After graduating from Huron, I discovered my passion for education and worked at a non-profit named Canadian Roots Exchange as a program coordinator.
Centre for Global Studies
The only academic unit of its kind in Canada, Huron's Centre for Global Studies provides fundamentally interdisciplinary and critically-oriented learning experience through which students engage the world that they live. All academic programs offered by the Centre for Global Studies encourage students to confront and take up their responsibilities with respect to global inequalities and the conditions of globalization that bring them into relations with persons and communities on global scales.
Our courses challenge students to become excellent readers, researchers, writers, and thinkers, preparing them for graduate studies across the social sciences and humanities, studies in law, business, public administration, and social advocacy, and responsible public actions throughout their lives.
Alumni Stories
Rigorous interdisciplinary study in the Centre for Global Studies prepares students for graduate and professional study, and for careers defined by addressing complex challenges. Our graduates embark on post-grad journeys that require critical thinking, engaging respectfully with others, and strong communications skills. We are honoured to share some of their stories here.
Centre for Global Studies
Professors
Academic programs offered by the Centre for Global Studies are directed and taught by faculty members with richly interdisciplinary academic training who develop and pursue research programs with fundamentally critical orientations. Learning with Centre for Global Studies Professors, students enjoy strong mentorship in how they may effectively engage the world and gain insights into their social responsibilities on global scales.
Centre For Global Studies Department
Tenure-stream
- Dr. Mark Franke, Professor, 519.438.7224 ext. 242, Rm A209
- Dr. Kate Lawless, Assistant Professor, 519.438.7224 ext. 705, Rm A206
- Dr. Wendy Russell, Assistant Professor, 519.438.7224 ext. 226, Rm V128
- Dr. Lucas Savino, Associate Professor, 519.438.7224 ext. 256, Rm A208
Program sessional and per course instructors
- Cortney Dakin (Sâkihitowin Awâsis), Lecturer, 519.438.7224 ext. 277
- Crystal Gaudet, Lecturer, 519.438.7224 ext. 277
- Matthew McBurney, Lecturer, 519.438.7224 ext. 277, Lucas Annex
- Ian Puppe, Assistant Professor, 519.438.7224 ext. 277, Lucas Annex
- Dr. Ritika Shrimali, Assistant Professor, 519.438.7224 ext. 277, Rm A104
Adjunct Faculty Members Appointed to the Centre for Global Studies
- Dr. Randa Farah, Adjunct Professor and Associate Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, Western University
- Dr. David Kanatawakhon-Maracle, Adjunct Professor and Lecturer, First Nations Studies, Western University
- Dr. Verònica Schild, Adjunct Professor and Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Political Science, Western University
- Dr. Prachi Srivastava, Adjunct Professor and Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Western University
Master's Programs for Centre Global Studies Graduates
MA in Environmental Studies, York University
MA in Environmental Studies, University of Victoria
MA in Environment and Management, Royal Roads University
MA in Sustainability, Brock University
MA Programs in International Studies
MA in International Studies, University of Northern British Columbia,
MA in International Studies – Conflict and Development, Simon Fraser University
MA in International Affairs, Carleton University
MA in Global Affairs, University of Toronto
MA in Global Governance, University of Waterloo
MA in Public and International Affairs, Glendon College, York University
MA Programs in Peace, Conflict, and Human Security Studies
MA in Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Manitoba
MA in Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Waterloo
MA in Conflict Analysis and Management, Royal Roads University
MA in Disaster and Emergency Management, Royal Roads University
MA in Human Security and Peacebuilding, Royal Roads University
MA in Globalization, McMaster University
MA in Globalization and International Development
MA in Cultural Studies, Queen’s University
MA in Interdisciplinary Programs, The Department of Community, Culture and Global Studies, UBC – Okanagan
MA in Global Governance, University of Waterloo
MA in Cultural Analysis and Social Theory, Wilfrid Laurier University
MA Programs in Global Development Studies
MA in Global Development Studies, Queen’s University
MA in Development Studies, York University
MA in International Development Studies, Dalhousie University
MA in International Development Studies, University of Guelph
MA in International Development Studies, St. Mary’s University
MA in Globalization and International Development, University of Ottawa
MA in International Studies – Conflict and Development, Simon Fraser University
MA in Environmental, Resource and Development Economics, The University of Winnipeg
MA in International Studies, University of Northern British Columbia
Graduate Certificate in International Development, Humber College
Graduate Development Studies Option, McGill University
MA Programs in Social, Political and Cultural Theory
MA in Cultural, Social, and Political Thought, University of Victoria
MA in Social and Political Thought, York University
MA in Theory, Culture and Politics, Trent University
MA in Theory and Criticism, Western University
MA in Social and Political Thought, Acadia University
MA in Cultural, Social, and Political Thought, University of Lethbridge
MA in Social and Political Thought, University of Regina
MA in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory, McMaster University
MA in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, University of British Columbia
MA in Gender and Social Justice Studies, University of Alberta
MA in Justice Studies, University of Regina
MA in Social Justice and Equity Studies, Brock University
MA in Social Justice and Community Engagement, Wilfrid Laurier University – Brantford
MA in Humanities Social Justice and Social Science Education, University of Toronto Institute in Studies of Education
MA in Social Justice, Lakehead University
MA in Justice Studies, Royal Roads University
MA in Law, Justice & Culture
MA Programs in First Nations Studies
MA in First Nations Studies, University of Northern British Columbia
MA in Native Studies, University of Alberta
MA in Indigenous Studies, University of Saskatchewan
MA in Native Studies, University of Manitoba
MA in Indigenous Governance, The University of Winnipeg
MDP in Indigenous Development, The University of Winnipeg
MIR in Indigenous Relations, Laurentian University
MA in Interdisciplinary Programs, The Department of Community, Culture and Global Studies, UBC – Okanagan
MA in Native American Studies, University of Lethbridge
MA in Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies, Trent University
MA Programs in Gender, Women's Studies, and Feminist Research
MA in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, University of British Columbia
MA in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, Simon Fraser University
MA in Gender Studies, Queen’s University
MA in Women’s Studies and Feminist Research, Western University
MA in Gender, Feminist & Women’s Studies, York University
MA in Gender Studies, University of Northern British Columbia
MA in Gender and Social Justice Studies, University of Alberta
MA in Women and Gender Studies, University of Lethbridge
MA in Women’s, Gender, and Sexualities Studies, University of Saskatchewan
MA in Interdisciplinary Programs, The Department of Community, Culture and Global Studies, UBC – Okanagan
MA in Gender Studies and Feminist Research, McMaster University
MA in Women’s and Gender Studies, Carleton University
MA in Women and Gender Studies, University of Toronto
MA in Cultural Analysis and Social Theory, Wilfrid Laurier University
MA in Women and Gender Studies, Mount St. Vincent University
MA in Women and Gender Studies, St. Mary’s University
MA in Gender Studies, Memorial University
Graduate Option in Gender and Women’s Studies, McGill University
MA in Immigration and Settlement Studies, Ryerson University
Collaborative Graduate Program in Migration and Ethnic Relations, Western University
MA Programs in Civil Society and Non-profit Leadership
MA in Social Justice and Community Engagement, Wilfrid Laurier University – Brantford
MA of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Carleton University
MA Programs in Cultural and Social Studies
MA in Cultural Studies, Queen’s University
MA in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory, McMaster University
MA in Society, Culture & Politics in Education, University of British Columbia
MA in Cultural Studies, University of Winnipeg
MA in Cultural Analysis and Social Theory, Wilfrid Laurier University
MA in Critical Sociology, Brock University
MA in Interdisciplinary Programs, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies
MA in Intercultural and International Communication, Royal Roads University
MA in Interdisciplinary Programs, The Department of Community, Culture and Global Studies, UBC – Okanagan
Joint Graduate Program in Communication and Culture, York and Ryerson Universities
Master's Overseas Programs for Graduates
CGS3203G (Winter 2021) Global Studies Participatory Project Understanding Global Inequalities through World University Service of Canada (WUSC)
- interested in the study of global inequalities and development practices;
- members of the WUSC Local Committee; and/or
- interested in applying for placement with Students Without Borders
- study “development” responses to global inequalities;
- participate in the annual WUSC’s International Forum in Ottawa (January) – funding available;
- work on independent research on global development themes addressed at the International Forum;
- collaborate to produce a podcast episode to share your research results;
- prepare for a placement overseas with Uniterra’s program Students Without Borders (if interested).
Course runs Winter 2021. If interested, contact Dr. Lucas Savino, lsavino2@huron.uwo.ca
CGS Courses
Below, you will find lists of the CGS courses offered last year and this current year, as well as lists of anticipated CGS course offerings for the next few years. As you will see, many of the core CGS courses are offered annually, but most of our problem-oriented and issues-related courses are offered on a rotation basis, every two years.
The Centre for Global Studies ensures that all courses that students will require in any of the degree modules offered in our six academic programs can be accessed within every two-year cycle. And students should plan their course selections each year with that in mind.
CGS courses offer many types of interdisciplinary and critically-oriented forms of study into how our lives are situated in the world and how are lives are fundamentally interrelated with the experiences, concerns, and interests of others near and far. Variously, our courses range from engagements with practical problems of global inequalities and development, the study of social demands of globalised labour, exchange, and migration, and the material conditions of living in the world, through to world-wide politics of decoloniality, gender, displacement, agriculture, and the ideologies and languages through which we represent the world to ourselves. Through courses engaged with these problems and themes, as well as core courses focused on rigorous studies into research ethics, collaborative, participatory, and anti-oppressive methodologies and critical theory, students will be substantially prepared for graduate studies across the social sciences and humanities and professional engagements via law, business, public administration, and social advocacy.
This is the anticipated course list and subject to change.
CGS 1021F – Introduction to Global Culture
CGS 1021G – Introduction to Global Culture
CGS 1022F – Introduction to Globalization
CGS 1022G – Introduction to Globalization
CGS 1023F – Introduction to Global Development
CGS 1023G – Introduction to Global Development
CGS 2002F/G – Problems of Global Development
CGS 2003F/G – Discourses of Global Studies
CGS 2004G/G – Critique of Capitalism
CGS 3001F/G – Collaborative and Participatory Methodologies
CGS 3005F/G – Theorising Subjectivity and Power
CGS 3006F – Critical and Anti–Oppressive Methodologies
CGS 3006G – Critical and Anti–Oppressive Methodologies
CGS 3201F/G – Think Global, Act Local
CGS 3203G – Global Studies Participatory Project
CGS 3512F/G – Engaging Global Human Displacement
CGS 3516F/G – Economies of Development
CGS 3518F/G – Non–State Peoples and State Formations
CGS 3519F/G – Global Inequalities Based on Sexual Differences
CGS 3520F/G – Overcoming Management Paradigms in Global Development
CGS 3524F/G – Postcolonial Global Studies
CGS 3525F/G – Community in Global Modernity
CGS 3521F/G – Non–State Spaces in Transition
CGS 3528F/G – Non–Hegemonic Food Economies
CGS 3529F/G – Global Governmentality
CGS 3530F/G – Ungovernable Life
CGS 40XXF/G – Honors Seminar (topic to be determined)
CGS 40XXF/G – Honors Seminar (topic to be determined)
CGS 40XXF/G – Honors Seminar (topic to be determined)
CGS 40XXF/G – Honors Seminar (topic to be determined)
This is the anticipated course list and subject to change.
CGS 1021F – Introduction to Global Culture
CGS 1021G – Introduction to Global Culture
CGS 1022F – Introduction to Globalization
CGS 1022G – Introduction to Globalization
CGS 1023F – Introduction to Global Development
CGS 1023G – Introduction to Global Development
CGS 2002F – Problems of Global Development
CGS 2003F – Discourses of Global Studies
CGS 2004G – Critique of Capitalism
CGS 3001F – Collaborative and Participatory Methodologies
CGS 3001G – Collaborative and Participatory Methodologies
CGS 3006F – Critical and Anti–Oppressive Methodologies
CGS 3203G – Global Studies Participatory Project
CGS 3509F/G – Indigenous Peoples and Global Dispossession
CGS 3513F/G – Non–Hegemonic Economic Forms and Global Capitalism
CGS 3514F/G – Global Resistance Movements
CGS 3515F/G – Global Cultures of Gendering
CGS 3516F/G – Economies of Development
CGS 3517F/G – Decoloniality
CGS 3519F/G – Global Inequalities Based on Sexual Differences
CGS 3520F/G – Overcoming Management Paradigms in Global Development
CGS 3522F/G – Global Mobilities
CGS 3523F/G – Law in Global Relations and Languages of Power
CGS 3526F/G – Challenging Regimes of Global Citizenship and Internationalization
CGS 3527F/G – Globalized Capitalist Agriculture
CGS 3531F/G – Global Energy Regimes
CGS 40XXF/G – Honors Seminar (topic to be determined)
CGS 40XXF/G – Honors Seminar (topic to be determined)
CGS 40XXF/G – Honors Seminar (topic to be determined)
The 1000-level courses offered in the Centre for Global Studies each provide rich and engaging introductions to relations, inequalities, systems, identities, and divisions around which the experiences of global life are currently formed and organized. They also introduce to students intellectual and methodological problems and issues that one must face in doing the interdisciplinary scholarly work of Global Studies.
Course | Instructor | Course Outline |
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CGS 1021F – Introduction to Global Culture | Lawless | View course outline |
CGS 1021G – Introduction to Global Culture | Franke | View course outline |
CGS 1022F – Introduction to Globalization | Puppe | View course outline |
CGS 1022G – Introduction to Globalization | Russell | View course outline |
CGS 1023F – Introduction to Global Development | McBurney | View course outline |
CGS 1023G – Introduction to Global Development | Savino | View course outline |
Each stream of study is grounded in a 2000–level course in which students will engage specific global problems, issues, themes, and relations that will orient and prepare them well for advanced study in that particular stream. Each of these foundation courses invites students to study ways in which key concerns in these respective streams of study are formed and how these formations challenge us as scholars. Strong emphasis is placed in these courses on developing analytical skills and knowledge crucial to success within the specific stream of study in which they are required.
Course | Instructor | Course Outline |
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CGS 2002F – Problems of Global Development | Savino | View course outline |
CGS 2003F – Discourses of Global Studies | Franke | View course outline |
CGS 2004G – Critique of Capitalism | Lawless | View course outline |
These courses ensure that students are sufficiently versed in skills, problems, and ideas related to research and analysis in the respective streams of study so that they are well prepared for advanced and graduate study and vocations related to their specific fields of interest.
Course | Instructor | Course Outline |
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CGS 3001G – Collaborative & Participatory Methodologies | Shrimali | View course outline |
CGS 3005G – Theorising Subjectivity and Power | Lawless | View course outline |
CGS 3006F – Critical and Anti-Oppressive Methodologies | Savino | View course outline |
CGS 3201G – Think Global, Act Local | Puppe | View course outline |
CGS 3203G – Global Studies Participatory Project | Savino | View course outline |
CGS 3512F – Engaging Global Human Displacement | Franke | View course outline |
CGS 3516G – Economies of Development | McBurney | View course outline |
CGS 3518G – Non-State Peoples and State Formations | Savino | View course outline |
CGS 3519G – Global Inequalities Based on Sexual Difference | Gaudet | View course outline |
CGS 3520G – Overcoming Management Paradigms in Global Development | McBurney | View course outline |
CGS 3521G – Non-State Spaces in Transition | Franke | View course outline |
CGS 3524F – Postcolonial Global Studies | Puppe | View course outline |
CGS 3525F – Community in Global Modernity | Lawless | View course outline |
CGS 3528G – Non-Hegemonic Food Economies | Russell | View course outline |
CGS 3530F – Ungovernable Life | Russell | View course outline |
CGS 3531F – Global Energy Regimes | Dakin | View course outline |
CGS 4015F – Honours Seminar: Power and Resistance | Russell | View course outline |
CGS 4016G – Honours Seminar: Globalization | Lawless | View course outline |
Course | Instructor | Course Outline |
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CGS 1021F – Introduction to Global Culture | Puppe | View course outline |
CGS 1021G – Introduction to Global Culture | Franke | View course outline |
CGS 1022F – Introduction to Globalization | Russell | View course outline |
CGS 1022G – Introduction to Globalization | Shrimali | View course outline |
CGS 1023F – Introduction to Global Development | McBurney | View course outline |
CGS 1023G – Introduction to Global Development | Savino | View course outline |
CGS 2002F – Problems of Global Development | Savino | View course outline |
CGS 2003F – Discourses of Global Studies | Franke | View course outline |
CGS 2004G – Critique of Capitalism | Lawless | View course outline |
CGS 3001F – Collaborative and Participatory Methodologies | Shrimali | View course outline |
CGS 3001G – Collaborative and Participatory Methodologies | Russell | View course outline |
CGS 3005G – Theorising Subjectivity and Power | Lawless | View course outline |
CGS 3006F – Critical and Anti–Oppressive Methodologies | Savino | View course outline |
CGS 3202G – Seminar in Global Studies: Confronting Patriarchy in the Liberal Arts | Lawless | View course outline |
CGS 3203G – Global Studies Participatory Project | Savino | View course outline |
CGS 3509F – Indigenous People and Global Dipossession | Shrimali | View course outline |
CGS 3513F – Non-Hegemonic Economic Forms and Global Capitalism | Russell | View course outline |
CGS 3514G – Global Resistance Movements | Russell | View course outline |
CGS 3515F – Global Cultures of Gendering | Awâsis | View course outline |
CGS 3516F – Economics of Development | Shrimali | View course outline |
CGS 3517G – Decoloniality | Puppe | View course outline |
CGS 3519F – Global Inequalities Based on Sexual Differences | Gaudet | View course outline |
CGS 3520G – Overcoming Management Paradigms in Global Development | McBurney | View course outline |
CGS 3522F – Global Mobilities | Papadatos | View course outline |
CGS 3523G – Law in global relations and Languages of Power | Shrimali | View course outline |
CGS 3526G – Challenging Regimes of global Citizenship and Internationalization | Franke | View course outline |
CGS 3527G – Globalized Capitalist Agriculture | Shrimali | View course outline |
CGS 4010F – Honors Seminar: Poverty | Savino | View course outline |
CGS 4015G – Honors Seminar: Power and Resistance | Russell | View course outline |
Course | Instructor | Course Outline |
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CGS 1021F – Introduction to Global Culture | Lawless | View course outline |
CGS 1021G – Introduction to Global Culture | Puppe | View course outline |
CGS 1022F – Introduction to Globalization | Russell | View course outline |
CGS 1022G – Introduction to Globalization | Savino | View course outline |
CGS 1023F – Introduction to Global Development | Shrimal | View course outline |
CGS 1023G – Introduction to Global Development | McBurney | View course outline |
CGS 2002F – Problems of Global Development | Savino | View course outline |
CGS 2002G – Problems of Global Development | Gaudet | View course outline |
CGS 2003G – Discourses of Global Studies | Franke | View course outline |
CGS 2004F – Critique of Capitalism | Russell | View course outline |
CGS 2004G – Critique of Capitalism | Lawless | View course outline |
CGS 3001F – Collaborative & Participatory Research Methods | Shrimali | View course outline |
CGS 3001G – Collaborative & Participatory Research Methods | Shrimali | View course outline |
CGS 3006F – Critical & Anti-Oppressive Research Methods | Savino | View course outline |
CGS 3203G – Global Studies Participatory Project | Savino | View course outline |
CGS 3512F – Engaging in Global Human Displacement | Franke | View course outline |
CGS 3516F – Economies of Development | McBurney | View course outline |
CGS 3519G – Global Inequalities Based on Sexual Difference | Gaudet | View course outline |
CGS 3520G – Overcoming Management Paradigms in Global Development | McBurney | View course outline |
CGS 3521F – Non-State Spaces in Transition | Franke | View course outline |
CGS 3525G – Community in Global Modernity | Lawless | View course outline |
CGS 3527G – Globalized Capitalist Agriculture | Shrimali | View course outline |
CGS 3529G – Global Governmentality | Franke | View course outline |
CGS 3530F – Ungovernable Life | Russell | View course outline |
CGS 3531F – Global Energy Regimes | Lawless | View course outline |
CGS 4016F – Honors Seminar: Globalization | Lawless | View course outline |
CGS 4018G – Honors Seminar: Post Colonial Critique | Savino | View course outline |
Course | Instructor | Course Outline |
CGS 1021F/G – Introduction to Global Culture | Franke/Lawless | Fall outline / Winter outline |
CGS 1022F/G – Introduction to Globalization | Russell/Pendakis | Fall outline / Winter outline |
CGS 1023F/G – Introduction to Global Development | Shrimali/Savino | Fall outline / Winter outline |
CGS 2002F/G – Problems of Global Development | Savino/Gaudet | Fall outline / Winter outline |
CGS 2003F – Discourses of Global Studies | Franke | View course outline |
CGS 2004F/G – Critique of Capitalism | Lawless/Russell | Fall outline / Winter outline |
CGS 3001F/G – Collaborative and Participatory Research Methods | Russell/ Shrimali | Fall outline / Winter outline |
CGS 3005G – Theorizing Subjectivity and Power | Lawless | View course outline |
CGS 3006F – Critical and Anti-Oppressive Methodologies | Savino | View course outline |
CGS 3203G – Global Studies Participatory Project | Savino | View course outline |
CGS 3513G – Non-Hegemonic Economic Forms and Global Capitalism | Russell | View course outline |
CGS 3515G – Global Cultures of Gendering and Orientation | Franke | View course outline |
CGS 3516F – Economies of Development | McBurney | View course outline |
CGS 3517G – Decoloniality | Puppe | View course outline |
CGS 3518F – Non-State Peoples and State Formations | Pendakis | View course outline |
CGS 3519F – Global Inequalities Based on Sexual Differences | Gaudet | View course outline |
CGS 3520G – Overcoming Management Paradigms in Global Development | Okonkwo | View course outline |
CGS 3522F – Global Mobilities | Lawless | View course outline |
CGS 3523G – Law in Global Relations and Languages of Power | Franke | View course outline |
CGS 3526F – Challenging Regimes of Global Citizenship and Internationalization | Sadaf | View course outline |
CGS 4010G – Honors Seminar: Poverty | Savino | View course outline |
CGS 4015F – Honors Seminar: Power and Resistance | Russell | View course outline |
CGS 4017G – Honors Seminar: Narrating Culture | Lawless | View course outline |
Internships, Collaboration, and Solidarity Opportunities
Below are a list of resources and organizations for CGS students interested in opportunities to complement their global studies courses and interests.
Specialized Internships
- Aga Khan Foundation – Youth Fellowships
- Canada World Youth
- Carter Centre (International Internships)
- CIDA International Youth Internship Program
- Coady International Institute
- CUSO/VSO Canada
- United Nations Internships
- United Nations Volunteers
- World University Service of Canada - WUSC
Solidarity and Collaborative Programs
- Canada World Youth
- Canadian Roots Exchange
- Heartlinks (solidarity trips to Peru, based in London, Ontario)
- Rights Action (solidarity/educational delegations)
- Christian Peacemaker Teams (volunteer in a delegation)
- Canadian Network on Cuba (solidarity labour brigades)
Careers
Graduates of the Centre for Global Studies are well prepared for rewarding careers and community engagement. Alumni have gone on to a wide range of pursuits, from development work abroad, to grassroots not-for-profits, to entrepreneurship. Our grads go on to things such as:
- Interdisciplinary graduate school programs in: Global Development; Social, Political and Cultural Theory; International Affairs; Migration; Media & Film; Journalism
- Disciplinary graduate school programs in: Anthropology; Economics; English; Geography; History; Linguistics
- Law
- Business school
- Social entrepreneurship
- Local, national and international Non-Governmental Organizations
- International Development
- Civil service
Find a Mentor
Key Contacts
Mark Franke, PhD
Sahana Mazumder, MES
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday