Hey hey hey, it’s been a minute since we were last together! We had a full 10 weeks of being away, but here we are back again. I want to give you sort of an update, which will help get us back into the swing of things. Lately, we’ve been pretty busy, seeing as this is the last 10 (ish) weeks before the year is over, we waste no time jumping straight into interviews for our podcasts. Remember that? Our podcasts! Yep, they’re still going, and going as strong as ever. 

If you live in Deep Cove, British Columbia, you’ve probably heard of the “Deep Cove Heritage Society”, but if you haven’t, click on the link there to find out in detail who they are and what they do. A short explanation is that the DCHS is a society right here in Deep Cove, started by Janet Pavlik, who at the time, was a new resident. She realized that there weren’t many records of the area/heritage/traditions…nothing! So she decided to start a society that would find and store these records for future preservation. Now what does PLP have to do with them? Well, we’re working with them of course! 

What do I mean when I say “working” with them? The DCHS needs more audio tracks to store within the society, and its the PLP 10s’ job to interview prominent Deep Cove residents and record the audio, which will be saved for who knows how long! Whats really interesting is that these tapes will have our voices and our questions on it, which really amazes me because 100 years from now, people could be listening to us. Isn’t that just surreal? It is to me. 

You probably think that this post is going to be about the interview process, but boy are you wrong. Like the efficient class that we are, the majority of us have already completed our archival interviews! Soooooo, for the past week (while managing the interviews), we’ve picked up where we left off at the World War 2 pit stop. In class, we’re investigating the post-war changes that were made, and how they specifically impacted Canada’s involvement. We did an activity just last week, and it was a reading about minorities finally becoming visible, post-war. 

I connected to this activity because it talked about coloured people, and females finally getting recognition. They finally gained civil rights like being able to fight in the war, and the right to vote, among other rights. Here are some notes that I took, as well as a small little mind map!

I’ve always loved to support causes like this, I’ve gone to a couple peaceful protests last year, and even a pride parade, so reading about this topic made me feel their struggle. Being coloured and female, I know my ancestors fought hard for me to be accepted as who I am in the place that I live, so this post is sort of an appreciation/thank you post for that. I don’t think I recognize how important their contributions are, because they have allowed me to able to live freely here in Deep Cove, and to be accepted as an equal in this world. 

Now, I promise I’m not going to write this and disappear for another 10 weeks, I’ll update you all every week about the progression of this project, so stay tuned for another weekly post! 

Until then….