I graduated from UBC in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Relations. I’ve enrolled in this course with you fine people because I am currently applying to various post-degree teacher education programs. An additional english literature course is something I require to be considered admissible to most schools. Why did I choose this course in particular? My knowledge of Canadian history is, in my opinion, shamefully lacking. The opportunity this class offers, to\u00a0be able\u00a0to learn more about Canada’s history online, with a focus on storytelling and First Nations’\u00a0perspective, is one I\u00a0couldn’t pass up.<\/p>\n
Throughout my travels, I have often been asked what it’s like to be from Canada. Every time I am asked this, I find it very difficult to form a useful answer. When I am asked about our politics, our culture, or how we relate to one another, anything I say just doesn’t seem accurate enough, or complete. I know racism exists here. I have seen it most obviously in my home province of Saskatchewan<\/a>. Why it exists has been a topic of many late-night kitchen debates. What I am hoping to gain from this course is\u00a0a better idea of what it means to be Canadian, truly, through the interpretation of stories and perspectives I would otherwise not be exposed to.<\/p>\n I look forward to learning from, and with all of you. Here’s to the beginning of what I hope will be a supportive, inspiring online platform!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n Sierra<\/p>\n Works Cited:<\/p>\n Gale, Sierra. “Skipping Winter: An adventure in the southerly direction.” Web blog post.\u00a0Skipping Winter<\/em>. WordPress, 9 Mar. 2014. Web. 11 Jan. 2016.<\/p>\n Smith, Kim. “Bleak picture painted of racism in Saskatchewan.”\u00a0Global News.\u00a0<\/em>Global News Canada, 23 Jan. 2015. Web. 12 Jan. 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi everyone, My name is Sierra Gale and I welcome you to read what I have to contribute to English 470’s semester-long discussion. Seeing as this course will focus on the place we call home, and how we think and speak about that home, it might be useful to share with you\u00a0the various homes I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39272,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sierragalecontributingthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sierragalecontributingthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sierragalecontributingthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sierragalecontributingthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sierragalecontributingthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sierragalecontributingthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sierragalecontributingthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sierragalecontributingthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sierragalecontributingthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sierragalecontributingthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"cropped-Maple-leaf.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sierragalecontributingthreads\/files\/2016\/01\/cropped-Maple-leaf-300x300.jpg\")
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