Perspectives on Canada

William Green, Professor of Government
Morehead State University, w.green@morehead-st.edu

Harold Tallant, Professor of History
Georgetown College, Harold_Tallant@georgetowncollege.edu

Jason Holcomb, Assistant Professor of Geography,
Morehead State University, j.holcomb@moreheadstate.edu

Steven Savage, Professor of Anthropology
Eastern Kentucky University, Steve.Savage@eku.edu

John Petersen, Professor of Government
Western Kentucky University, John.Petersen@wku.edu

Terri Friel, Associate Professor of Operations Management
Butler University, tfriel@butler.edu

Ernest J. Yanarella, Professor of Political Science
University of Kentucky, ejyana@uky.edu

Perspectives on Canada is a multi-disciplinary course which explores the history, geography, society, politics, economy, and environment of America's northern neighbor with particular attention to contemporary Canadian domestic and international issues, including trans-border economic and cultural relationships with the United States, and Canada's active participation in world affairs.

Perspectives on Canada will originate from Morehead State University, use MSU Blackboard server and electronic library reserves, and be coordinated by William Green, Professor of Government at MSU, and team taught by six CSOP faculty identified above. You may take this course if you are a MSU, EKU, WKU, UK, and Georgetown College student. At MSU, the course is listed as IST 330 and GOVT 399; at EKU, it is ANT 375; at WKU, it is PS 299; at UK, it is PS 491; and at Georgetown, it is HIS 470.

After you register for this course on your home campus, you must email or phone Professor Green at w.green@moreheadstate.edu or 859-233-7513 and provide him with your email address, phone number, and mailing address.

Comparative Constitutional Law/Comparative Civil Liberties

William Green, Professor of Government
Morehead State University, w.green@moreheadstate.edu

Constitutions embody a commitment to limiting governmental power by entrenching a panoply of fundamental rights and freedoms. As the first modern nation to write a constitution, the United States has had a significant influence on twentieth century constitutions, including Germany’s 1949 Basic Law and Canada’s 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We will explore the nature of comparative constitutional law and the role of the US, Canadian, and German constitutional courts in defining the rights to privacy and equality and freedom of speech and religion in terms of their decisions on abortion, sexual orientation, defamation and hate speech, and religion in public schools. Throughout the course, we will analyze the constitutional conversations these courts have had about the meaning of individual rights and liberties in their democratic post-industrial societies.

Comparative Constitutional Law/Comparative Civil Liberties will originate from Morehead State University, use MSU Blackboard server and library electronic reserves, and be taught by William Green, Professor of Government at MSU. You may take this course if you are an MSU, EKU, WKU, UK, and Georgetown College student. At MSU, the course is listed as GOVT 303 and IST 334; at EKU, it is POL 405; at WKU, it is PS 400; at UK, it is PS 491; and at Georgetown, it is POL 470. After you register for this course on your home campus, you must email or phone Professor Green at w.green@moreheadstate.edu or 859-233-7513 and provide him with your email address, phone number, and mailing address.

Family Violence in the United States and Canada

Cynthia Faulkner, Assistant Professor of Social Work
Morehead State University, c.faulkner@moreheadstate.edu

Family violence affects every country in the world. A comparative approach to family violence in the United States and Canada will be the primary focus on this course which will focus four subjects: first,
partner and spousal abuse with an emphasis on violence against women; second, violence against children and youth by family members with an emphasis on child maltreatment, including physical violence, neglect, emotional abuse and incest by family members, and sibling abuse; third, family violence against older adults with an emphasis on elder abuse; and fourth, family violence issues involving Hispanic and Latino, Asian, African Americans, and gay and lesbian cultures.

Family Violence in the United States and Canada will originate from Morehead State University, use the MSU Blackboard server and library electronic reserves, and by taught by Professor Cynthia Faulkner, Assistant Professor of Social Work at MSU. You may take this course if you are an MSU, EKU, WKU, UK, and Georgetown College student. At MSU, the course is listed as IST 339; at EKU, it is SWK 455; at UK it is SOC 350; at WKU, it is SWRK 490; and at Georgetown, it is SOC 470. After you register for this course on your home campus, you must email or phone Professor Faulkner at c.faulkner@moreheadstate.edu or 606-783-2702 and provide her with your email address, phone number, and mailing address.

Political Economy and Environment of Canada

Ernest J. Yanarella, Professor of Political Science
University of Kentucky, ejyana@.uky.edu

Canada's environmental policy has felt the impact of the country's subordinate economic place vis-à-vis the United States. In this course, we will survey this impact and then draw upon Canada's incredible geographic expanse and rich natural resources, to explore how the Canadian environment, as a cultural symbol and economic resource, has shaped the country’s environmental tradition and its political movements and environmental groups which seek to protect its natural ecosystems and preserve its natural resources. We will also examine Canada’s efforts to steer a course to ecological sustainability in the face of tendencies toward top-down globalization of the international political economy.

Political Economy and Environment of Canada will originate from the University of Kentucky, use the UK Blackboard server and electronic reserves, and by taught by Professor Ernest J. Yanarella, Professor of Political Science at UK. You may take this course if you are an MSU, EKU, WKU, UK, and Georgetown College student. At MSU, the course is listed as IST 335 and GOVT 399; at EKU, it is POL 405; at UK it is PS 491; at WKU, it is PS 450; and at Georgetown, it is POL 470. After you register for this course on your home campus, you must email or phone Professor Ernest J. Yanarella at ejyana@uky.edu or 859-257-2989 and provide him with your email address, phone number, and mailing address.