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This online intense COIL course is hosted by Masaryk University, will take place June 20-27, 2025. The introductory class will take place in the week of June 16, 2025. The first week is designed as a reading week when students are asked to read and view the pre-recorded lectures, the second week requires students to actively participate in the zoom classes twice a day (at 14:00 and 18:00, Central European Time).
In past years, students have joined mostly from European universities: Regensburg University of Germany, Tartu University in Estonia, the University of Eastern Finland, the University of Porto in Portugal, the University of Vienna in Austria, the University of Sofia in Bulgaria, University of La Laguna in Spain, the University of Warsaw in Poland — as well as Saint Michael’s College in the United States. The students themselves cultivated a truly international environment, with many nations represented. Teachers: Jeffrey Ayres - St. Michael´s College, Vermont Magdalena Fiřtová - Charles University Denisa Krásná - Masaryk University Richard Nimijean - Carleton University Tomáš Pospíšil - Masaryk University More on the design of the course: https://niche-canada.org/2022/11/15/comprehending-canada-learning-from-canadian-studies-in-the-heart-of-europe/ Poslední úprava: Fiřtová Magdalena, Mgr. Ing., Ph.D. (05.02.2025)
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The ambition of this jointly taught international COIL course is to bring together a team of experts in Canadian studies whose insights will allow students to gain a better comprehension of Canadian society and its culture, and provide them with an opportunity to better assess the complexity of challenges Canada is currently facing. Covering a wide range of issues, such as national identity and its expression by means of branding, or by means of narrative cinema, economic exploitation of natural resources and the problems this creates, the position of the First Nations in the national fabric, as well as Canada's international relations, this interdisciplinary course will offer a variety of insights to students keen on gaining a better understanding of Canada, The course promises a wide variety of focuses and methodological approaches by the participating teachers. Another benefit rests in the fact that the course will be attended by an international student audience, thus allowing for the mutual sharing of perspectives across the national boundaries, and for networking. Poslední úprava: Poskerová Jana, Bc. (14.02.2022)
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According to the Dean's provision, the teacher evaluates the student's performance in the percentages assigned to grades A to F (https://fsv.cuni.cz/opatreni-dekanky-c-20/2019):
Poslední úprava: Lochmanová Sára, Mgr. (05.02.2024)
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Students will be able to access recorded lectures, readings, and other resources that must be looked at prior to class meetings in a Moodle site hosted by Masaryk University. Nimijean, Richard. 2005. "The Paradoxical Nature of the Canadian Identity." Teaching Canada 23:25-3 Bradshaw, Leah. 2021. "Identity Politics and Multiculturalism: A United States/Canada Comparison." Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien 41: 87-99. Thomson, Deborah. 2022. "Race, the University, and Social Transformation." In The Construction of Canadian Identity from Abroad, edited by Christopher Kirkey and Richard Nimijean, 89-105. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. Eds. Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale. #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women. 2018. Annick Press Ltd. (selected works) Poslední úprava: Fiřtová Magdalena, Mgr. Ing., Ph.D. (21.02.2023)
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The course is an online course where students are asked to read and view the pre-recorded lectures before the online session, which encourages students interaction and active participation in the discussion. Students engage in thought-provoking discussions and are encouraged to reflect on various approaches to deconstruct ingrained ways of thinking, challenge assumptions, and inspire positive environmental change. Poslední úprava: Fiřtová Magdalena, Mgr. Ing., Ph.D. (05.02.2025)
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You will be required to 1/ attend all the sessions and actively participate (20% of your mark) 2/ submit 5 short response papers (800-1000 words) based on the assigned readings (80 %, each assignment represents 16% of your final mark) Poslední úprava: Fiřtová Magdalena, Mgr. Ing., Ph.D. (05.02.2025)
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The course content is carefully prepared and organised in order to accommodate students of all levels (whether pursuing a BA, MA, or even a PhD) and from diverse areas within the humanities at large. Its intensive, two-week format rigorously attends to providing comprehensive learning outcomes and is divided by week. In the first week of the course, students have access to pre-recorded lectures, required and recommended readings and videos, as well as discussion forums. Importantly, in this week, they also meet their fellow participants — as well as all five instructors — over Zoom during an hour-long introductory session. In its second week, the course is devoted to intensive, online seminars, with two ninety-minute-long discussion-based sessions every day, each guided by one of the instructors. Richard Nimijean, from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada sets the tone for these classes, providing seminars on “National Identity, Diversity, Race and Ethnicity,” followed by my own contribution, introducing students to “Indigenous Studies, Literature and the Environment” (itself reflective of my research at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic). The week continues at an intensive pace: on Wednesday, Jeffrey Ayres from Saint Michael’s College (Burlington, USA) continues with his sessions on “Canada-U.S. Relations, the Border, Refugees,” on Thursday, Magdalena Fiřtová from Charles University in Prague elaborating on previous topics with her seminars on “Climate Policy, Natural Resources, and Immigration.” Finally, Tomáš Pospíšil from Masaryk University closes the class with two final seminars on “Canadian Feature Film.” Truly intersectional in its scope, the course covers topics from the fields of political science, literary and film studies, economics, international relations, border studies, social sciences, Indigenous studies, and importantly, the environmental humanities. Importantly, the course introduces Canada as a country whose elite largely profit from extractive industries. Juxtaposing Western, capitalist ways of life and thought which perpetuates hierarchies, further colonizes minoritized groups, and exploits nature with Indigenous philosophies of “interconnectedness,” the course offers a decolonial alterNative1 to the anthropocentric Western mindset. Combining environmental studies with Indigenous studies further deepens students’ knowledge-building of the extractive colonialism and capitalism on which Canada is built.
Poslední úprava: Fiřtová Magdalena, Mgr. Ing., Ph.D. (05.02.2025)
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