Future Course Offerings

Future Course Offerings
Please note that these courses are subject to change.

Summer 2024

POST 1100/PHIL 1111: Sustainability and Ethics
Examine sustainability policies and practices related to the environment, social equity, and economics through an engagement with philosophy. Build critical thinking skills, learn about ethics and the philosophy of science, and explore different concepts of sustainability!

POST 1200: Inclusive Communities, Sustainable Futures

This course will examine how social movements for change have allowed people to speak up against unjust policies and advocate for more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable futures. Using topics such as Climate Change, Indigenous rights, and Disability Justice as case studies, students in POST 1200 will learn from guests, develop skills in analysis, research, and communication, and work on individual and collaborative creative projects.

POST 3300: Sustainability Challenges: Public Policy and the Common Good

In the neoliberal era, one where globalization and transnational capital continues to dominate our lives, the role of government, its sovereign ability to act in the interests of citizens, and the concept of public interest are being re-examined. In this course, students will explore two central issues critical to sustainability: what notion and scope of "public good" should direct government policy, and is the public good best achieved through government control, private interests or a combination of the two.

Fall 2024

POST 1100/PHIL 1111: Sustainability and Ethics
Examine sustainability policies and practices related to the environment, social equity, and economics through an engagement with philosophy. Build critical thinking skills, learn about ethics and the philosophy of science, and explore different concepts of sustainability!

 

POST 2140: CityLab3 Rethinking Community

Students will explore sustainability and develop leadership and civic skills by working on projects relevant to community partners. Students will think critically about community and/or project goals, imagining and evaluating possibilities for change. Using team-based processes, students will explore the community through field trips and research, generate, analyze and present sustainability ideas, practices and/or projects. 

POST 3110: Applied Sustainability Seminar

Working with a community partner, students will investigate a sustainability challenge with a focus on public policy solutions. Students will examine evidence and case studies; explore goals and possible solutions; compare and evaluate policy tools; and, advance recommendations for change. They will produce professional quality reports and presentations. Students will develop insight into the practical difficulties of decision-making and policy development as it applies to real-life situations such as the climate emergency, equity issues such as racial justice, or urban biodiversity. 

Spring 2025

POST 1200: Inclusive Communities, Sustainable Futures

This course will examine how social movements for change have allowed people to speak up against unjust policies and advocate for more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable futures. Using topics such as Climate Change, Indigenous rights, and Disability Justice as case studies, students in POST 1200 will learn from guests, develop skills in analysis, research, and communication, and work on individual and collaborative creative projects.

 

POST 2200: Collective Power: Taking Action on Public Issues

This course examines how governments respond to pressure for collective social change and a sustainable future, within a Canadian context. Using historical and current case studies such as Indigenous sovereignty, racial justice, environmental policy, and the climate emergency, students will examine sustainability goals, the policy cycle and a range of collective action tools. Students will explore the roles, powers, and relationships between activists, citizens, public servants, think tanks, decision-makers, and Indigenous Nations. Students will learn to design a public policy intervention.

POST / POLI 4110: Applied Public Policy Seminar

Students will examine complex public policy issues with a focus on sustainability, such as the climate emergency, the housing crisis, the biodiversity crisis, and Indigenous sovereignty. They will study theories of change, applied to current political events and issues. Students will explore how equity, jurisdiction, stakeholder analysis and other evaluation tools are integrated into decision-making. Students will produce professional deliverables, including recommendations for action. They will develop their own position on a topic, and engage with the real world as a change agent. NOTE: Students may earn credit for only one of POLI 4110 or POST 4110 as they are identical courses.

Summer 2025

POST 1100/PHIL 1111: Sustainability and Ethics
Examine sustainability policies and practices related to the environment, social equity, and economics through an engagement with philosophy. Build critical thinking skills, learn about ethics and the philosophy of science, and explore different concepts of sustainability!

 

POST 1200: Inclusive Communities, Sustainable Futures

This course will examine how social movements for change have allowed people to speak up against unjust policies and advocate for more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable futures. Using topics such as Climate Change, Indigenous rights, and Disability Justice as case studies, students in POST 1200 will learn from guests, develop skills in analysis, research, and communication, and work on individual and collaborative creative projects.

POST 2140: CityLab3 Rethinking Community

Students will explore sustainability and develop leadership and civic skills by working on projects relevant to community partners. Students will think critically about community and/or project goals, imagining and evaluating possibilities for change. Using team-based processes, students will explore the community through field trips and research, generate, analyze and present sustainability ideas, practices and/or projects.