Global Justice and Change sees students looking locally and globally at Caribbean cultures
By: Michelle Grady
August 08, 2023
People celebrating Carnival dressed in ole mas.
TMU’s pilot for the new program, Global Justice and Change (GJC), launched in 2023. Some students were able to travel to Panema and Trinidad and Tobago; others were able to examine cultural outlets like Toronto Caribbean Carnival, closer to home.International learning experiences at TMU aren’t new, but in the spring of 2023, the university piloted a new program called Global Justice and Change (GJC), with three course offerings that encouraged students to explore a variety of topics on a local and global scale.
The program accepted 45 undergraduate TMU students and divided them across three individual courses,15 students each. The course topics were wide-ranging, from film to migration to gender and agriculture, and each looked at its topic through an equity and social justice lens. The pilot was so successful that the program will return for the 2023-2024 academic year, and enrollment will open this September.
Toronto Metropolitan University Press Release
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