This blog is the result of a project done with students at the Universidad de Salamanca in Spain in the spring of 2012. Following a seminar in Canadian Studies in which I presented some stories of contested place names in Canada, they each wrote about a place name that was unusual or contested or had an interesting history. Some of their stories are intimate and personal, others informative and enlightening; all of them are fascinating. Enjoy reading!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Introduction
This journal has been created as a follow up to a Canadian Studies seminar at the Universidad de Salamanca, "Representations of Diversity and the Environment in Contemporary Canadian Cultural Expression", in March, 2012. As part of the seminar activities, students wrote short pieces about interesting place names. We will post their pieces here, along with photographs they took, and some resources on the theme of mapping and naming.
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