{"id":18,"date":"2016-05-12T09:44:33","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T16:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/cambullen\/?p=18"},"modified":"2016-05-12T09:44:33","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T16:44:33","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/cambullen\/2016\/05\/12\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"photo-1416169607655-0c2b3ce2e1cc\"Welcome to my blog, where I will be writing weekly posts about the readings and discussions for the class ENGL 470.\u00a0<\/span>My name is Cam, and I am a 5th Year Biology student at UBC. This is my first 4th year English class and my first ever blog, so I’m excited to see how many mistakes I make. Thanks for bearing with me.<\/p>\n

ENGL 470 is an English literature course focusing on Canadian Literary Genres, with an emphasis on stories and the various uses for\u00a0which they have been employed throughout Canada’s history. From exploration to assimilation, colonialism to confederation, stories have been – and continue to be – central to how Canadians see\u00a0themselves and the people and places around them. These stories form such an integral part of Canadian identity that one could almost say that Canada’s\u00a0history is itself a story, recalled from the collective memory of those living here. Despite its centrality, assigning a definition to what Canadian Literature actually<\/em>\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0seems like a daunting task; hopefully by the end of this course I will have a better idea of how to define what it is this course is about.<\/span><\/p>\n

Part of the reason\u00a0I chose to take this course\u00a0is that I have always marvelled at\u00a0the power stories have to shape our views of the world, often without our knowing. I previously\u00a0explored the role of stories in shaping land use attitudes in an essay titled “<\/span>The Great Bear Rainforest: Overcoming 500-Year-Old Views on Nature<\/a>“, and\u00a0I hope this class will allow me to learn more about this fascinating area of study. In particular, I’m interested in trying to understand how stories have been used to shape our views of nature, as well as the relationship between the people and the places within Canada. <\/span><\/p>\n

The use\u00a0of stories to influence views of nature as well as conservation efforts appears to be\u00a0entering the conscious sphere, and has\u00a0been employed\u00a0in such diverse forms as children’s books<\/a> and prominent\u00a0sustainability foundations<\/a>. I hope that this class will give me the tools to critically engage with these stories, while\u00a0this blog will help me\u00a0become a better storyteller myself. I guess you, dear reader, will have to be the judge of that.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Works Cited<\/span><\/p>\n

Bullen, Cameron. “The Great Bear Rainforest: Overcoming 500-Year-Old Views on Nature”. The Garden Statuary<\/em>. April 2016. Web. May 11, 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

“16 Great Children\u2019s Books on Nature and the Environment”.\u00a0Children’s Book Guide.\u00a0<\/em>2012. Web. May 11, 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

Higgins, Barb. “A knock-down, drag-out fight with a devilfish”.\u00a0Best Pacific Ocean Stories<\/em>. David Suzuki Foundation, 2013. Web. May 11, 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

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