Black and Indigenous Courses at Waterloo

The Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-racism Office is currently providing a list of classes featuring substantial Indigenous and Black content, including Indigenous knowledges, cultures, histories, languages, and politics.

While this project is a work in progress, our goal is to temporarily help students access an online database of these offerings. This resource will aid those interested in these critical areas in finding relevant academic opportunities.

To view the full catalogue of University of Waterloo course offerings, please visit the Academic Calendar.

Last updated on June 17, 2024

Black courses

Course Code Course Title
ARCH 580 Special Topics in Race, Equity, and Environmental Justice
BLKST 101 Foundation of Black Studies
BLKST 102 Introduction to Black Arts, Culture, and Literature
BLKST 103 Combatting Racisms
BLKST 201 Taking B(l)ack History
BLKST 202 Black and Free
BLKST 203 Introduction to Anti-Racist Communication
BLKST 210 Language, Life, and Literature in the Caribbean
BLKST 224 Black Performance Studies
BLKST 230 Black Feminisms
BLKST 240 Black Diasporic Lives: 1740 - 1900
BLKST 242 The Emergence of Black Italy
BLKST 244 Introduction to Black Canadian Writing
BLKST 302 Strategic Management of Black Enterprises
BLKST 303 Black Anti-Racist Consulting Practices
BLKST 304 Pan-African Global Politics
BLKST 308 Writing Anti-Racism
BLKST 309 Blackness at the Intersections
BLKST 310 Topics in Black Language and Linguistics
BLKST 317 Afro-Latin America
BLKST 330 Black Queer Studies
BLKST 380 Black Theatre in Practice
BLKST 399 Special Topics in Black Studies
BLKST 410 African American Rhetoric
BLKST 421 The Black Atlantic
BLKST 499 Black Entrepreneurial Enterprises
COMMST 103 Combating Racisms
COMMST 112 Introduction to Black Arts, Culture, and Literature
COMMST 202 Black and Free
COMMST 224 Black Performance Studies
COMMST 308 Writing Anti-Racism
COMMST 410 African American Rhetoric
ENGL 103 Combatting Racisms
ENGL 225 Introduction to Anti-Racist Communication
ENGL 308 Race and Resistance
ENGL 327 Black Diasporic Lives: 1740 - 1900
ENGL 328 Introduction to Black Canadian Writing
ENGL 373 Writing Anti-Racism
ENGL 375 Topics in Black Language and Linguistics
ENGL 405 African American Rhetoric
FR 487 African and Caribbean French Literature
GSJ 307 Race and Resistance
HIST 274 Introduction to African History
THPERF 112 Introduction to Black Arts, Culture, and Literature
THPERF 224 Black Performance Studies
THPERF 380 Black Theatre in Practice
VCULT 112 Introduction to Black Arts, Culture and Literature

Indigenous courses

Course Code Course Title
ANTH 233 Inuit Cultures
ANTH 272 Issues in Contemporary Indigenous Communities in Canada
CDNST 201 The Indigenous Experience in Canada
ENGL 211 First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Literatures
ENVS 401 Canadian Law, Indigenous Peoples, and Natural Resource Development
ERS 372 First Nations and the Environment
FINE 216 Indigenous Visual Culture in Canada
GSJ 211 First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Literatures
HIST 238 Hodinohso:ni History
HIST 269 Indigenous Histories in Canada
HIST 271 Global Indigenous Issues
HIST 327 We are all Treat People
HIST 328 Matriarchs, Warriors, Aunties: Indigenous Women in Canadian History
HRTS 305 Indigenous Rights in Global Context
INDENT 200 The Past, Present, and Future of Indigenous Entrepreneurship
INDENT 210 Fundamentals of Indigenous Entrepreneurship
INDENT 225/325 Practicum in Indigenous Entrepreneurship
INDENT 310 Case Studies in Indigenous Venture Creation
INDENT 320 Indigenous Economic Development Corporations
INDG 101,102 Mohawk Language 1, 2
INDG 201 The Indigenous Experience in Canada
INDG 216 Indigenous Visual Culture in Canada
INDG 226 Introduction to Indigenous Spirituality
INDG 228 Introduction to Indigenous Political Thought
INDG 272 Issues in Contemporary Indigenous Communities in Canada
INDG 301 Critical Theories of Indigeneity in a Global Perspective
INDG 305 Indigenous Rights in Global Context
INDG 318 Indigenous Worldviews and Spirituality
INDG 390 Special Topics in Indigenous Studies
LS 373 Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Public Policy
LS 462 Indigenous Political Theory
MOHAWK 101 R/102 R Mohawk Language
PLAN 442 Indigenous Peoples and Planning
PSCI 228 Introduction to Indigenous Political Thought
PSCI 362 Politics of Indigenous People
PSCI 462 Indigenous Political Theory
SDS 311R Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Public Policy
SDS 421R (Re)framing Indigenous-Settler Relations
SWREN 311R Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Public Policy
SWREN 411R Indigenous Knowledges and Decolonizing Social Work Practice with Indigenous Peoples