The Global College
2009 Summer Institutes
Global College-sponsored Summer Institutes are credit
courses offered outside the regular academic year (April - August).
Most are unique courses with visiting international lecturers, and are
not offered at other times.
For The University of Winnipeg registration information, click here.
April 27 - May 1
Religion and Terrorism
April 27 - May 15
May 4 - 15
The Migration of Andean Peoples
June 1 - 12
Selected Topics: Social Justice & Human Rights Issues
June 8 - 12
Impact of Infectious Diseases on Local and Global Investment and Development : Summer Institute in Infectious Disease III
July 6 - 10
International Refugee Protection and Human Rights
July 13-24
Aboriginal Governance in Australia & Canada
August 17-21, 22, 29
Special Topics: War-Affected Children
Writing and Reading Women's Lives: Life Writing Workshop
Course Number: RHET-3999/3
Dates: April 27-May 15 2009
Department: Rhetoric & Communications
Course Description: This three-week summer institute course, examines the reception and production of women's life writing. As a supplement to learning about women's life writing, students will be involved in and expected to attend the Carol Shields Symposium on Women's Writing (the weekend of May 8, 9, and 10) as part of the credit for the course. Students will be reading key autobiographical texts by Canadian women writers, theoretical texts on the function and genre of autobiographical discourse, as well as learning the craft of autobiography, which will culminate in a course portfolio of personal writing and response. This course offers an examination of life-writing as genre, offering you the opportunity to read, reflect, theorize, and produce writing that engages women's experience. As a partner to the Carol Shields Symposium, it will give students a chance to interact with authors whom they have read, to engage in conversations with other women about life writing, and to present their own work at a scholarly conference if they so choose.
Instructor: Dr. J. Clary-Lemon
Contact for more information: Jennifer Clary-Lemon at 204.786.9457
Selected Topics: Social Justice & Human Rights Issues
Course Number: CRS 2281/3-001
Dates: June 1-12, 2009
Department: Menno Simons
Course Description: This special course offering brings together European and Canadian scholars from a diverse range of disciplines, including criminology, sociology and law, conflict resolution studies and social justice, for an intensive two-week course. Its overall purpose is to improve our knowledge-base about the problems of social injustices and human rights violations, manifested in processes of social exclusion, segregation, and discrimination. These issues will be looked at and evaluated from European and Canadian perspectives.
Instructor: Prof. Neil Funk-Unrau
Contact for more information: Gaelene Askeland at 204.775.9345
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Impact of Infectious Diseases on Local and Global Investment and Development : Summer Institute in Infectious Disease III
Course Number: 2000 level (MULTI-2119/3)
4000 level (MULTI-4119/4/5)
7000 level (MULTI-7119/6) & (MULTI-7219/4)
Dates: June 8 - 12, 2009
Department: Institute of Health & Human Potential - Global College; Chemistry
More Information: (download PDF)
Course Description: This Summer Institute will provide a forum for renowned local and international clinicians and researchers in infectious diseases, as well as researchers and scholars in policy, business and economics, to present an overview of new knowledge at the cutting edge, to inquisitive and motivated students and participants. Formal lectures will be complemented with round table discussions (involving students/participants and the Instructors) on the various areas covered. The course will also engender dialogue on the place of infectious diseases in dictating investments locally and globally, by critically exploring the impact of a plethora of infectious diseases on the development of many communities, including Canadian Aboriginals.
Infectious diseases to be discussed include the three major diseases HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. Many other neglected illnesses (leishmaniasis, brucellosis, etc) as well as emerging diseases (human and veterinary - SARS, Ebola, mad cow, etc) will also be discussed. Appropriate background coverage (as necessary) is presented on the scientific, clinical, epidemiological, social, and diagnostic aspects of the diseases. Health Economics as well as issues relating to investments and the evolution of emerging markets will be emphasized. SIIDIII will generate possible strategies and paradigms for action to ensure that the flow of investments into a variety of communities is not hindered by fear of infections. Students are expected to synthesize presented materials and to work with a group to create, for presentation, a potentially workable strategy applicable in one named scenario of investor and infectious disease-endemic nation.
Instructor: Dr. Michael Eze, various guest lecturers
Contact for more information: Sherry Funk at 204.988.7105
International Refugee Protection and Human Rights
Course Number: POL 3121/3
Dates: July 6 - 10, 2009
Department: Politics
Course Description: The concept of "asylum" is thousands of years old, while the development of an international legal regime to protect "refugees" only came into existence after the Second World War. Drawing upon international law and practice, political science and international relations literature, and UN guidelines, this course will examine the origins and development of the international refugee protection regime and will critically review the strengths and challenges of the current institutional and legal order.
Lectures and classroom discussions will cover such topics as:
- The legal and institutional framework and cold war origins of the UN Refugee Office (UNHCR);
- Who is a refugee, a stateless person, and internally displaced person;
- Who deserves refugee status and when does refugee status end;
- The gender dimension;
- Protection principles under international refugee and human rights law;
- Durable solutions: resettlement, voluntary repatriation, local integration;
- Restrictive state practices and policies;
- and the Future of the institution of asylum.
Contact for more information: Jacqueline Cote or Michelle Linton at 204.786.9340
Religion and Terrorism
Course Number: Theology 7262/3
Dates: April 27 - May 1 (M-F)
Department: Theology and Ridd Institute of Religion & Global Policy
Course Description: A half-credit course (3 credit hours) at the Masters level. Senior undergraduates may enroll if granted permission by Tom Faulkner (see below).
To understand terrorism and to meet its challenge in today's world, we must understand the role that religion plays. Within the framework of the text, Fundamentals of Counterterrorism, this course examines religious motivations, strategies, and tactics. Why has religious motivation come to dominate terrorist organizations in the past thirty years? How does religious motivation shape counter-terrorist programs and agents? What patterns of change and development may we see today in the religious dimension of terrorism and counter-terrorism? What role should religious leaders (local and global) play in confronting religiously based terrorism and in shaping public opinion?
Instructors: Dr. Amos Guiora, Dr. Tom Faulkner
Contact for more information: Tom Faulkner at 204.786.9037
Aboriginal Governance in Australia & Canada
Course Number: AG 3001/3
(*Honours level or graduate-level students may register in the course as Special Topics in Aboriginal Governance 4200 S3/7200 S3)
Dates: July 13-24
Classes held Mon.-Fri. 8:30 - 12:00
Department: Aboriginal Governance
Course Description: An overview of Aboriginal Governance law and policy in Canada and Australia, featuring an in-depth case study of the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Councils as an Australian governance model. The course is comprised of lectures and seminar discussions.
Visiting lecturer: Dr. Bob Morgan is Adjunct Professor at Wollotuka School of Indigenous Studies, University of Newcastle, NSW. He is also an Aboriginal Elder who has been actively involved with the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Councils.
Instructors: Dr. Paul Chartrand, Dr. Bob Morgan
Contact for more information: Jennifer Bruce at 204.786.9305
The Migration of Andean Peoples
Course Number: HIST 3123/3 (*Web-based TV course)
Dates: May 4-15 (Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri: 1:30-4:30; Thurs 7:00-10:00)
Department: History and Institute for Political & Cultural Studies of the Americas
Course Description: The main purpose of the course is to provide the students with a wide range of theoretical and ethnographical information on the reasons and consequences of the migration phenomena in the contemporary world. The course will analyze major approaches and identify authors, places and current perspectives on how indigenous populations respond to migration processes. The instructor, Dr. Altamirano, will use his own research findings of the last thirty years in the Andean countries, as well as in North America and western European countries where most migratory indigenous populations are located.
Assignments: major paper due July 31, 2009; final - end of June
Instructors: Dr. Teo Altamirano, Dr. Ross McCormack
Contact for more information: Donna Laube at 204.786.9851 or Angela Armstrong at 204.786.9382
Special Topics: War-Affected Children
Course Number: EDUC-5001-004 (3 credit hours)
Dates:
August 17-21 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
August 22 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
August 29 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Instructor: Dr. Jan Stewart
Department: Education
Course Description: Children affected by trauma, war, and violence pose challenges to educators and school leaders. The purpose of this course is to provide practicing educators the opportunity to develop a thorough understanding of the psychosocial and behavioural effects of children exposed to war. Particular attention will be focused on mental health issues, immigration and integration, working with families, building connections with community agencies, and promoting peace and justice in the international context.
In order to register for this course, students must be admitted to the Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Education at the University of Winnipeg.
For information admission and registration, please call Suzanne Martin at (204) 786-9749, or email s.martin@uwinnipeg.ca
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