Reading Blog Soundtrack: “This is a Fire Door Never Leave Open” and “Left and Leaving” by The Weakerthans I had never blogged before this term. I practically broke into a cold sweat at the idea of our individual blogs and class blogging. I love to write. I sometimes feel that “drive to inscribe” that […]
In Unsettling the Settler Within Paulette Regan writes, “Reconnecting reason and emotion – head and heart – is integral to an unsettling pedagogy” (12). For me, walking into the “Speaking to Memory: Images and Voices from St. Michael’s Residential School” exhibit was an unsettling experience. It was unsettling emotionally. It was also a reminder of the […]
This past fall I took the class History of Human Rights here at UBC. As we studied the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and the legacy of residential schools within Canada, the goverment rejected a UN human rights call for a review of violence against Aboriginal women (CTV News article). I found this reaction […]
In class we discussed how Fred Wah’s bio-text Diamond Grill can be read as creating a counter historical narrative. We examined how he used the historical documents from the Chinese Head Tax and infused it with references to significant historical dates, the work and lives of Chinese immigrants in Canada, and racial slurs in order […]
I work in a bookstore. Having already enrolled in this course, I began to notice the amount of biographies and memoirs that went through my till this holiday season. There were a lot; the two most popular were I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up For Education And Was Shot By The Taliban by […]