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ENGL 111 - INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE

About living more intensely. Rather than providing
answers, literature prompts us to ask better
questions of ourselves and each other. Drama, poetry,
short stories, and novels will guide us in discussion,
reflection, and writing about literature.

Prerequisites: ENGL 110 with a grade of “C” or
higher. Note: English 112/114 is intended for students
interested in a literary focus.

PEAC 100 - PEACE STUDIES |

An interdisciplinary and values-based course that
is the first of two introductory core courses in
Peace Studies. Readings will include United Nations
documents, as well as essays and excerpts from
the writings of philosophers, anthropologists,
psychologists, and peace researchers. Students
will thus gain familiarity with literature addressing
a broad range of past and current theories and
discourse related to peace and conflict. Through
their own reflection and working collaboratively in
groups, students will have the opportunity to move
from theory to practice in one of the most challenging
issues of humanity’s collective experience: building
cultures of peace.

Prerequisites: English Studies 12 with a grade
of “C” or higher.

PEAC 101 - PEACE STUDIES II

The second of two introductory core courses in
Peace Studies at Selkirk College. This course will
focus on traditional and non-traditional approaches
to Conflict Resolution. Students will be introduced to
general principles and key concepts in arbitration,
negotiation, mediation and nonviolent resistance;
as well as alternative dispute resolution methods,
such as Nonviolent Communication, Peacemaking
Circles, Conflict Transformation, and Conflict Free
Conflict Resolution. Students will practice identifying,
analyzing, role playing, mapping, and peacefully
resolving or transforming conflicts that range from
the interpersonal to the international.

Prerequisites: English Studies 12 with a grade of “C” or
higher. PEAC 100 recommended.

PEAC 201 - FROM WATER TO CHOCOLATE:
ENVIRONMENT, CONFLICT AND JUSTICE

An examination of selected global political-ecological
issues, including conflict minerals, child slavery,
climate change, and water wars; as well as the power
and potential of various pathways to peace, including
nonviolent direct action, Indigenous solidarity, fair
trade, international accompaniment, ecological
restoration, and environmental peacebuilding.

Prerequisites: Second year standing.

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PEAC 202 - LEADERSHIP FOR
PEACE: THE INDIVIDUAL AND
SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

Begins with the understanding that leadership for
peace is, at its foundations, leadership for human
rights and social justice; and with the further insight
that social transformation is always joined with inner
transformation, to the individual who ‘can change
the world”. PEAC 202 examines leadership and peace
in relation to issues of authority, power, legitimacy,
and the will to truth, reconciliation, compassion,

and healing. A significant part of this course is a
service-learning assignment, to be determined by the
student in conjunction with faculty.

Prerequisites: English Studies 12 or equivalent with
a grade of “C” or higher. Successful completion of or
concurrent study in Peace Studies 100/101 strongly
recommended.

PEAC 203 - INTRODUCTION TO RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE: THEORY AND PRACTICE

Themes include retribution, punishment and
deterrence; Indigenous approaches to justice;
trauma and healing; shame and empathy; community,
belonging, forgiveness, and reconciliation. These are
explored at a variety of scales, from the interpersonal
to the global, and in various contexts — from the
Canadian criminal justice system to transitional
justice following war, apartheid, or colonial
subjugation. Students will gain familiarity with the
applied practices of victim-offender mediation,
family-group conferencing, peacemaking circles,

and truth and reconciliation commissions; and also
learn how restorative practices are being used in
environmental contexts and in our schools.

Prerequisites: English Studies 12 or equivalent
with a grade of “C” or higher. Recommended
PEAC 100 and 101.

GENERAL UAS ELECTIVE

A student may take any first-year or higher university
transferable course to satisfy this elective. Each
course must transfer for three or more credits to

at least one of: SFU, UBC (Vancouver or Okanagan),
UNBC or UVIC. To learn more about how your courses
transfer visit the online BC Transfer Guide or contact
a Selkirk College counsellor.

PEACE AND JUSTICE STUDIES
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