Kahnawake Faith Keeper Darrell Thomson leading a Medicine Walk. / Photo by Nicole Ives
The School of Social Work is honored to be a part of an interdisciplinary Indigenous Field Studies Course. This 4-week intensive course is held at McGill University campus and at Kahnawake, Mohawk Territory.
A student's experience of the course was published in the McGill Reporter in 2010. You can read that story here.
IDFC 500
Indigenous Field Studies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Interdisciplinary Field Course: Intensive field course that focuses on First Nations, Métis and Inuit cultures and worldviews, with particular emphasis on linkages to practice areas and integration across disciplinary silos. Attention is given to the effects of Canadian legal, health and social welfare policies on contemporary First Nations, Métis and Inuit societies.
Offered by: Social Work
- Restrictions: The course is only open to students in Social Work, Anthropology, Law and Medicine or by permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken IDFC 380.
- This intensive course includes 1 week where students live in the field. The field portion of the course may involve rugged field conditions and varying weather for which students must be prepared and equipped.
- A fee of $434.21 is charged to all students registered in IDFC 500 delivered in Montreal. The fee covers food, activities, land use, and other site expenses.
- **This course will be held on May 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and June 2nd.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year