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Jun 07, 2026
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Undergraduate Calendar 2026-2027
Interdisciplinary Minor in Civic Vitality, Democracy and Electoral Management (CIV-DEM)
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The objective of this Minor is to empower students to be lifelong citizens/scholars committed to confronting the challenges that face our democracies, including issues that are local, national and global in scope, and to contribute innovative solutions that build civic vitality, drive inclusive and just democratic practices, and strengthen electoral integrity. The program encourages students to understand historical and contemporary struggles in democracy, and to wrestle with contentious issues and big questions surrounding civic life today. Built on connecting with a large and effective network of advocates, innovators, practitioners, researchers and policymakers, the program also develops skills and capacities that are critical to professional life and effective public discourse.
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Notes:
- In order to declare an Interdisciplinary Minor in Civic Vitality, Democracy & Electoral Management, at least 12 units above Level I must be elective to the degree.
- A minimum of 9 units must be taken outside of the student’s home Faculty.
- No more than 6 units may be from Level I courses.
- Any cross-listed course between two or more Faculties and those of interdisciplinary programs will be counted as a course outside of the student’s home Faculty.
- It is the student’s responsibility to check carefully for prerequisites, co-requisites, and enrolment restrictions of all courses in this list.
- Students are encouraged to speak to their Faculty’s Academic Advisors about Faculty-specific rules on double-counting courses for the Minor.
Requirements
24 units total 6 units
- Course List A (CIVIC Vitality)
6 units
- Course List B (DEMOCRATIC Norms, Processes, and Institutions)
6 units
- Course List C (Elections Management and Integrity)
Course List A (CIVIC Vitality)
- CMST 1A03 - Introduction to Communication
- CMST 3DG3 - Digital Storytelling
- CMST 3PM3 - Public Memory, Media, and African Diaspora Studies
- CMST 3RR3 - Race, Religion, and Media
- CMST 3SM3 - Building Publics Using Social Media
- CMST 4N03 - The News
- CMTYENGA 2A03 - Foundations of Community Engagement
- ECON 2Q03
- ENGLISH 2CC3 - Settler Colonialism and Writing in Canada
- ENGLISH 2Z03 - Reading Environmental Humanities
- ENGLISH 3GG3 - Theories of Decolonization and Resistance
- ENVSOCTY 1HA3 - Society, Culture and Environment
- FRENCH 3HH3 - Francophone Voices in Canada
- GLOBALZN 1A03 - Global Citizenship
- HISTORY 1DD3 - The Making of the Modern World, 1750-1945
- HISTORY 2IS3 - Historical Roots of Current Social and Political Crises in the United States
- HISTORY 2TT3 - Survey of Canadian History, 1885 to the Present
- HISTORY 3CG3 - Canadians in a Global Age, 1914 to the Present
- HISTORY 3J03 - The United States in the 1960s
- IBH 1AD3 - IBH in the Community
- IBH 1BC3 - Fundamentals of Ethics
- INDIGST 1B03 - Reconciling What? Indigenous Relations in Canada
- INDIGST 3N03 - Indigenous Women: Land, Rights, and Politics
- PHILOS 2G03 - Social and Political Issues
- PHILOS 2YY3 - Ethics
- POLSCI 2F03 - Politics, Power and Influence in Canada
- POLSCI 3CC3 - Political Authority: 20th-Century Political Theory
- POLSCI 3PB3 - Politics from Below
- POLSCI 3Y03 - Democratization and Human Rights
- SCAR 3CC3 - Religion and Politics
- SOCIOL 2EE3 - Decolonizing Canada: Indigenous-Settler Relations
- SOCIOL 2VV3 - Law and Society
- SOCIOL 3MM3 - Political Sociology
- WORKLABR 2A03 - Unions in Action
- WORKLABR 3L03 - Labour Policy and Advocacy
Course List B (DEMOCRATIC Norms, Processes, and Institutions)
- ARTHIST / HISTORY 2DF3 - From the Guillotine to the Eiffel Tower, France 1789-1889
- ARTSSCI 4DS3 - Digital Society and Public Policy
- CMST 2K03 - Political Economy of the Media
- CMST 2LW3 / POLSCI 2LW3 - Communication Policy and Law
- COMMERCE 4BC3 - Collective Bargaining
- ENVSOCTY 1HB3 - Population, Cities and Development
- ENVSOCTY 3UR3 - Urban Social Geography
- GKROMST 4L03 - Athenian Democracy
- HISTORY 2KK3 / IBH 2BF3 - History of Capitalism
- HISTORY 2MP3 - The Irrational West: Moral Panic, Conspiracy and Disinformation since the Enlightenment
- INDIGST 3J03 / POLSCI 3C03 - Government, Politics, and Indigenous Peoples Rights
- PHILOS 1B03 - Philosophy, Law and Society
- PHILOS 3N03 - Political Philosophy
- PHILOS 3Q03 - Philosophy of Law
- POLSCI 1AA3 - Government, Politics, and Power
- POLSCI 2D03 - Canadian Democracy
- POLSCI 2M03 - Governance, Representation, and Participation in Democracies
- POLSCI 2US3 - US Politics
- POLSCI 3CL3 - Constitutional and Public Law in Canada
- POLSCI 3RF3 - The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- POLSCI 3VV3 - Democratic Theory
- POLSCI 4G06 A/B - Politics of Public Policy
- POLSCI 4KC3 - Comparative Democratization
- SOCIOL 1C03 - Canadian Society: Social Problems, Social Policy, and the Law
- WORKLABR 3C03 / COMMERCE 4BF3 - Labour Law and Policy
Course List C (ELECTIONS Management and Integrity)
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