The goal of this course is to create inclusive spaces in counselling settings while acknowledging the roles that systems play in oppression and resistance in client’s lives. Students will learn about the utilization of anti-oppressive frameworks in working alongside diverse clients and communities.
Prerequisites
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What you will learn
- • Ladder/cycle of Oppression
• Historical Analysis
• Race, culture, and ethnicity
• Power and Privilege
• Ecological Systems Theory
• Social Determinants of Health
• Colonization
• Resistance to Colonization
• Gender and Sexuality
• Intersectionality
• Allyship
• Acts of Resistance
How to register
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Course schedules
Select your program to see the available course schedules.
Contact us
If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.
Additional information
PLAR will be assessed by the Department according to standardized practice and using one or more of the following components: Challenge Exam, Demonstration, Interview, or External Evaluation.
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.