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1. Writing the Canadian Pacific Northwest Ecocritically: The Dynamics of Local and Global in Ruth Ozeki's A Tale for the Time Being.

Author

Fachinger, Petra

Subjects
*ECOLOGY, *SOCIAL injustice, *LITERATURE
Abstract

A literary criticism of the book “A Tale for the Time Being" by Ruth Ozeki is presented. It outlines the connection Ozeki makes between several political issues and ecological concerns. The novel pays more attention to coastal British Columbia and its literature, while reminding the reader that social and environmental injustice go beyond national borders.

Published
2017

2. Something Fishy at Boundary Bay: Frances Herring and the Literary Construction of British Columbia.

Author

Milne, Heather

Subjects
*GEOGRAPHIC boundaries, *SOCIAL boundaries, *CULTURAL boundaries, *GENDER
Abstract

This article presents a critique of the book "Canadian Camp Life," by Frances Herring and how it addresses the relationship of British Columbia to Canada. Being the westernmost province of Canada, British Columbia is involved with the concepts of differences between edge and centre as well as the permeability of borders. In her book, Herring explored the province's complex cross-border relations and the role of gender and race in maintaining those borders.

Published
2006

3. "A life of dignity, joy and good relation": Water, Knowledge, and Environmental Justice in Rita Wong's undercurrent.

Author

Follett, Alec

Subjects
*DAMS, *INDIGENOUS peoples, *ENVIRONMENTAL impact analysis
Abstract

The article offers poetry criticism of the poem "undercurrent" by Rita Wong. The poem contemplates intertwined environmental and social harms which occur at Site C dam in British Columbia, when settler desires to retain the status quo discourage people from caring for and working with water. The poem articulate how water's shared reliance serves as a link between settlers on Turtle Island and Indigenous peoples.

Published
2019

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