Note: In order to find a course in the new 4 digit numbering system using an old 3 digit number, please refer to the conversion list below. Before registering for courses with the new 4 digit numbering system, please ensure that you have not previously taken the course in its 3 digit form.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
1025F/G -
Childhood and Social Institutions
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An overview of the study of childhood in contemporary humanistic and social scientific disciplines. The course focuses on the concept of childhood as it is socially, historically, and culturally constructed. Emphasis is given to understanding children's perspectives, the discursive and structural position of childhood in modern culture and social institutions.
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The former Childhood and Social Institutions 1020.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
2210F/G -
Childhood in Culture, Society and Public Policy
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This course examines childhood and youth as they are structured by social institutional contexts such as citizenship, labor policies and practices, schools, and disciplinary institutions. Historical, ethnographic, discursive, and structural approaches are used to explore how childhood is produced and contested through a diverse set of cultural, social, and political systems.
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The former Childhood and Social Institutions 2200.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
2291A/B-2296A/B -
Special Topics in Childhood and Social Institutions
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Topic and course description will be available at time of registration.
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CSI 1025F/G of the former 1020, or permission of the CSI Program Coordinator.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
3300F/G -
Childhood, Citizenship, and Participation
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An examination of various attempts to include children in the decision making processes of social projects, settings, agencies and institutions. Various arguments for inclusion of children will be discussed along with an assessment of the outcomes associated with each attempt.
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CSI 2210F/G or the former 2200, or permission of the CSI Program Coordinator.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
3310F/G -
Representing Childhood Empirically
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An examination of the representation of childhood in different methodological procedures such as national statistical accounts, surveys, experiments, ethnographies using interviews and direct observations, document based studies, and unobtrusive measures.
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Enrollment in third year or above of (old) honors or (new) Honors Specialization in CSI, or permission of the Program Coordinator.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
3311F/G -
Researching Childhood
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Each student will be responsible for designing a research project in the social study of childhood using ethnographic, discursive, or structural methodologies. Students will analyze literature, hypothesize research questions, and confront ethical and epistemological questions of social research with children.
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Interdisciplinary Studies 2252F/G or the former 3310F/G, or permission of the CSI Program Coordinator. Space permitting, 3rd or 4th year Honors Double Major students with CSI as one of their Majors can enroll at the specified time during the registration period. Space permitting, students in the 3rd year of a CSI three or four year program who obtained an average of 75% in CSI 2210F/G or the former 2200 may be granted special permission to take the course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
3320F/G -
Childhood and the Justice System
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Children are often required to testify in sexual and computer pornography cases. Courts are attempting to include children’s perspectives on the impact of mental illness, parental incarceration and living with high risk offenders. How is the voice of the child to be heard?
Antirequisite(s):
Childhood and Social Institutions 3393A/B, if taken in 2009-10, 2010-11 or 2011-12.
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Enrollment in the Diploma of Childhood in the Justice System or the Certificate of Childhood in the Justice System program, or third or fourth year of the Honors Specialization, or Honors Double Major in Childhood and Social Institutions.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
3325F/G -
The Changing Legal Child in Canada
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Legislative reforms, policies, protections and practices have been developed to facilitate children’s participation in the courts. This course examines children’s competencies and challenges as court witnesses; and the evolving roles of advocates, witness specialists and other justice system professionals who work with children.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 3394A/B, if taken in 2010-11 or 2011-12.
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Enrollment in the Diploma of Childhood in the Justice System or the Certificate of Childhood in the Justice System program, or third or fourth year of the Honors Specialization, or Honors Double Major in Childhood and Social Institutions.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
3330F/G -
Child Witnesses: Pre-court Preparation
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This course introduces students to the theory and practice of pre-court preparation for child and youth victims of crime, taking into account the most recent changes to the Canada Evidence Act and the culture of domestic violence.
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Enrollment in the Diploma of Childhood in the Justice System or the Certificate of Childhood in the Justice System program, or third or fourth year of the Honors Specialization, or Honors Double Major in Childhood and Social Institutions.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
3335F/G -
From Prescription to Practise: Implementing Emerging International Legal Childhoods
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This course examines the challenges that have arisen in associations with putting international agreements into practice at the national and local levels. Agreements include: UN Resolution 2005/20 - Guidelines on Justice in Matters Involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime and the UN 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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Enrollment in the Diploma of Childhood in the Justice System or the Certificate of Childhood in the Justice System program, or third or fourth year of the Honors Specialization, or Honors Double Major in Childhood and Social Institutions.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
3340F/G -
Seen and Heard: Child Participation in Separation and Divorce
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This course examines the prescriptions and practices arising from attempts to increase child participation in separation and divorce by examining various key roles; such as, judges, lawyers, child advocates, parents and children.
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Enrollment in the Diploma of Childhood in the Justice System or the Certificate of Childhood in the Justice System program, or third or fourth year of the Honors Specialization, or Honors Double Major in Childhood and Social Institutions.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
3345F/G -
Marginalized Childhoods and Access to Justice
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This course examines the challenges involved in accessing the justice systems by groups that are usually excluded on the basis of factors; such as, place or residence (e.g. rural or remote settlements); culture; age; ethnicity; and historical experience.
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Enrollment in the Diploma of Childhood in the Justice System or the Certificate of Childhood in the Justice System program, or third or fourth year of the Honors Specialization, or Honors Double Major in Childhood and Social Institutions.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
3360F/G -
Childhood and Discourse Theory
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This course will introduce students to critical theory, and specifically the application of discourse analysis to the study of childhood past and present. It will involve substantial reading and writing, including an introduction to critical thought and childhood since Freud.
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3rd or 4th year standing, with a cumulative average of 70%.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
3361F/G -
Childhood and History
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Exploration of history of childhood emphasizing discourse analysis and ideas. In particular, the discursive origins of modern childhood; the significance of childhood for major shifts in the history of ideas and social thought; and the ways various actors, groups, or movements have participated in the cultural construction of childhood.
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3rd or 4th year standing, with a cumulative average of 70%.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
3370F/G -
Children, Youth, and Leisure
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The course uses historical and contemporary approaches toward issues around children, youth and leisure. The definitions of 'play' and 'leisure' are critically examined. The course explores the competing moral claims about what children and young people should be doing in terms of the tensions between care, protection, and social control.
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Honors standing in third-year or fourth-year in either CSI or Sociology. Subject to availability, third-year and fourth-year students in other modules may be admitted by special permission.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
3371F/G -
Intimate Relations and Personal Life
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Drawing on developments in the field of the Sociology of the Family, moving away from narrow definitions of 'family,' this course examines the diversity of existing family practices and personal relationships. It explores issues around families of choice; kinship; intimate friendships in memory, imagination, and everyday lives.
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Honors standing in third-year or fourth-year in either CSI or Sociology. Subject to availability, third-year and fourth-year students in other modules may be admitted by special permission.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
3391A/B-3396A/B -
Special Topics in Childhood and Social Institutions
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Topic and course description will be available at time of registration.
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CSI 1025F/G or the former 1020, or permission of the CSI Program Coordinator.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
4410F/G -
Independent Study in Childhood and Social Institutions
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Reading and discussion of selected topics in Childhood and Social Institutions.
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Must be in the 4th year of the CSI Honors program.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
4411F/G -
Research Seminar in Childhood and Social Institutions
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Each student will be responsible for engaging in a senior research project in the social study of childhood using experiential, discursive, or structural approaches.
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CSI 3311F/G or permission of the CSI Program Coordinator.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
4412F/G -
Senior Paper Seminar in Childhood and Social Institutions
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A paper writing seminar linked with CSI 4411F/G. Students will complete the research begun in CSI 4411F/G, and write a senior paper and present their work to the seminar.
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CSI 4411F/G or permission of the CSI Program Coordinator.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
4491A/B-4496A/B -
Special Topics in Childhood and Social Institutions
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Topic and course description will be available at time of registration.
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CSI 1025F/G or the former 1020, or permission of the CSI Program Coordinator.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
4498F/G -
Independent Study
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Reading and discussion in selected topics in Childhood and Social Institutions.
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Enrollment in fourth year of the Honors Specialization offered in CSI or written permission of the Program Coordinator.
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Childhood and Social Institutions
4499F/G -
Independent Study
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Reading and discussion in selected topics in Childhood and Social Institutions.
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Enrollment in fourth year of the Honors Specialization offered in CSI or written permission of the Program Coordinator.
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