never be daunted in public

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 […]

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  We examined how he used the historical documents from the Chinese Head Tax and infused it with references to significant historical dates, the work and lives of Chinese immigrants in Canada, and racial slurs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 […]