Canadian Ecopoetry and the More-Than Human (O)

3 ch (3C) (W) · Undergraduate

Explore contemporary Canadian and Indigenous poems that illuminate the powers of the more-than-human world—the intelligence of plants, the liveliness of stone, the potency of a garbage dump. Discover how poetry can help us to approach such beings as companions and co-makers instead of as resources or waste . Examine the techniques poets use to encourage this perspective and how these poems might affect our lives and decisions . NOTE : Registration restricted to students in the English Honours program.