This interdisciplinary course will provide a critical examination of the historical and contemporary issues in Indigenous tourism economies. It will center on the colonial power relations, political contexts and legal developments that have shaped land use management and tourism development in Canada and in many nations globally. In this course students will explore how settler colonialism is based on the dispossession of Indigenous peoples from land and a form of repression that is ongoing. By focusing on the critical perspectives offered in scholarly literature, students will first understand why inequalities exist and then explore how to address these pressing issues from both theoretical and practical approaches in tourism industries. This course is designed to broaden student understandings of these tourism economies and the specific settler colonialism that they contribute to and exist within.
- Teacher: Jason W. Johnston