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=Welcome to Current Topics in First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Studies, CTF40S=

Studying a culture, its perspectives and history, is fascinating because it helps increase understanding and community. This course is designed to provide a good background about aboriginal peoples' (First Nations, Metis and Inuit) history, cultural aspects and issues. This is an interesting course not only because we study anthropology (the study of people and culture), but also because we study politics (learning about government, law and society) and philosopy (the study of beliefs and ways of thinking). We will spend a lot of time on current events and students are encouraged to bring information they've seen or heard in the media to discuss with the class.

We will try to do much of the work through the wiki you're on right now and if you are unfamiliar with how to use it, that's okay, I'm learning too. We'll learn together and develop our skills together. The nice thing about using wikis is that if you are away you can keep up with what we did in class, if you have access to the internet.