Paul Nya
Winter Term 2025 (1900)
KRLS 304 - Advanced Sociology of Sport and Leisure
3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 2-1S-0)
Building on introductory sociological concepts from KRLS 104 and historical foundations from KRLS 204, the course focuses on developing a critical understanding of the power relations operating through contemporary social and cultural processes that shape the body, sport and leisure, such as colonialism, consumer culture, globalization and neo-liberalism. Prerequisites: KRLS 104 and 204. Credit will be granted for only one of KRLS 304 or PERLS 304.
LECTURE B1 (72556)
2025-01-06 - 2025-04-09
MF 11:00 - 11:50
Fall Term 2025 (1930)
AUPED 469 - Sport and Canadian Popular Culture
3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
Examination of the role of sport in Canadian popular culture, historically and in the present. Topics include the power of the media to create audiences for sport; the role of sport in the construction of local, regional, and national identities; the continental dimensions of professional sport; the place of sport in the negotiation of gender relations; the use of sport by the Canadian government; and the position of sport in an increasingly global economy and culture.
LECTURE 1X01 (57671)
2025-09-22 - 2025-12-11
R 18:00 - 21:00