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Practicum in Disability Studies-A/B
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Only students who do not have the equivalent of two years of full-time related work/advocacy experience will be required to take this course. Students accepted into the program without this requirement may apply to be exempt from DST 80A/B if, during their course of studies, they have acquired sufficient work/advocacy experience. This experience will involve work in a community placement involving advocacy, support or community development with citizens with disabilities.
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Lab: 21 hrs.
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GPA Weight: 2.00
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DST
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88A/B
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Research Methods-A/B
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This course will provide students with a basic understanding of social research and its relevance to disability studies. Students will acquire the knowledge and skills required to plan, conduct and critically analyse research. A range of qualitative and quantitative methods will be explored along with their use in transforming perceptions of disability. Issues of social location and the meaningful participation of people with disabilities in research are discussed.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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GPA Weight: 2.00
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DST
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99A/B
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Applied Community Project/Thesis-A/B
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This is the "capstone" course of the Disability Studies program. It provides students with the opportunity to engage in focussed scholarly and project work from a disability studies perspective. It must be taken after all other courses. The course will be individually structured for each student in collaboration with a faculty advisor. The orienting question will revolve around how social environments and structures shape the experience of people with disabilities.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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GPA Weight: 4.00
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DST
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500
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A History of Madness
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Where do diverse concepts of "madness" come from? How have these ideas changed over time? How have "mad people" interpreted their own experiences? This course will be in the tradition of social history from "below". It will survey the social medical, political, economic, cultural and religious factors that have influenced interpretations of what it means to be "mad" from ancient time to the present.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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DST
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501
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Rethinking Disability
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This foundation course introduces the core ideas students will explore throughout their studies. It immerses students in a highly participatory and provocative encounter with history, social theory, politics, policy, art and culture seen through a disability lens. Course content is designed to reflect the experience of people with disabilities, highlighting the social roots and impact of discrimination, exclusion and marginalization as well as responses of resistance.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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DST
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502
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Disability and the State
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This course begins with students' day-to-day experience of "policy", moving towards deeper examination of the underlying values, interests and institutions that shape social and disability policy. Students are guided to make comparisons and connections, looking at historical responses to disability and at contemporary programs and services. Readings and online presentations explore what policy means, why it matters, and what processes and strategies are activated by people with disabilities to influence, shape and reform social policy.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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| Prerequisite: DST 501 or INT 902 or SWP 921
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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DST
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503
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Current Topics in Disability I
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This course will provide students with an opportunity to engage in an in-depth examination of specialized and scholarly work within the disability studies field. Content will be chosen by the Instructor based on recent research and trends in the field.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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DST
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504
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Mad People's History
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This course will provide an overview of the history of madness from the point of view of people who were, and are, deemed "mad". The purpose of this course is to place the diverse perspectives of people diagnosed as mad, insane or mentally ill as being of central importance in the history of psychiatry, and to address the question: how madness has been viewed by mad people over the centuries.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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DST
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506
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Making Ontario Accessible
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The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) mandates development of enforceable accessibility standards for businesses and organizations to identify, remove and prevent barriers to accessibility. This course is for those seeking specialized knowledge of the AODA, accessibility issues and implementation. It covers understandings of disability, issues giving rise to the Act, disability activism and a critical analysis of the new accessibility standards for customer service, built environments, employment, information and communications and transportation.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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DST
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525
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Rethinking Images of Embodied Difference
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This course critically examines representations of embodied difference in mainstream and other media. With particular attention to disability, it queries images from the news, on television, film and the web as they are embedded in the systems of ableist power, privilege and marginalization. To study these images is to reveal their ideological underpinnings, and their intrinsic connection to other categories of identity including class, race, gender, and sexual orientation.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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| Prerequisites: DST 501 or INT 902 or SWP 921
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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DST
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603
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Disability and The Law
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This course is constructed around 'fact' situations, illustrative of real-life dilemmas faced by disabled people, their families, advocates and service providers. How to find and use the law will be explored as will the often competing issues of independence, dignity, personal and economic security. Students will analyze when the law may help or hinder, and how it may be changed.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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| Prerequisite: DST 501 or INT 902 or SWP 921
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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DST
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604
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Current Topics in Disability II
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This course will provide students with a further opportunity to engage in an in-depth examination of specialized and scholarly work within the disability studies field. Content will be chosen by the Instructor based on recent research and trends in the field.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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DST
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613
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Strategies for Community Building
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This course addresses the importance of community building given the realities of social exclusion and the challenges represented by diversity in the current social, political and economic context in Canada. The starting point is the particular view of reality held by people with disabilities. Students are encouraged to analyze power, inequality and influence before building strategies for action, and to develop a personal ethical stance in which to ground community development practice.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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| Prerequisite: DST 501 or INT 902 or SWP 921
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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DST
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614
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Community Access and Technology
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Students are introduced to assistive technologies, their impact on people with disabilities, models of use, public policy and legislation (local, federal, international). In addition to online readings and exploratory assignments, students participate in online discussion forums and live weekly e-chats with leaders in the assistive technology field. The final project offers students an opportunity to explore a technology of interest in the context of addressing an unmet need or burning issue in their community.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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| Prerequisite: DST 501 or INT 902 or SWP 921
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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DST
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725
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The Politics and Practice of Interventions
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In recent years, interventions directed at disabled people have been the subject of debate, controversy and resistance. This course explores these tensions by tracing various approaches to creating change in the lives of disabled people. Students will use sociological analysis, theories of disability/difference, autobiographical knowledge and consultation to critique examples of contemporary interventions and to explore potentially more positive alternatives.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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| Prerequisite: DST 501 or INT 902 or SWP 921
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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DST
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726
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Leadership in Human Services
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This course illuminates many challenges that leaders and managers of human services face in a changing environment. It incorporates theoretical and practical elements rooted in the perspective that people supported by human services require opportunities to lead dignified lives and the means to exercise personal choice, control and independence. Students will examine the complex issues raised when those receiving services, managers, and activists interact to design, organize and change traditional models of delivering services and supports.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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| Prerequisite: DST 501 or INT 902 or SWP 921, Antirequisite: DST 727
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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DST
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727
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Leadership for Social Action
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This course looks at leadership theory and the challenges of leading in neo-liberal times. It touches on political discourse, public policy and the legislative process. It examines the problem of working across differences and complicates empowerment. Students will meet and talk with leaders from social movements. By the time students complete their assignments, they should be able to imagine themselves as leaders and be better able to assist disabled people in becoming leaders.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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| Prerequisite: DST 501 or INT 902 or SWP 921, Antirequisite: DST 726
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GPA Weight: 1.00
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