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Good evening my fellow Canadian Literature seekers! My name is Sarah Afful and I am going to be writing you from Toronto. I chose to study with you all at UBC, because I am from Vancouver and I did my undergrad there … yet Toronto called my name and thus here we are!<\/p>\n
I cannot wait to jump into this course, as the structure of it is different from any university course I have ever taken. As we jump in and begin to question the system, so to speak, I deeply hope that we can shift our beliefs on what comprises Canadian literature. I hope to gain some agency in my studies and have a tiny impact on the future of the Canadian literature canon. As an African-Canadian I rarely get to explore the canon of literature in school,\u00a0 outside of Europe and I hope to find intersections between my experience and the Indigenous experience throughout the course. I also hope to gain literacy in web logging, as this is my first foray into that world! Bear with me as I find my footing.<\/p>\n
In this course let us discover deeply the relationships between stories<\/em> and land, <\/em>but more pointedly the land that we all call our home. Working collaboratively we will become a part of the<\/strong> re-imagining\u00a0 and shaping of Canadian literature. I am most excited to be a part of that.<\/strong> We will re-imagine Canadian literature by culminating all of our semesters discussions and research into an Intervention Conference. How active! How important! This group dialogue we call our Intervention Conference, will allow us to offer up ideas on how<\/em> to change the stories we tell ourselves and the way<\/em> we tell our stories. So. Let’s dive in.<\/p>\n Is music<\/a> as potent a way of telling our stories as the novel? Have a listen and sense if you get a story:<\/p>\n How are we supposed to tell our stories?<\/a><\/p>\n “We must tell them\u2013around fireplaces, in cafes, on blogs, in theaters, on walls, on street corners, in front of our computers. We must unleash them from cages, trusting they\u2019ll fly onto the shoulders and hearts of a listener, or two, or more. Sometimes like raindrops on a pond, they\u2019ll create ripple effects in communities, and most certainly will touch a person\u2019s life.”- (Unknown) Big Voice Pictures<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Till next time!<\/p>\n Yours,<\/p>\n Sarah Afful<\/p>\n January 12 2020<\/p>\n Works Cited<\/p>\n “Anansi the spider” Pinterest, <\/em>www.pinterest.ca\/pin\/234046511866636276\/?lp=true. Accessed 12 January 2020.<\/p>\n A Tribe Called Red FT. Black Bear. \u201cStadium Pow Wow (Official Video)\u201d YouTube,<\/em> 16 June 2016, www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eAEmjW9J3_o. Accessed 12 January 2020.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Power of Story: The Inspiration of Maya Angelou.\u201d Big Voice Pictures,<\/em> August 2018, www<\/a>.bigvoicepictures.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/09\/the-power-of-story-the-inspiration-of-maya-angelou. Accessed 12 January 2020.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Good evening my fellow Canadian Literature seekers! My name is Sarah Afful and I am going to be writing you from Toronto. I chose to study with you all at UBC, because I am from Vancouver and I did my undergrad there … yet Toronto called my name and thus here we are! I … <\/p>\n