Overview
HIST 336: History of Canadian Labour offers extensive and detailed insights into Canadian labour and working-class history from pre-colonial times until the present.
In this course, you will read a graphic novel, three textbooks, and various journal articles. You will be guided by a study guide that includes study questions and commentary on all course readings. Additionally, you will complete two quizzes, several written assignments, and finish with a Research Essay.
Outline
Unit 1: Introduction – What Is Labour? What Is Canadian About It? And How Do We Write Its History?
Unit 2: Canadian Labour History up to 1975 – The Basic Political and Economic Contours
Unit 3: The Problem of Region
Unit 4: The Problem of “Race” and Gender
Unit 5: Canadian Labour Since 1975 – An Age of Decline?
Unit 6: A Broader Perspective
Evaluation
To receive credit for HIST 336 you must complete seven written assignments and two quizzes and submit your research essay topic proposal. Your final grade is determined by a weighted average on these activities. To receive credit for this course, you must achieve an overall grade of D (50 percent)or better for the entire course. The weighting for each activity is as follows:
| Activity | Weight |
| Assignment 1: Short Essay (Canadian Labour History: What I Know, What I Expect) | 10% |
| Quiz 1 | 5% |
| Assignment 2: Short Essay (Maritime/Alberta Labour History) | 10% |
| Assignment 3: Short Essay (Quebec Labour History) | 10% |
| Assignment 4: Short Essay (Racialization and Gender) | 10% |
| Assignment 5: Short Essay (Post-1975 Labour History) | 10% |
| Research Essay Topic | Pass/Fail |
| Quiz 2 | 5% |
| Assignment 6: Book Review | 10% |
| Assignment 7: Research Essay | 30% |
| Total | 100% |
Materials
Digital course materials
Links to the following course materials will be made available in the course:
Joan Sangster. Transforming Labour: Women and Work in Post-War Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010.
Finkel, Alvin, ed. Working People in Alberta: A Short History. Edmonton, AB: Athabasca University Press, 2012. (°µÍø½ûÇøappDRR)
Physical course materials
The following course materials are included in a course package that will be shipped to your home prior to your course’s start date:
Craig Heron and Charles Smith. The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History, 4th ed. Toronto: James Lorimer & Co., 2020.
Graphic History Collective. Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggle. Between the Lines, 2016.
Other Materials
All other materials will be available to students online.
Challenge for credit
Overview
The challenge for credit process allows you to demonstrate that you have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university-level course.
Full information about challenge for credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
Evaluation
To receive credit for HIST 336 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least D (50 percent)on the challenge assignment.
Challenge for credit course registration form