Posts by UCN

Kelly Laybolt The early 20th century was full of turmoil and extreme hardships as people endured two World Wars and the Great Depression. These events caused a transition in literary genres from Victorian literature to Modernism especially with plays when playwrights began to focus on the lives of ordinary people and addressed controversial issues within…

Charlie McGillivary Invisible in conscienceYou want me to be a part of your worldWhy do I not belong?Am I a reminder of what you could not erase?Expected to be a fellow citizenBut you still follow me around in businessesDirty skin and dirty hands waiting to stealDid you not steal from me first?I do not appreciate…

Freddie Barkman            The world came into being when the Creator created the seas, lakes, and the land, which is also known as Turtle Island. When the new world was formed, he also created all living beings that inhabit the Sea and on the land. With all what he created he needed someone to take…

Chadwin Scatch Being in the norththe north of CanadaI always feel likeI’m cursed with the love for wintereven if it is summer Imaginary snowflakeswhite and fluffygive me happy chillsjust as real sunny daysoften brings me bad moods Being in the Norththe north of CanadaI feel like I’m homefresh air, the Creetrees Southanywhere Southdispleases meI don’t…

Nicole McKenzie “I felt like I was born into two worlds but accepted by neither. It is not an easy place to be,” I told my granddaughter, Dot, as we sat together by the warm fire in the den, sipping tea and enjoying some freshly baked blueberry bannock. One world was the glorified white, and…

Charlie McGillivary Helen Betty Osborne Kendara Ballantyne Josephine Martin Darcie Muchikekwanape Charlene Aubichon Is anyone following me? Am I being stared at? Are they plotting how to grab me? How will I defend myself today? Valuable when useful Exploited and ignored Why am I expendable? I must walk by the place where she was found…

Tenness Graham When women’s liberation movements began in the 1960s thus begun the fight for women’s rights all over the world. This movement’s purpose was to seek equal rights and opportunities for women, giving them a voice in dominant male societies. The development and broadening of different feminist values created theoretical frameworks to help better…