–Dates are subject to change, but announcements will be made–
Note: * indicates optional/recommended readings (i.e. not required)
| Wk | Date | Topics | Readings | Important events | ||||
| Introduction | ||||||||
| 1 | M Jan 6 | Syllabus day and History | Subramaniam (2020) Yu (2016) *Bains & Sandhra (2019) |
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| W Jan 8 | Research Methods | Costigan et al. (2022) Östlund et al. (2011) *Becker (1996) |
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| 2 | M Jan 13 | Movie: The War Between Us | No class – watch movie for discussion on Wed | |||||
| W Jan 15 | CRRF (2009) Hopper (2016) Stanger-Ross & Blomley (2017) *CBC News (2018) *LoBC (n.d.) |
Final class to withdraw without W | ||||||
| Identity | ||||||||
| 3 | M Jan 20 | Identity formation | Adams & Marshall (1996) Hong et al. (2016) *Stroink & Lalonde (2009) |
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| W Jan 22 | Multiracial identity | Chong & Kuo (2015) Gambol (2016) *CBC News (2021) |
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| 4 | M Jan 27 | Movie: All Our Father’s Relations | Yoshizawa (2016) | No class – watch movie for discussion on Wed | ||||
| W Jan 29 | Diabo (2019) Ng (2020) Phung (2011) *Catungal (2017) |
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| Experience | ||||||||
| 5 | M Feb 3 | Acculturation | Fuks et al. (2018) Saunders (2018) *Cheung et al. (2011) |
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| W Feb 5 | Multiculturalism | Hwang et al. (2021) Ku (2011) *Park (2021) |
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| 6 | M Feb 10 | Racism/Discrimination | Lee (2019) Patel (2019) Price (2020) *Wong (2021) |
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| W Feb 12 | Fang et al. (2023) Nguyen (2016) *Chiu (2020) |
TCPS2 Certificate due this Friday | ||||||
| Week 7 – February 17-21: Reading Week 2022 | ||||||||
| 8 | M Feb 24 | Anti-Blackness | Bhutani & Tenneti (2020) Kim (2018) *Sherwani (2020) |
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| W Feb 26 | Diasporic guilt | Cowper-Smith (2022) Hajjar (2020) Yam (2021) *Abbas (2021) *Wang (2020) |
Last class to withdraw with W | |||||
| 9 | M Mar 3 | Movie: White Elephant | Chung (2020) Chung (2022) |
No class – watch movie for discussion on Wed | ||||
| W Mar 5 | Poolokasingham et al. (2014) Kaur (2012) *SFU Library (2011) |
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| Health | ||||||||
| 10 | M Mar 10 | Health disparities | Chan-Yip (2004) Kim et al. (2013) Lofters et al., (2019) *Lin (in press) |
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| W Mar 12 | Healthcare system |
Johnson et al. (2002) Juric (2021) Lin (2021) Puzan (2003) *Oudshoorn (2020) |
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| 11 | M Mar 17 | Mental health | Jisrawi & Arnold (2018) Tiwari & Wang (2008) *Livingston et al. (2018) |
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| W Mar 19 | Poon et al. (2012) Virdee (2020) *Li (2019) |
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| 12 | M Mar 24 | Movies: Orientations and Re:Orientations | Fung (1986) Fung (2016) |
No class – watch movie for discussion on Wed | ||||
| W Mar 26 | Giwa & Greensmith (2012) Leung (2017) *El Shennawy (2021) *Viau (2019) |
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| Healing | ||||||||
| 13 | M Mar 31 | Traditional medicine | Guha (2016) Ijaz et al. (2016) NCCIH (2019) *Tian (2011) |
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| W Apr 2 | Indigenous medicine | France & Rodriguez (2019) Gall et al. (2018) *Cai (2017) |
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| Wrap-up | 14 | M Apr 7 | Wrap-up/review | No readings | ||||