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  With tongue firmly in cheek (which is just where it should be in this case), Professor Turner celebrates the connections between cured meats and great stories . . .   By Hilary Turner Photo Credit: Instant Vantage Flickr via Compfight cc Today as we celebrate National Salami Day we are conscious that salami, despite … Read more

In the latest addition to our Where Can English Take You? series, one of our most recent English 105 “graduates” shares his inspiring back-to-school story.   Student guest post by Don Duthie   Crash! Snap! I was on my back. Spiral fracture of the tibia and fibula. Three days in the hospital and eight months … Read more

Our CanLit Prof celebrates Canada Day with Canadian books . . . by Ceilidh Hart Really, what better way to mark Canada’s sesquicentennial than with books? With its warm weather and slower pace, summer is always a time for reading lists, but this summer, lists about Canada and by Canadian authors in particular abound. Image … Read more

  It’s that time of year again, when our fledglings take wing and fly away from the little nest of our English department. This year, the UFV convocation ceremony on June 6th proved that English grads aren’t just fluttering—they’re soaring high and strong. Photo Credit: .FuturePresent. Flickr via Compfight cc It’s been an impressive year … Read more

  As we celebrate our new English graduates, we congratulate Riley Dueck on his new role as an ambassador for Bard on the Beach. His amazing journey all started with an English assignment . . . By Heather McAlpine Recent UFV graduate and English enthusiast Riley Dueck got the thrill of a lifetime when he … Read more

  By Prabhjot Parmar My birth in India determined my continental affiliation—Asian. Playing Name-Place-Animal-Thing as children, my siblings and friends always vied for the alphabet “A” to quickly claim Asia as a “place” we felt that we belonged to; of course, our schooling right from grade one (possibly earlier too) situated us geographically and cartographically—in … Read more

  Taylor Breckles, a UFV English and history student, is studying literature and language in Poland this year. UFV English professor Michelle LaFlamme helped facilitate Breckles’s exchange with the University of Silesia, a UFV partner university in Poland. Student guest post by Taylor Breckles   A couple of noteworthy events have happened since I last … Read more

  Late April in BC does more than simply usher in Spring. Appropriately enough, it also celebrates our province’s creativity with Arts and Culture Week. By Michelle LaFlamme I was born and raised in Coast Salish territory, and I have a love for this province. Photo Credit: Nick Kenrick.. Flickr via Compfight cc When I … Read more

  What do road signs, slaves, and magical talismans share in common? They’re all topics that English Honours students researched and wrote about this year. We can hardly recall a more eclectically excellent batch of Honours projects. Huzzah to curious minds! Photo Credit: Jorge Brazil Flickr via Compfight cc To celebrate this bountiful harvest of … Read more

  You’ve finished your course work and traded required readings for your Summer Reading List. Forever. Congrats, grads! Photo Credit: Lisa Zins Flickr via Compfight cc Now it’s time to celebrate all that hard work! Come and mingle with the folks who best understand the magnitude of your accomplishments–your professors, friends, and family. Meet us … Read more