Hello! My name is Leo Yau and I am a fourth year student at UBC currently majoring in Psychology and minoring in English Literature. I was born in Vancouver but I quickly moved back to Hong Kong for kindergarten. Because of my upbringing, I was extremely disconnected with Canadian history and literature before arriving at UBC. It wasn’t until I took ARTH100, where I began to learn more about the indigenous people of British Columbia (specifically the Haida and the Kwakwaka’wawk).
This summer, I will be taking ENGL470A, where our class will be exploring Canadian literature with a focus on the overlaps between European and Indigenous traditions. A central theme about this course is the power of stories – how these stories affect how we view our “Home(s) and Native Land(s).” This course incorporates the use of social media (Facebook) and blogging to allow students to collaborate and critically assess the range of literature that is taught. I anticipate that this blog will help me document and further my learning in the Canadian literary genre.
Personally, this course pushes me out of my comfort zone a little. I’ve never blogged before in my life, so the thought of having my work displayed on the internet is a little intimidating but intriguing at the same time. Secondly, I never saw Facebook as an academic tool (as I was constantly told it was a distraction throughout high school). It is almost poetic that one of my last classes at UBC will make me feel like a first year experiencing something new again. I’m looking forward to learning more about the stories and literature that helped shaped Canada.
References:
Paterson, Erika. ENGL 470A Canadian Studies: Canadian Literary Genres. University of British Columbia, 2014. Web. 15th May. 2014.
Cohodas, Marvin. ARTH100 Introduction to Art History. University of British Columbia, 2013. Web. 15th May. 2014
Hi Leo, nice to meet you and welcome to the course – I am happy that you consider the challenge of learning something new (blogging) at the end of your degree as a good thing! I am looking forward to working together this summer, enjoy!
Hello Leo!
I totally agree with you on on getting ‘pushed’ out of the comfort zone as this is also my first time blogging (finally getting the hang of it). I look forward to working with you this sunny semester.
Bobby,
Hi Leo, fellow psych major here! Having skimmed through the syllabus that you hyperlinked, I think you learned more about the First Nations in your class than I ever have in school prior to UBC. Like you, I was born in Vancouver. In the 13 years that I went to public school in Vancouver, the only things I really learned about was the Metis, the Inuits, and their lifestyle. I remembered learning about what the Inuits ate, igloos, their clothing, etc- which is better than nothing, but it’s definitely insubstantial. Never did I learn about their history and issues currently the the indigenous peoples are facing. Anyways, looking forward to your future posts!
I definitely agree with you. I think UBC does a great job at giving students opportunities to become aware and educated with First Nations history. As a (somewhat) international student, one of the first things I was taught here was the affiliation UBC had with the Musquem people. Looking forward to working with you too!
Hi Leo,
I agree with you on all accounts: blogging is out of my comfort zone as well, I know very little about indigenous cultures or issues, and never would I have imagined that Facebook would play such an integral part in my last year of school. This course is pretty much a neat bundle of unknown surprises.
That being said, you mentioned that you took ARTH100 and gleaned some knowledge about indigenous people in B.C. Can you share a tidbit or two?
I look forward to learning with you!
– Bonny
Hi, Leo!
I totally agree with you about blogging, I was also confused about how to use it, it’s really like a first year experiencing something new again as you said. I’m still on my way to figure out the blogging thing.
Looking forward to work with you!
Yisha
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