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A Welcome Message from Rick Gooding, Chair of UBC's MA in Children's Literature

Welcome to the first Vancouver International Summer School in Children's Literature! UBC is honoured to be part of the Erasmus Mundus International Master in Children's Literature, Media and Culture, and we hope you'll enjoy spending a few days with us.

I'd like to begin by acknowledging that UBC’s Vancouver campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. This land has always been a place of learning for the Musqueam people, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history, and traditions from one generation to the next on this site. If you are in the Americas or Oceania, or even parts of Northern Europe or Russia, then you too are on someone's ancestral lands. To find out whose, click here.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's events will be held virtually. Most of our attendees will be in Europe, with a significant cluster in Mexico and Canada, but most of our presenters are in North America, with about half on the West Coast. In practical terms, this means that we'll be running most of our sessions from 07:00-13:00 (PDT)-- 13:00-22:00 (CEST). To maximize the number of sessions people can attend without too much inconvenience, we've extended our summer school to Saturday, July 24.

This year's summer school is organized as four areas of emphasis, with some overlap: Indigenous literatures, graphic narratives (both comics and picture books), poetry, and professional activities. The first three areas begin with an an academic 'anchor'--usually a keynote talk by a researcher as well as a workshop. Following those, creative writers and artists will offer a series of writers' talks and interactive workshops. We have also arranged for panels on curation and professional publication as well as a workshop on translation.

Please familiarize yourself with the organization of this Canvas course, in preparation for our upcoming Zoom sessions. The orientation will teach you how to find the summer school's materials and how to access all of our Zoom sessions and recordings. If you have questions during the summer school, please contact us at childrensliterature.ubc@gmail.com