Main Purpose: comparative, critical, and annotated observation
. Focusing on the hidden histories of aboriginal settlement in the Toronto area, the virtual Great Indian
Bus Tour will expose you to a cross-section of central Toronto: the various residential, industrial,
commercial, transportation and leisure spaces built from the middle of the 19th century to now. How are
these various modern urban forms different from pre-colonial aboriginal settlement? How do
these modern forms hide or reveal aboriginal history from us? For these purposes, use the (1)
notes you take during the virtual tour, (2) the lecture notes from week 2, 3 and 4 (3) the required texts for
the weeks of September 24 (Freeman, Johnson) and (optional) the recommended texts of the same week.