Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS354H1Indigenous Governance and Self-Determination last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS360Y1Politics and Process of Reconciliation in Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS371H1Topics in Indigenous Literatures
- INS372H1Special Topics in Indigenous Language
- INS380H1Special Topics in Indigenous Studies
- INS398H0Research Excursions
- INS398Y0Research Excursions
- INS491Y1Topics in International Indigenous Studies
- INS402H1Traditional Indigenous Ecological Knowledge
- INS403H1Indigenous Peoples and the Urban Context
- INS404H1
- INS405H1Indigenous Thought & Expression: Creative Non-fiction last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS407H1Indigenous Environmental Justice
- JIG440H1Indigenous Geographies
- JFP450H1Indigenous Issues in Health and Healing
- INS460H1Indigenous Theory, Research and Methods
- INS480H1Advanced Special Topics in Indigenous Studies
- INS493H1Independent Experiential Studies
- INS494Y1Independent Experiential Studies
- INS495Y1Independent Research
- INS496H1Independent Research
- INS497H1Independent Research
- INS498Y1Independent Research
- ANT210H1Anthropologists and Indigenous Peoples in North America
- ANT315H1Arctic Archaeology
- ANT327H1"Diversity": Critical/Comparative Studies of Indigeneity, Multiculturalism and (Settler) Colonialism last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- ANT384H1Special Topics in Society, Culture and Language
- ANT458H1Indigenous Health Histories and Canadian Settler Colonialism
- AST310H1Indigenous Methodologies for Astronomy
- CRI364H1Indigenous Peoples & Criminal Justice
- CRI422H1Indigenous Law
- CSE341H1Theorizing Settler Colonialism, Capitalism and Race
- ENG254H1Introduction to Indigenous Literatures
- ENG355Y1Transnational Indigenous Literatures last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- FAH255H1Art of Indigenous North America
- FAH452H1Contemporary Indigenous Art in Canada and the United States
- HIS262H1Canada: A Short History of Here
- HIS366H1Indigenous Histories of the Great Lakes from 1815 to the Present last in the 2022-2023 Calendar
- HIS369H1Indigenous Histories of the Great Lakes, to 1830 last in the 2022-2023 Calendar
- HIS419H1Canada By Treaty: Alliances, Title Transfers and Land Claims
- HIS472H1Indigenous-Newcomer Relations in Canadian History last in the 2022-2023 Calendar
- LIN458H1Revitalizing Languages
- RLG331H1Creation Narratives and Epistemologies
- SDS385H1Queer Indigenous Politics and Cultures
- WGS395H1
- ANT200Y1Introduction to Archaeology
- ANT204H1Social Cultural Anthropology and Global Issues
- ANT319Y1Archaeology of North America last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ANT311Y1Archaeological Fieldwork
- ANT317H1Archaeology of Eastern North America
- ANT319H1
- ANT320H1Ancient Cultures of the Andes
- ANT348H1Medical Anthropology: Health, Power and Politics
- ANT366H1Anthropology of Activism and Social Justice
- ANT407H1Inka and Aztec States
- ANT410H1Hunter-Gatherers Past & Present last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- CAR225H1Caribbean Societies
- CAR226H1Caribbean Political Thought
- CSE240H1Introduction to Critical Equity and Solidarity Studies
- ENG270H1Introduction to Colonial and Postcolonial Writing
- ENG350H1Early Canadian Literature
- ENG371H1Topics in Indigenous, Postcolonial, Transnational Literatures
- ENG372H1Topics in Indigenous, Postcolonial, Transnational Literatures
- HIS106Y1The African Diaspora in the Americas, 1492-1804
- HIS230H1Indigenous and Early Colonial Caribbean History
- HIS264H1Canadian History
- HIS318H1Histories of the "Wild" West
- HIS365H1History of the Great Lakes Region
- HIS402H1Sephardim: The Jews of Spain and their Diasporas
- JHN323H1Indigeneity in the Caribbean
- LAS350H1Indigenous Realities in Latin America
- LIN351H1Sociolinguistic Patterns in Language
- RLG307H1Museums and Material Religion
- SDS382H1Intro to Queer of Colour Critique
Indigenous Studies Minor
- Arts program
- 4.0 credits
- Open enrolment
- ASMIN0115
Enrolment
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(4.0 credits, including at least 1.0 credit at the 300+ level)
1INS201Y1/ (INS201H1 and INS202H1)
2INS300Y1/ INS301Y1/ (INS303H1 and INS304H1)/ (JPI201H1 and JIG322H1)
31.0 additional credit from INS, JFP, JIG or JPI (note: some of these courses have prerequisites)
41.0 additional credit from Group A below (note: some of these courses have prerequisites)
Group A: INS200H1, INS201Y1/ (INS201H1, INS202H1), JPI201H1, INS205H1, INS210Y1, INS215Y1, INS220Y1, INS230H1, INS231H1, INS240Y1, INS250H1, INS261H1, INS300Y1, INS301Y1, INS302H1, INS303H1, INS304H1, INS310Y1, INS320Y1, INS322H1, JIG322H1, INS340Y1, INS341H1, INS350H1, INS351Y1, INS352H1, INS355H1, INS352H1, INS353H1, INS354H1, INS360Y1, INS371H1, INS372H1, INS380H1, INS390H1, INS398H0, INS398Y0, INS491Y1, INS402H1, INS403H1, INS404H1, INS405H1, INS407H1, JIG440H1, JFP450H1, INS460H1, INS480H1, INS491Y1, INS493H1, INS494Y1, INS495Y1, INS496H1, INS497H1, INS498Y1, ANT210H1, ANT315H1, ANT327H1, ANT384H1, ANT458H1, AST310H1, CRI364H1, CRI422H1, CSE341H1, ENG254H1, ENG355Y1, FAH255H1, FAH452H1, HIS262H1, HIS366H1, HIS369H1, HIS419H1, HIS472H1, LIN458H1, RLG331H1, SDS385H1, WGS395H1
Courses these requirements name
- INS201Y1Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Foundations, History and Politics last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- INS201H1Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Foundations
- INS202H1Introduction to Indigenous Studies: History & Politics
- INS300Y1Worldviews, Indigenous Knowledges, and Oral Tradition last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS301Y1Indigenous Languages and Cultures
- INS303H1Understanding Indigenous Language Vitality and Endangerment
- INS304H1Best Practices in Indigenous Language Revitalization
- JPI201H1Indigenous Politics in Canada
- JIG322H1Indigenous Worlds, Worldviews and the Environment
- INS200H1Introduction to Indigenous Truth and Resilience
- INS205H1Indigenous Worldviews, Spiritual and Healing Traditions
- INS210Y1Introduction to Anishinaabemowin
- INS215Y1Introduction to an Indigenous Language of Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS220Y1Introduction to Kanien’kéha (Mohawk Language)
- INS230H1Introduction to Inuktitut
- INS231H1Elementary Inuktitut
- INS240Y1Ecological Interactions: Intro to Indigenous and Western Sciences last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS250H1Introduction to Indigenous Environmental Studies
- INS261H1Contemporary Challenges Facing Indigenous Communities
- INS302H1Indigenous Representation in the Mass Media and Society
- INS310Y1Anishinaabemowin II
- INS320Y1Kanien’kéha II
- INS322H1Indigenous Narratives of Empowerment
- INS340Y1Indigenous Health Science last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS341H1North American Indigenous Theatre
- INS350H1Indigenous Health Systems
- INS351Y1
- INS352H1Indigenous Leadership, Policy and Practices in Canada
- INS355H1Current Issues in Indigenous Health
- INS353H1First Nations Politics in Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS354H1Indigenous Governance and Self-Determination last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS360Y1Politics and Process of Reconciliation in Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS371H1Topics in Indigenous Literatures
- INS372H1Special Topics in Indigenous Language
- INS380H1Special Topics in Indigenous Studies
- INS390H1Research and Ethics in Indigenous Studies
- INS398H0Research Excursions
- INS398Y0Research Excursions
- INS491Y1Topics in International Indigenous Studies
- INS402H1Traditional Indigenous Ecological Knowledge
- INS403H1Indigenous Peoples and the Urban Context
- INS404H1
- INS405H1Indigenous Thought & Expression: Creative Non-fiction last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS407H1Indigenous Environmental Justice
- JIG440H1Indigenous Geographies
- JFP450H1Indigenous Issues in Health and Healing
- INS460H1Indigenous Theory, Research and Methods
- INS480H1Advanced Special Topics in Indigenous Studies
- INS493H1Independent Experiential Studies
- INS494Y1Independent Experiential Studies
- INS495Y1Independent Research
- INS496H1Independent Research
- INS497H1Independent Research
- INS498Y1Independent Research
- ANT210H1Anthropologists and Indigenous Peoples in North America
- ANT315H1Arctic Archaeology
- ANT327H1"Diversity": Critical/Comparative Studies of Indigeneity, Multiculturalism and (Settler) Colonialism last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- ANT384H1Special Topics in Society, Culture and Language
- ANT458H1Indigenous Health Histories and Canadian Settler Colonialism
- AST310H1Indigenous Methodologies for Astronomy
- CRI364H1Indigenous Peoples & Criminal Justice
- CRI422H1Indigenous Law
- CSE341H1Theorizing Settler Colonialism, Capitalism and Race
- ENG254H1Introduction to Indigenous Literatures
- ENG355Y1Transnational Indigenous Literatures last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- FAH255H1Art of Indigenous North America
- FAH452H1Contemporary Indigenous Art in Canada and the United States
- HIS262H1Canada: A Short History of Here
- HIS366H1Indigenous Histories of the Great Lakes from 1815 to the Present last in the 2022-2023 Calendar
- HIS369H1Indigenous Histories of the Great Lakes, to 1830 last in the 2022-2023 Calendar
- HIS419H1Canada By Treaty: Alliances, Title Transfers and Land Claims
- HIS472H1Indigenous-Newcomer Relations in Canadian History last in the 2022-2023 Calendar
- LIN458H1Revitalizing Languages
- RLG331H1Creation Narratives and Epistemologies
- SDS385H1Queer Indigenous Politics and Cultures
- WGS395H1
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