Hello Peoples.<\/p>\n
Grammar is not my favourite subject, but Indigenous culture and literature is fascinating to me and I’m quite excited to learn from this course. I expect this course to be challenging and time-consuming (after looking at the syllabus and because I read slow) but at the end of the day, it is an experience that I know will broaden my perspective and my ability to challenge the norms that we have in society.<\/p>\n
About me. I love people. I love stories. I am curious. When I meet someone new, I am always thinking where they came from, how they came to be here…what their story is. I think that behind each story that we hear, are other stories that are forgotten and hidden. I think that stories need to be\u00a0remembered because they are moments that define people for who they are. The tradition of oral story telling is one that is essential in the Indigenous culture, one that is integral to passing on the traditions and culture from generation to generation.<\/p>\n
Canada is a such a great place for collecting stories. For it is here that we meet people from all around the world. Some of them looking for a better place to survive. Some of them, just looking for a place to park their money. Either way, they have a story, and I can’t wait to find out what. Canada is a country born out of immigration and as such the interaction with the Indigenous population is one that needs to be better understood.<\/p>\n
One of the sites that I like to surf around is kickstarter (besides etsy and groupon) and I found this kickstarted a while ago that I would like to share https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/jodymread\/hitting-the-road-round-two?ref=nav_search. I think that it is through projects like these where Aboriginal people learn more about their own culture and are able to celebrate it. <\/p>\n
During the time that I’ve been in Canada, it is in Squamish and in the Okanagan where I’ve learnt most about the Aboriginal people. I remember that I attended a conference where Jeanette Armstrong and Greg Youngling spoke and I would like to also share a poem that she read during the conference. “Artifacts” http:\/\/livinginthelibraryworld.blogspot.ca\/2013\/03\/native-poetry.html <\/p>\n
My educational background is in mathematics, and so I do not have a lot of previous material or knowledge about Indigenous culture or literature apart from English course I took in my first year. As such\u00a0I look forward to working with you and learning from you!<\/p>\n
Qihui. (Kiwi)<\/p>\n
p.s. I couldn’t really figure out how to attach a visual here, but I have a link to a picture that I would like to share. http:\/\/www.otffeo.on.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/09\/booksOFlife-class.jpg <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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