HLTD40H3: The Politics of Care, Self-Care, and Mutual Aid
Drawing on insights from critical social theory and on the experience of community partners, this course critically explores the ethics, economics, and politics of care and mutual aid. The course begins with a focus on informal care in our everyday lives, including self-care. We then move on to interrogate theories of care and care work in a variety of settings including schools, community health centres, hospitals, and long-term care facilities. The course is interdisciplinary, drawing on insights from scholarship across the humanities, social sciences, medicine, and public health.
1.5 credits at the C-level from the program requirements from the Major/Major Co-op programs in Health Studies- Health Policy
Interest in the Social Sciences or prior coursework in the Social Sciences.
