Week 3
Week three and I already had some trouble finding an event. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places? I'm being very purposeful about attend events meant for graduate students...at this point in my experience it seems really awkward to attend an undergrad event (depending on context); but we'll see what ends up happening during the academic year.
So, like I said, had some trouble finding an event. I think it's because it's the summer...either way - started looking for exhibits around the University, because I never get the chance to check them out. By the time I realize the exhibit was here, it's usually too late! I found out on the event calendar website that the Rare Book Library was doing something - yayy! Lunch visit! I've been to the Rare Book Library in one other instance, when I was showing my Japanese friend around Toronto. Funny how that works out, eh?
Date: Tuesday April 25, 2017
Event/Activity: Struggle and Story: Canada in Print
Capacity: Student/Staff/Alumni
Found: U of T event calendar website
Host: U of T Rare book library
Link: http://canada150.utoronto.ca/event/struggle-story-canada-print/
Description: In celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary. The documents in this exhibition – manuscripts, printed books, engravings, and photographs – tell the story behind the making of a nation. On these pages may be found the record of our ancestors’ efforts to understand the majesty and wealth of this land and its waterways; the interaction between colonists and the First Nations, the legacy of which remains problematic to the present; and the tension between French and English which has so often threatened to tear apart the national fabric. But in these works may also be found something of the hope that is a constituent part of our national character – a character born as a result of these various struggles.
Featured documents will include the first depiction of Niagara Falls, found in Louis Hennepin’s Nouvelle decouverte d’un tres grand pays situé dans l’Amérique from 1697; Owen Stanley’s Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of the N.W. Passage in H.M.S. Terror from 1836; a 1647 copy of the ‘Jesuit Relations’ dealing specifically with Huronia; a 1710 petition by the Hudson’s Bay Company to Queen Anne for the restoration of their charter lands; manuscripts from the Rebellions of 1837; the principal documents from Charlottetown and Quebec that ultimately led to the BNA Act; a rare copy of the proclamation of Confederation, as well as personal letters, photographs, maps, and prints.
The exhibit opens March 20, 2017 and runs until September 9, 2017.
Experience:
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So, like I said, had some trouble finding an event. I think it's because it's the summer...either way - started looking for exhibits around the University, because I never get the chance to check them out. By the time I realize the exhibit was here, it's usually too late! I found out on the event calendar website that the Rare Book Library was doing something - yayy! Lunch visit! I've been to the Rare Book Library in one other instance, when I was showing my Japanese friend around Toronto. Funny how that works out, eh?
Date: Tuesday April 25, 2017
Event/Activity: Struggle and Story: Canada in Print
Capacity: Student/Staff/Alumni
Found: U of T event calendar website
Host: U of T Rare book library
Link: http://canada150.utoronto.ca/event/struggle-story-canada-print/
Description: In celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary. The documents in this exhibition – manuscripts, printed books, engravings, and photographs – tell the story behind the making of a nation. On these pages may be found the record of our ancestors’ efforts to understand the majesty and wealth of this land and its waterways; the interaction between colonists and the First Nations, the legacy of which remains problematic to the present; and the tension between French and English which has so often threatened to tear apart the national fabric. But in these works may also be found something of the hope that is a constituent part of our national character – a character born as a result of these various struggles.
Featured documents will include the first depiction of Niagara Falls, found in Louis Hennepin’s Nouvelle decouverte d’un tres grand pays situé dans l’Amérique from 1697; Owen Stanley’s Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of the N.W. Passage in H.M.S. Terror from 1836; a 1647 copy of the ‘Jesuit Relations’ dealing specifically with Huronia; a 1710 petition by the Hudson’s Bay Company to Queen Anne for the restoration of their charter lands; manuscripts from the Rebellions of 1837; the principal documents from Charlottetown and Quebec that ultimately led to the BNA Act; a rare copy of the proclamation of Confederation, as well as personal letters, photographs, maps, and prints.
The exhibit opens March 20, 2017 and runs until September 9, 2017.
Experience:
- 2nd time going to the Rare book library – super pretty!
- It was nice and quiet over lunch time, not many people there
- Able to circulate through the installation and read the summaries/look at the books
- Nice way to get away during lunch!
- Role of books in popularizing Canada – eg. vivid descriptions & romanticizing the country helped encourage immigration/settlement
- Importance of books and record keeping
- Perception of indigeneous peoples is interesting – what is considered “progressive” holds a different meaning in this day and age
- With the popularization of Canada came travel books aimed at answering FAQs for prospective immigrants
- Glossary of indigeneous language – the importance of written language in preserving a spoken language
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