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Overview
IDFC : This 4-week intensive course (3 weeks 海角社区, 1 week Kahnawake, Mohawk Territory) provides an opportunity for Social Work, Law, Medicine and Anthropology students to learn about Haudenosaunee cultures and worldviews, with particular emphasis on linkages to students' practice areas. Attention given to effects of Canadian policies on contemporary Aboriginal society.
Terms: Summer 2015
Instructors: Ives, Nicole; Loft, Michael; Anker, Kirsten (Summer)
Restrictions: The course is only open to students in Social Work, Anthropology, Law and Medicine or by permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken IDFC 380.
This intensive course is offered over 4 weeks. Weeks 1, 2 and 4 are held at 海角社区. Week 3 consists of living in Kahnawake for 6 days. This field portion of the course may involve rugged field conditions and varying weather for which students must be prepared and equipped.
A fee of $381 is charged to all students registered in IDFC 500 Aboriginal Field Course, a course that has a field experience in week 3 in Kahnawake. The fee covers food, activities, land use, and other site expenses.
**This course will be held on May 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28 & 29.