{"id":45,"date":"2016-05-17T08:06:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T15:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/summercanadianstudies2016\/?p=45"},"modified":"2016-05-17T08:50:47","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T15:50:47","slug":"my-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/summercanadianstudies2016\/2016\/05\/17\/my-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"My Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to English 470! I am pleased to be in the class with you and look forward to growing my understanding of Canada and our history. Although this is not a required class for me, I chose it because I have an interest in history and connecting how things (in this case Canada) came to be what they are today. This class will use literature along with active participation to help grow our knowledge of Canada and the voices and stories that brought us to where we are today. We will look at who told stories and the impact of those stories. Over the course of this semester I hope to gain a broader view of the country I call home. I want to see past the \u2018Canadianisms\u2019 we are known for and hear a more diverse set of voices, because that\u2019s what Canada is to me \u2013 diverse.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"BrUqZDjCIAEWRWz\"<\/p>\n

In our modern day and age stories are not told like they used to be. Fewer people, especially youth, are picking up books. Instead, they are turning to media outlets (social media, websites, commercials, shows and movies) to hear stories. Our countries narrative\u00a0is largely controlled by commercials. Last year I took a class on Canadian studies. During my semester in the class I discovered that Canada has a very narrow image that it displays to the rest of the world, we are partly responsible for the stereotypes me receive. We, as a country may not create them, but we certainly encourage them. The first point I would like to illustrate is our obsession with fitting the mold. For example our focus on winter. Yes, we do get winter, and yes in parts of the country it is quite harsh, but the majority of the country is quite average, yet we only focus on one season. This not only encourages the idea that we live in an igloo but it ignores a majority of our experiences. A prime example of this is a commercial<\/a> recently release by the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) for the Rio summer Olympics.<\/span>The second example of this is Molsons tag line \u2018I am Canadian\u2019. The entire campaign is based off of Canadian stereotypes, the advertisements<\/a> basically say, if you do not experience these things you are not a true Canadian.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SOURCES:<\/p>\n

Russell1935. “The Three Best Molson Canadian Commercials.” YouTube<\/em>. YouTube, 25 Apr. 2009. Web. 17 May 2016.<\/p>\n

“Team Canada – Ice in Our Veins.” YouTube<\/em>. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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