Ottawa Itinerary

The tentative Ottawa itinerary is now posted on the Canadian Studies blog. You'll find out all you need to know there about the trip, except the cost which for students in English 005 is $160.

You can pay anytime (from 9-3) at the Canadian Studies office at 589 Main Street. Please pay by no later than September 29th.

For more information, e-mail Professor Martin at Paul.Martin@uvm.edu or call Canadian Studies at 656-3541.

Your group assignment for the semester

As you know, each of your groups is focusing on one region of Canada. There’s also a group presentation listed on the syllabus. I’ve decided, though, that rather than doing an in-class presentation, your weekly (minimum) postings on your group blogs will count as your presentation and your group blog postings (a total of 35% of your final grade). All of your presentation, in other words, will be online and done over the course of the semester.
Each week, your group will be responsible for a blog posting that will encompass text, images, and, at times, audio or video. Your goal over the course of the semester is to share with the class as much as you can learn about your particular region. While you might have blog postings about things that are happening in the news in that region or some cool links or information that you’ve discovered about that area, the biggest posting of the week will revolve around one of the following themes.
- Politics
- History
- Geography
- An author from that region
- A musical artist or group from that region
- A town or city from that region
- A newspaper
- First Nations
- A book about your region from the library
- A movie or TV series from that region (NOT a US film or TV series filmed in Canada)
All of your blog postings should contain text and images and each can be as long as you like. Each posting should be substantial enough to give us a fair bit of content. Furthermore, I’ll also be expecting to see you using a variety of sources. The Internet might work for some of these, but I expect you to use the library as well.
One of your blog postings should be in the form of a podcast (this is in addition to your personal podcast you’ll be creating later in the semester). Also, one of your postings must only use content you have found in the library.
Remember to cite EVERY source that you use, images included.