This last Remembrance Day was one of my most reflective Remembrance Days to date. The main reason is likely due to one of the courses I am taking currently: Polish Literature. When I first signed up for the course, I expected to learn about various famous Polish writers and film artists, reading various texts and watching films relating to Polish culture. While the course has brought up work from some popular artists, it has also brought up works that are less well known and has had a main focus on the Holocaust and the atrocities of World War II. Learning about this has really made me appreciate just how lucky I am to live in Canada in the 21st century. I know this feeling should be a given, but I never fully understood or wholly appreciated it until now, especially on Remembrance Day of all days. I have learned about the complexities between Polish and Jewish relations, Soviet and Russian relations, as well as the lasting impacts of war on survivors. Some of the texts we have read have been outright disturbing and heartbreaking, challenging to read let alone analyze, but each new text I have read has brought me to a more humbled place. Especially given that my father is from Poland, this course has been an absolute privilege to take as I have learned and continue to learn more about my culture, history and how it effects political actions of today.  Moving forward, I hope to use the skills I have gained, such as cultural sensitivity and critical analysis, for areas in food security and food sovereignty. These skills are important to have because food security and food sovereignty take into account one’s choice and preference for food which are often highly related to one’s culture. Food policy is also a topic than can be related to culture and the existing political relations between countries. In this way, my Polish literature course has taught me so much more than I expected to takeaway and I feel so blessed to have taken it.