COURSE CURRICULUM

The Master of Social Work (MSW) in Indigenous Knowledges program offers specialized courses that focus on Indigenous perspectives, histories, and practices within the field of social work. Courses such as SWRK 7700: Grounding Our Foundation in Indigenous Knowledges and Social Work provide students with a strong base in Indigenous worldviews and their relevance to social work practice. SWRK 7710: Remembering Our Histories: Setting Our Knowledges explores the historical contexts that shape Indigenous experiences and knowledge systems. Critical perspectives are addressed in SWRK 7720: Critical Theory and Indigenous Peoples, while SWRK 7730: Indigenous Research Methodologies and Knowledge Development focuses on respectful, community-based research approaches. Identity and social work intersect in SWRK 7740: Indigenous Peoples, Identity and Social Work, and issues of power and privilege are examined in SWRK 7750: Indigeneity, Power, Privilege, and Social Work. The program also addresses contemporary social challenges through courses like SWRK 7770: Social Challenges and Indigenous Helping Practices and SWRK 7780: Social Work, Social Challenges and Indigenous Peoples. Broader concepts of Indigenous identity and resistance are covered in SWRK 7800: Indigenism and SWRK 7810: Anti-Colonial Social Work, preparing students to engage in decolonizing practices that promote social justice and reconciliation within Indigenous communities.