Historical Narrative is what shapes our current perception and can guide us to explore a better future.
This section will focus on Historical Narrative by using the example of the Indigenous experience of North
America as a focus. Students are exposed to the academic expectations of writing in historical narrative
and related academic styles, with a focus on citations and backing one’s work up with critical sources and
relevant references. Critical thinking will be created by reading and analyzing current and past historical
narratives. Intellectual empathy will be encouraged with the mandate to ‘do no harm’ when writing and
discussing sensitive topics and issues. Students will view the global perspective through the Indigenous
lenses of North America and other international Indigenous examples.
Professor: Prof. Phillip White-Cree