SOC WORK 721 / Changing Communities: Tensions and Possibility for Citizenship and Social Justice

3 unit(s)

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in Graduate Plan in Critical Analysis of Social Work OR Graduate Plans in Critical Leadership in Social Services and Communities.

Considers how contemporary social, political and economic changes shape constraints and possibilities for enhancing social justice through grassroots organizing, (self-)advocacy, alliance-building, and community based research. The course examines theories and practices of community and citizenship in Canada and how notions of togetherness, common interests, active citizenship and rights and responsibilities are constituted, enacted, practiced and challenged in the community.