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Ethnic and Pluralism Studies (Collaborative Program)

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Lead Faculty

Arts and Science

Participating Degree Programs

Anthropology – MA, PhD
European, Russian and Eurasian Studies – MA, PhD
Educational Administration – MA, MEd, EdD, PhD
Geography – MA, PhD
History – MA, PhD
History and Philosophy of Education – MA, MEd, EdD, PhD
Industrial Relations and Human Resources – MIRHR, PhD
Nursing Science – MN, PhD
Political Science – MA, PhD
Religion – MA, PhD
Social Work – MSW, PhD
Sociology – MA, PhD
Sociology in Education – MA, MEd, Ed, PhD
Women and Gender Studies – MA, PhD

Overview

The graduate programs listed above participate in the Ethnic and Pluralism Studies Collaborative Program at the University of Toronto. Participating graduate units in the program contribute courses and provide facilities and supervision for graduate research.

Upon successful completion of the requirements, students receive the notation “Completed Collaborative Program in Ethnic and Pluralism Studies” on their transcripts, in addition to the master’s or doctoral degree in their departmental area.

Contact and Address

Web: www.utoronto.ca/ethnicstudies
E-mail: ethnic.studies@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-4783
Fax: (416) 978-3963

Collaborative Program in Ethnic and Pluralism Studies
Department of Sociology
University of Toronto
725 Spadina Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2J4
Canada

Degree Programs

Master's Level

Admission Requirements

  • Applicants who wish to enrol in the Collaborative Program must apply to and be admitted to both the Collaborative Program and a graduate degree program in one of the collaborating graduate units.
  • Applicants to the Master of Arts, Master of Industrial Relations and Human Resources, Master of Nursing, Master of Science, Master of Social Work are accepted by the participating graduate unit under the general regulations.

Program Requirements

  • Students must follow a program of studies acceptable to both the participating graduate unit and the Ethnic and Pluralism Studies Program.
  • Collaborative program requirements may be met concurrent with, or in addition to, departmental requirements. Students should consult specific departmental listings for information.
  • 1.0 full-course equivalent (FCE) in ethnicity, of which at least 0.5 FCE will be in a discipline other than the one in which the student is enrolled. Normally, these courses are taken as options within regular departmental or faculty degree requirements, not as additional courses.
  • A coordinating 0.5 FCE seminar in ethnicity. The seminar is the place to discuss, compare, and bring together the various approaches to the study of ethnicity. As well, students will be expected to present and discuss their projects.
  • When a practicum is required, it will focus on ethnicity.
  • It is understood that the major paper or thesis as required by the graduate unit will be in an ethnic studies area.

Doctoral Level

Admission Requirements

  • Applicants who wish to enrol in the Collaborative Program must apply to and be admitted to both the Collaborative Program and a graduate degree program in one of the collaborating graduate units.
  • Applicants to the Doctor of Philosophy degree program are accepted under the general regulations.

Program Requirements

  • Students must follow a program of studies acceptable to both the participating graduate unit and the Ethnic and Pluralism Studies Program.
  • Collaborative program requirements may be met concurrent with, or in addition to, departmental requirements. Students should consult specific departmental listings for information.
  • 2.0 full-course equivalents (FCE) in ethnicity, including master’s-level courses, of which at least 1.0 will be in disciplines other than the one in which the student is enrolled. Normally, these courses are taken as options within regular departmental or faculty degree requirements, not as additional courses.
  • A coordinating 0.5 FCE seminar in ethnicity. The seminar is the place to discuss, compare, and bring together the various approaches to the study of ethnicity. As well, students will be expected to present and discuss their projects. Students who have taken this course for the master’s degree need not repeat it.
  • When the student’s graduate unit requires more than one comprehensive examination, one of the examinations will be in ethnicity.
  • When there are no comprehensive examinations, but an examination on the thesis proposal is required, the examination will focus on ethnicity, and in all cases the thesis will be on subject matter dealing with ethnicity.
  • The PhD thesis will focus on ethnicity. The supervisor of the thesis committee will be a specialist in the area of ethnicity.

Course List

  1. Courses eligible for credit toward meeting program requirements in Ethnic and Pluralism Studies are listed below.
  2. Students should check with the professor responsible for each course since a prerequisite may be required.
  3. Not all courses are offered each year. Please consult the Program office or the appropriate graduate unit for course availability.
  4. Students wishing to use courses other than those listed below for credit toward meeting program requirements must submit a formal request in writing.

Coordinating Seminar

JTH 3000H Ethnic Relations Theory, Research, and Policy

Anthropology

ANT 6003H Critical Issues in Ethnography I
ANT 6004H Critical Issues in Ethnography II
ANT 6034H Advanced Research Seminar IV (Ethnicity)
ANT 6040H Approaches to Field Work I
ANT 6041H Approaches to Field Work II
ANT 6050H Reading Course in Specific Area and Theory I

Economics

ECO 2800H Labour Economics I (Prerequisite: an undergraduate course in statistics and a graduate course in applied statistics.)

European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies

ERE 1188H Identity, Ethnicity, and Cultural Change in Eastern Europe

Geography

PLA 1503H Planning and Social Policy
JPG 1505H The Multicultural City: Diversity, Policy, and Planning
JPG 1506H State/Space/Difference: Understanding the New Social Geography
GGR 1712H Historical Geography of Ethnic Groups in Canada

History

HIS 1102H Spiritual Invasion: Natives of the Americas Confront Christianity
HIS 1120H Topics in Aboriginal/Non-Aboriginal Relations in Canada
HIS 1164H Irish Migration to Canada: Sources and Methods
HIS 1166H Immigrants, Minorities, and the Racialized Other: Canada in a Comparative Context (Prerequisite: any previous course in the history of Canada.
HIS 1274H The Nazis, Occupied Europe, and the Jews
HIS 1287H Polish Jews Since the Partitions of Poland (joint graduate/undergraduate)
HIS 1297H Problems of National Survival in Eastern Europe Since 1848
HIS 1528H Crossing Boundaries: Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in America, 1880-1930
HIS 1545H Race, Segregation and Protest: South Africa and the United States
Industrial Relations and Human Resources
IRE 3630H Workplace Diversity and Inclusivity

Law

Participation in LAW courses is at the discretion of the Faculty of Law upon presentation, to the Faculty of Law Records Office, of a signed permission form from the student’s home department. Note that preference is given to JD students and that many law courses are full by the end of the Faculty of Law add/drop period.

LAW 117H Introduction to Islamic Law
LAW 261H Citizenship: Inside and Out
LAW 370H Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in Canada
LAW 410H Discrimination Law: Equality in the Private Sector
LAW 456H Canadian Migration Law
LAW 547H Law of Forced Migration

Nursing Science

NUR 1013H Transcultural Health Care Issues
NUR 1014H Politics of Aboriginal Health
NUR 1068H Youth and Mental Health Promotion

Political Science

POL 2001Y Problems of Political Community
POL 2026H Topics in Political Thought I: Nationalism and Political Philosophy
POL 2038Y Problems of Pluralism and Equality
POL 2127H Canadian Theories of Multiculturalism
POL 2321H Topics in Comparative Politics I: Citizenship and Immigration in Europe and North America
POL 2324H Ethnonationalism and State-Building: The Communist and Post-Communist Experience
POL 2413Y Politics, Culture, and Identity in Southeast Asia

Religion

RLG 2037H Religion and Healing
RLG 3236H Religious Pluralism and the Church
RLG 3512H Introduction to Islamic Law
RLG 3931H Topics in North American Religions

Social Work

SWK 4210H Promoting Empowerment: Working at the Margins
SWK 4304H Globalization and Trans-nationalization: Social Work Responses Locally and Globally
SWK 4617H Cross-Cultural Social Work Practice
SWK 4658H Social Work with Immigrants and Refugees
SWK 4801H Special Studies I
SWK 4802H Special Studies II

Sociology

SOC 6002H Immigration I: Contemporary International Migration
SOC 6003H Immigration II: Sociology of Immigration, Ethnicity and Employment
SOC 6009H Ethnicity I
SOC 6016H Social Demography I
SOC 6109H Ethnicity II
SOC 6116H Social Demography II

Sociology and Equity Studies in Education

SES 1921Y The Principles of Anti-Racism Education
SES 1926H Race, Space and Citizenship: Research Methods
SES 1952H Language, Culture, and Education
SES 3933H Theorizing Transnationality: Feminist Perspectives
JSA 5147H Language, Nationalism and Post-Nationalism

Theory and Policy Studies in Education

TPS 1029H Special Topics in Educational Administration: Multicultural and Diversity Politics in Comparative Perspective
TPS 1042H Educational Leadership and Cultural Diversity
TPS 1428H Immigration and the History of Canadian Education
TPS 1429H Ethnicity and the History of Canadian Education
TPS 3042H Field Research in Educational Administration
TPS 3428H Minority Concerns and Education in Canadian History: Selected Topics

Program Committee


Levin, Michael - BA, MA, PhD - Anthropology
Baker, Michael - BCom, MA, PhD, Royal Bank Chair in Public and Economic Policy - Economics
Mahtani, Minelle - BA, PhD - Geography
Iacovetta, Franca - BA, MA, PhD - History
Weiner, Nan - BSB, MA, PhD - Industrial Relations & Human Resources
Macklin, Audrey - BA, LLB, LLM - Law
Gastaldo, Denise - BSN, MA, PhD - Nursing Science
Kopstein, Jeffrey - PhD, MA, BA - Political Science
Forbes, Donald - BA, MA, PhD - Political Science
Mittermaier, Amira - MA, PhD - Religion
Reitz, Jeffrey - BS, PhD, FRSC, Robert F. Harney Professor of Ethnic, Immigration & Pluralism Studies - Sociology (Director)
Fong, Eric - BA, MA, PhD - Sociology
Razack, Sherene - BA, MA, PhD - Sociology and Equity Studies in Education
Sakamoto, Izumi - BA, MA, MSW, MS, PhD - Social Work
Troper, Harold - BA, MA, PhD - Theory & Policy Studies in Education
McElhinny, Bonnie - PhD - Women & Gender Studies


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