The Black Canadian Studies Certificate introduces the study of Black Canada through a multidisciplinary lens that integrates social, cultural, political, and theoretical approaches, deepening students' understanding of race, power, and being at local and global scales. Coursework explores antiblackness and resistance narratives, situating Black Canadian Studies within comparative and diasporic contexts alongside related fields of study. The certificate is cross-disciplinary and offered by the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, with Fall, Winter, and Summer start terms and full-time or part-time study options. It is available through concurrent, consecutive, or direct-entry study, allowing students to complete it alongside or after an undergraduate degree, and is administered within the Department of Humanities. It suits students interested in Black studies, cultural studies, or related humanities and social science fields.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The certificate may be taken as a stand-alone option or combined with an existing major or double major, and requires 24 credits in compliance with York University Senate requirements for an undergraduate disciplinary certificate. Successful completion of AP/HUMA 1300 9.0 (Cultures of Resistance in the Americas), or its equivalent, is a prerequisite for admission; this course does not itself count toward the 24 certificate credits. Within the 24 credits, students complete AP/HUMA 2310 6.0 (Caribbean Identities and the Canadian Experience) plus eighteen credits at the 3000-level or higher from a specified list spanning Humanities, History and related disciplines. The cumulative grade point average across all 24 certificate credits must be 4.0 or greater, and at least 12 of those credits must be additional to those used to satisfy the student's degree major.