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HIST 476  Canada at War  Units: 3.00  
An exploration of war in a Canadian context, with an emphasis on how war has shaped Canadian society and the relationship between Canada and its armed forces. Topics to be studied, from a Canadian perspective, include the nature of war, the new military history, the military identity of an unmilitary people, and the military as a profession.
Learning Hours: 144 (36 Seminar, 108 Private Study)  
Requirements: Prerequisite Registration in a HIST Specialization, Major, or Joint Honours Plan and a minimum grade of C+ in 6.0 units from HIST 300-330.  
Course Equivalencies: HIST 476, HIST 476B  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science  

Course Learning Outcomes:

  1. Describe key events and processes in Canada's military past.
  2. Develop critical thinking skills, including an understanding of social processes (gender, race, and class) in the study of Canada at War.
  3. Analyze various sources (i.e., primary sources including visual and textual objects, secondary sources/historiography, government documents, museum artifacts, websites, journal articles, newspaper articles, commercials, monographs, etc.).
  4. Articulate an understanding of various methods (i.e., the "how to") of historical thinking and critical thinking, and their affordances or limitations, in understanding the past.
  5. Create a historical narrative incorporating both primary and secondary sources.
  6. Reflect on broad events and processes in Canada's past.
  7. Recognize that history is a selective process and note there are voices, events, and processes left out or silenced by it.
  8. Develop advanced undergraduate level writing skills.