Indigenous Peoples & Justice Program
One of the key goals of Indigenous Peoples & Justice Program is to foster interdisciplinary graduate and undergraduate academic and research programs that explore Indigenous Knowledge and Indigenous perspectives in the realms of justice, law and social order. These opportunities and more are available to you when you choose the Indigenous Peoples and Justice Program at the University of Saskatchewan.
What is the Indigenous Peoples & Justice Program?
There are four Indigenous Peoples & Justice Program courses that act as the central feature of the program and provide a foundation on which participating departments and colleges can further develop their academic programs to reflect Indigenous peoples and justice, while retaining their disciplinary distinctiveness.
An important goal of Indigenous Peoples & Justice Program is to foster partnerships between Aboriginal communities and scholars in a number of academic disciplines; partnerships which are based on respect for Aboriginal knowledge, a mutual interest in meeting the needs of Aboriginal communities, and a sharing of knowledge and expertise.
—Anna Hunter, Assistant Professor
Aboriginal Public Administration Program
Department of Political Studies
A Stepping Stone…
A second degree program is available leading to the LL.B. and a B.A. Four-year or Honours in Sociology with a focus on Indigenous Peoples & Justice. To complete the program students are allowed to use 18 credit units in law courses toward the electives requirements in the B.A. Four-year programs, and so complete both degrees in less time than if they were taken separately. To complete the second degree program in Indigenous Peoples & Justice, Law graduates will follow the Sociology program requirements for Indigenous Peoples, Justice & Knowledge.
Career Opportunities
Students who take the Indigenous Peoples & Justice Program and/or courses can expect to find employment in government, business, and not-for-profit sectors in the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal spheres as policy analysts, managers, administrators or researchers.
The U of S Advantage
The Indigenous Peoples & Justice Program is intended to create a focus at the University of Saskatchewan for teaching and research relating to Indigenous peoples and justice.
Minor Degree Program
The Indigenous Peoples & Justice Program now offers a Minor Degree Program. A minor requires the completion of 18 credit units and may be completed in conjunction with any Three-year, Four-year or Honours degree in another subject area in the College of Arts & Science.
Aboriginal Public Administration Program
The Aboriginal Public Administration Program is a Four-year B.A. and Honours program that is designed to help students understand the unique governance, administrative, management and policy issues in Aboriginal communities, and the impact of the operation of current public institutions and processes on Aboriginal people. It is also designed to help them understand the dynamic interactions of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal governments and communities. The Program is also intended to prepare Aboriginal students and non-Aboriginal students for careers in the government and non-government (i.e., for-profit and not-for-profit) spheres of the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal sectors.
Indigenous Peoples, Justice & Knowledge Program
The Indigenous Peoples, Justice & Knowledge Program is a Four-year B.A. and Honours program where students are able to combine core courses in Sociology along with four interdisciplinary capstone courses and a series of electives which address the issue of Indigenous peoples, justice and knowledge.
The Indigenous Peoples, Justice & Knowledge Program provides an academic framework for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students of Sociology to explore Indigenous knowledge and concepts of justice from an interdisciplinary perspective. It is expected that both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students will work to develop and advance their own cultural understanding of Indigenous knowledge and concepts of justice within that overall framework.
This Program is also open to all students who meet the course and concentration pre-requisites, or who have secured permission of the instructor, and who are registered in the College of Arts & Science.
—Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, Professor of Law
College of Law
Admission Requirements
The following is a list of high school subjects required for admission. Please select the province/territory where you completed high school.
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