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_SENATE COMMITTEE ONUNDERGRADUATE 

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MEMORANDUM

FACULTY OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIE 

Subject

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CNS 100-3 - 

Date

NOVEMBER 15, 1973 

AN INTRODUCTION TO CANADIANSTUDIES 

MOTION: ? 

"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.73-147, the new 

course proposal for Canadian Studies 100-3 - An 

Introduction to Canadian Studies." 

S-73-/4-7

SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

SENATE ? 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON 

To

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UNDERUFADUAIL b.

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Date ? 

NOVEMBER 14, 1973. 

Subject

FACULTY OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES 

NEW COURSE 

PROPOSAL - CN.S 100-3,

On the recommendation of the Faculty of Interdisciplinary 

Studies, the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies has 

approved the new course proposal, - as set forth in SCUS 

73-44 - for CN.S 100-3, An Introduction to Canadian Studies, 

and recommends approval to Senate. 

I. Mugridge 

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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

Mr.H. Evans,

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Subject .......

New Course Proposa.for S...S

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The attached new course proposal -

100-3

is forwarded to you for

consideration

by SCUS.

Would you please place this on the agenda.

RCB /et

Robert C. Brown

isEnclosures

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

NEW COuRSE PROPOSAL FORM

I. Calendar Information CPS

Department: Canadian Studies Progran-

Abbreviation Code:

. Course Number: 100-3

Credit hours: 3

Vector: 2-1-0

Title of Course: An Introduction to Canadian Studies

Calendar Description of Course:

Attached

Nature of Course

Lecture /Tutorial

Prerequisites (or special instructions):

None

What course (courses), if any, .s .eing dropped from the calendar if this course is

approved: None

Scheduling

Row frequently will the course be offered? Once yearly, Fall or Spring semester

Semester in which the course will first be offered? Fall, 1974

Which

of your present faculty wc.z'.d be available to make the proposed offering

possible? See below

ObjectivesoftheCourse

Attached

BudgetaryandSpaceRequirements

(for information only)

What additional resources will be required in the following areas:

Faculty Faculty will be drawn from the Canadian Studies Program

lecture hall & tutorial rooms

Equipment ?

none

• 5, Approval

Date: October 29_1973

SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.

Attach course outline).

Simon Fraser University 

Department of English 

Fall Semester 1973 

Specimen Course Outline (Provisional) 

CANADIAN STUDIES 100 

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The principal aims of this course are: i. to provide an interdisciplinary 

but integrated approach to the study of contemporary Canadian 

society, its origins, development and problems; ii. to provide a 

common basis of experience for students wishing to obtain a minor 

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in Canadian Studies and to encourage freshmen 

students to take further Canadian courses in other departments. 

II Time Allotment ? 

(3 hours - 2 x 1 hour lectures; 1 x 1 hour tutorial) 

III Lecture Sequence 

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(Some guest lectures will be invited) 

Week 1 Lecture 1 Orientation: Aims of course, presentation of outline, 

discussion of interdisciplinary approach. 

C. Crawford, Department of Psychology 

Section A "Law in Canadian Society": A dialogue with students to determine 

the nature of their interests in law and to introduce 

some basic legal concepts. 

N. Stark, Department of Economics & Commerce 

Week 1 Lecture 2 Introductory: What is the Common Law system and how has 

it evolved? 

Week 2 Lecture 1 1. Common Law in the nine provinces and the Civil Code in 

Quebec; ii. The relevance of the Common Law system in 

Canada today. 

Lecture 2 The operation of the legal system: i. Role of legislature 

and courts; ii. The nature of the legal profession and the 

function of lawyers. 

Week 3 Lecture 1 A minimal exposure to various areas of the law: 1. Criminal 

law and the criminal code; ii. Civil liberties and the 

Canadian Bill of Rights; iii. Administrative law; iv. 

p rop- 

erty law; v. Family law 

Lecture 2 Law and social policy: i. Should society lead the law or 

law lead the society? Pressure groups, capitol punishment, 

homosexuality, etc.; ii. Law as an instrument of govern- 

ment policy: minimum wage laws, foreign ownership laws, 

etc. 

Week 4 Lecture 1 Law and morality: 1. Pornography, abortion, drugs, etc. 

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Section B "Man, Mind, and Land": A general 

Canada emphasizing the 

environments and popul 

and processes of man's 

L. Evenden, Department 

introduction to the geography of 

unique qualities of the Canadian 

ations and considering problems 

impact on the resource base. 

of Geography 

Week 

4 Lecture 2 General backdrop: Canada - a northern land; Canada - land 

of mountains, shield, plains, coasts, and islands; Canada - 

land of waterways; Canada - indigenous peoples and Euro- 

pean peoples; Canada - land of conflicting Lppraisals and 

resource utilization. 

Week 5 Lecture 

1 Population: growth of Canadian population; distributions 

of the population through history;age structure of the 

population. 

Lecture 2 Population: ethnic character of immigration; selected 

processes of settlement and the emergence of distinctive 

"human landscapes"; rural-urban dichotomies and the pro- 

cess of urbanization in Canada. 

Week 6 Lecture 

1 Selected problems of man and land: use and abuse of land; 

geography of pressures on the resource base; governmental 

involvement with land inventory and management: Provincial 

and Dominion. 

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Section C "Canadian Quandry": A brief introduction to Canadian economic 

problems. 

R. Beck, Department of Economics & Commerce 

Week 6 

Lecture 2 Regional disparities: problems and strategies in the 

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development of Canadian regions. 

Ref. - Brewis, T. N., Regional Economic Policies in 

Canada. Macmillan 1972. 

- Harp, J. & Hofley, J. R., Poverty In Canada. 

Prentice Hall 1971. 

Week 7 Lecture 

1 Urban Canada: present and future problems of congestion, 

pollution, housing, transportation, public finance in 

Canada's urban centres. 

Ref. - Lithwick, Urban Canada. Queen's Printer. 

Lecture 2 Foreign Ownership: the need for foreign investment; 

ownership vs. control. 

Ref. - "Case for Rationalization," Royal Commission on 

Canada's Economic Prospects, Queen's Printer, 1957. 

Week 8 Lecture 

1 Resource development and conservation: private and 

public policies with respect to the development and 

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conservation of Canadian resources. 

Ref. - Burton, T. L., Natural Resource Policy in Canada. 

McClelland & Stewart, 1972. 

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SWeek 8 Lecture 2 Canada's Economic Prospects: A future survey of Canada's 

economic prospects; unemployment, growth, price stability, 

international trade, income distribution. 

Section D "British Columbia Art and Literature": A focusing on the art and 

literature of British Columbia with some reference to 

the larger currents of Canadian art and literature. 

S. Djwa, Department of English 

Week 9 Lecture 1 "Landscape and B.C. Art": Toni Onley, Jack 

Wise. 

Texts: Emily Carr, Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals 

of Emily Carr (Clarke Irwin, 1966). 

Lecture 2 B.C. poets and society: The Expulsion of the Japanese: 

Dorothy Livesay - "Call My People Home" The Documentaries 

(Ryerson, 1968); Earle Birney - The Damnation of Vancouver 

(radio play); P. K. Page, Phyllis Webb. 

Week 10 ? 

Lecture 

1

Contemporary poets and the modern movement In British 

Columbia poetry: 

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Lionel Kearns, By the Light of the 

Silvery McLune; George Bowering, Rocky Mountain Foot; 

Red Lane and Frank Davy. 

Lecture 

2

The British Columbia novel: 

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Ethel Wilson, Swamp Angel 

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(NCL, 1962). 

Week 11 

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Lecture 

1

British Columbia novel continued: 

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Alice Munro, Lives of 

Girls and Women (selected chapters). 

Lecture 

2

British Columbia drama and its relation to social issues: 

George Ryga, The Ecstacy of Rita Joe; Beverly Simons, 

Crab Dance. 

Week 12 

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Lecture 

1

Panel of five participants. 

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Question period. 

Lecture 

2

Summation: ? 

C. Crawford. 

REFERENCES

• LAW

Clermont, Bernard, L., General Introduction to Canadian Law.

Montreal, Institute of Canadian Bankers, 1968.

KXA83,C6214 - 3 copies.

Hohfeld, Wesley N., Fundamental Legal Conception, As Applied in

Judicial Reasoning. New Haven, Yale University Press,

1964. KX 24 H6.

Mayer, 'Martin, The Lawyers. New York, Harper & Row, 1967.

KF 297 M3 1967.

Herbert, Sir Alan Patrick, Uncommon Law. London, Methuen, 1935.

PN 6268 L4 H4 - 1 copy..

Anderson, Ronald A., Social Forces and the Law: A Guide for the Busi-

nessman and the Citizen. Cincinnati, South-Western Pub. Co.,

1969. HF 1239 A 56 - 1 copy.

Smythe, James and Soberman, D. A., The Law and Business Administration

in Canada. Toronto, Prentice-Hall of Canada, 1964, also 1968.

HF 1278 S 62 - 8 copies.

Dawson, Robert MacGregor, The Government of Canada, Sthed. Toronto

University of Toronto Press, 1970. JL 15 D3, 1970 - 6 copies.

(plus 15 copies of the 1963 edition)

is GEOGRAPHY

Putnam, D. F. and Putnam, R. G. ,Canada: a regional anal ysis. Toronto,

Dent, 1970. HC 115 P 86 - 1 copy.

Warkentin,

J. (ed.),

Canada: a geographical interpretation. Toronto,

Methuen, 1968. F 5014 C 34 - 8 copies (head of title: Can.

Assoc. of Geographers)

Watson,

W., North America: its countries and regions. Longmans,

1963. E 41 W 25 - 11 copies.

International Geographical Congress, Montreal 1972. Studies in Cana-

dian Geography. Uof T Press, 1972.

Robinson, J. L., (ed.), British Columbia. NA 1057.

Wonders, W. C., (ed.), The North. NA 1058

Smith, P.3., (ed.), The Prairie Provinces. NA 1061

Gentilcore, L., (ed.), Ontario. NA 1056.

Grenier, F., (ed.), Quebec. NA 1059.

Macpherson, A.G., (ed.), The Atlantic Provinces. NA 1060.

Brewis, T.N., Regional Economic Policies in Canada. Toronto, Macrrillan,

1969. HT 395 C3 B7 - 2 copies.

Harp, John and Hofley, John R., (eds.), Th'verty in Canada. Scarborough,

Ontario, Prentice-Hall of Canada, 1971. HC 120 P6 H37 - 3 copies.

page 2

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Lithrick, Norman FL, Urban Canada, Problems and Prospects:

A Report. Ottawa, Central Mortgage and Housing Corp., 1970.

70 CN1 GEl U73 nos. 1-6.

Royal Commission on Canada's Economic Prospects. Case for Rationali-

zation. Ottawa, 1957.

Burton, T. L., Natural Resource Policy in Canada. Toronto, McClelland &

Stewart, 1972.

ENGLISH

Klinck, Carl F., (ed.), Literary History of Canada.

Toronto, U.of T.

Press, 1964.

PR 8911 KSS - 8 copies.

McCourt, Edward, The Canadian West in Fiction. Toronto, Ryerson, 1949.

PR 9004 W4 M3 - 3 copies.

Pacey, Desmond, Ten Canadian Poets. Toronto, Ryerson, 1958.

PR 8927 P32 1966 - 1 copy.

Jones, D. G., Butterfly on Rock, Toronto, U. of T. Press, 1970.

PR 8953 J65 - 2 copies.

Mandel, Eli, Contexts of Canadian Criticism. Chicago, U. of Chicago

Press, 1971.

PN 99 C223 M26 - 1 copy.

Atwood, Margaret, Survival.

Toronto, Anansi, 1972.

Duval, Paul, Canadian Art: Vital Decades.

Vancouver and Toronto,

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Clarke, Irwin & Co.,

1970. ?

On Ref. ND 245 C27 - 1 copy.

Earle Birney (Copp Clark) Davey, Frankland Wilmot, PR 9255 17 Z64

(1971) - 1 copy.

The McGill Movement. ?

Toronto, Ryerson Press collection of essays.

PR 8971 S84 (1969) - by Stevens, Peter (ed.) - 2 copies.

Carr, Emily, Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr.

Toronto, Clarke-Irwin, ?

Livesay, Dorothy, "Call My People Home", in The Documentaries.

Toronto, Ryerson Press, 1968. ?

PR 9295 194 D6 1968 - 1 copy.

Birney, Earle, The Damnation of Vancouver. ?

(on order)

Kern, Lionel, By the Light of the Silvery McLune: Media Parables,

Poems, Signs, Gestures, and Other Assaults on the Interface.

PR 9290 E25 B9 - 3 copies.

Bowering, George, Rocky Mountain Foot. Tucson, Ariz., ?

Prensa de

Lagar, 1965.

PR 9256 D96 R63 - 2 copies.

Wilson, Ethel Davis, Swamp Angel.. ?

Toronto, Macmillan, 1954.

PR 9337 148 S9 - 2 copies.

Munro, Alice, Lives of Girls and Women: A Novel. Toronto, McGraw-

Ryga, George, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe.

Vancouver, Talonplays, 1970.

PR 9319 Y44 E28, 1970.

Simons, Beverley, Crabdance. Vancouver, 1969. -PR.9321 18 C7 - 1 copy.

SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

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From

Canadian Studies Programme

Title of Course: An Introduction to Canadian Studies

Content: An introduction to the literary, demographical (socio-

geographical), legal and economic basis of contemporary Canadian

society. Topics covered will include Canadian mythologies, popula-

tion structure and its implications, the development of Canadian law

and the northern economy.

Purpose: The purpose of this course is to provide an interdisciplinary,

but integrated approach to the study of contemporary Canadian society.

The literary, demographic, legal and economic study of Canadian society,

its origins, development and problems. The course will provide a com-

mon basis of experience for students wishing to obtain a minor in Canadian

Studies and to encourage freshmen students to take further Canadian courses

in other departments.

Course Justification, Outline, Bibliography: Attached for your information.

Comment: The call for such a course has been stimulated by student de-

mand. The Canadian Studies Programme only offers one lower level 200

course which is thematic. This course has been over-subscribed for the

past two years. During the first two years the programme limited the

enrollment to sixty students and again the course is over-subscribed. The

programme believes that an additional 100 level course will not only open

up the programme to more students but it will also provide students with a

greater awareness of Canadian Society in their undergraduate career.

Paul M. Koroscil

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