Social Justice 12

This course is a grade 12 elective. It is designed for students who want to learn more about social justice. In this course, students will use inquiry processes to ask questions, gather information, interpret and analyze ideas, and communicate findings and decisions. Students will examine definitions of social justice in local contexts and determine what social injustice looks like in Canada and the world. In the course, students will identify both governmental and non-governmental issues of social justice and injustice and assess various approaches used to promote social justice.

Students will consider social injustice through historical contexts, assess the justification for competing accounts, and consider how the long and short-term causes and consequences of events and policies have affected society. Course content includes social justice issues such as those connected to race, religion, poverty, 2SLGBTQ+ rights, status of women, Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, and other marginalized groups.

Prerequisites

Social Studies 10, or English 11 (ENGL 0861 & 0871), or ENSK 0826, or equivalent.

What you will learn

• 1. definitions of social justice in local contexts
  2. equity and equality
  3. values, morality, ethics
  4. social services and social responsibility
  5. justice
  6. social injustices
  7. government and non-government issues of social justice
  8. activism, advocacy, and ally-building
  9. dispute and conflict resolution processes and practices
  10. recognizing and analyzing social injustice

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

† 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.