20/S1 HMRT 2023 A - Literature and human rights
Topic outline
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Contact Information:
Email: dipaolo@stu.ca (or directly in Moodle). I usually respond within a few hours but please allow up to 48 hrs for a reply (and longer if there is a holiday).
Social Media: Please feel free to follow me and the Human Rights Department on Twitter: @profdipaolo and/or @stuhmrtdept
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You can post in the discussion areas below any time throughout the course.
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By the end of the session, you will have completed the final course requirements.
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By the end of this session you should:
- Feel more connected to me and to your fellow classmates
- Have signed up for the novel that will be the focus of your final project.
Start by opening the Session Plan at the top of this section. Read it carefully and work through the session's activities. Please be sure to check off the boxes when you have completed an activity. Some boxes will not allow you to check it off yourself. They will be checked off for you when you have completed the activity.
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By the end of this session you should:
- Be able to explain the power of the novel in relation to human rights
- Have a better grasp on the close reading assignments we will be doing this semester
Start by opening the Session Plan at the top of this section. Read it carefully and work through the session's activities. Please be sure to check off the boxes when you have completed an activity. Some boxes will not allow you to check it off yourself. They will be checked off for you when you have completed the activity.
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By the end of this session you should:
- Have a better understanding of the trauma created by police brutality directed at Black members of the community.
- Have a better understanding how social inequalities perpetrated by our neoliberal, capitalist society disproportionately affects vulnerable groups.
- Be able to explain "code-switching" (the perceived need to switch between multiple identities depending on social context).
- Be able to explain the power of protest and the logic behind a turn towards violence and looting.
Start by opening the Session Plan at the top of this section. Read it carefully and work through the session's activities. Please be sure to check off the boxes when you have completed an activity. Some boxes will not allow you to check it off yourself. They will be checked off for you when you have completed the activity.
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By the end of this session you should:
- Understand how novels allow us to bear witness to human rights violations and understand the importance of being able to do that.
- Salvage The Bones is so rich in its storytelling that you feel a part of the Batiste family. By the end of the session, you should be able to look at the experiences of the Batiste family in context of outside of the novel and in our actual society and understand how socio-economic disparities impact some communities more than others in relation to environmental impacts (not just natural disasters), health issues, and even in terms of Covid-19.
Start by opening the Session Plan at the top of this section. Work through the session's activities, checking the on-screen box for those that require you to do so when they're complete.
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By the end of this session you should:
- Consider the ethical implications of scientific pursuit
- Consider whether the current state of science and medicine is getting out of control or is in jeopardy of doing so
- Consider what it means to be human
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By the end of this session you should:
- Have a more in-depth understanding of the residential school system in Canada
- Have a more in-depth understanding of the trauma that persists in indigenous communities today as a result of the residential school system and the 60s Scoop
- Be able to explain the problems of racism in sport in Canada
Start by opening the Session Plan at the top of this section. Work through the session's activities, checking the on-screen box for those that require you to do so when they're complete.
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By the end of this session you should:
- Consider what steps society could make to make the world more accessible to those on the spectrum
- Examine our own circumstances today with regard to the climate emergency
- Consider the impact of the climate emergency on individuals seeking refuse away from their homelands
Start by opening the Session Plan at the top of this section. Work through the session's activities, checking the on-screen box for those that require you to do so when they're complete.
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