How do the histories of colonization, Métis displacement and anti-Indigenous racism play a significant role in the various events that unfold throughout Jesse Thistle’s life as recalled in his memoir From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way?

ESSAY QUESTIONS FOR THE WINTER MIDTERM EXAM

1) How do the histories of colonization, Métis displacement and anti-Indigenous racism play a significant role in the various events that unfold throughout Jesse Thistle’s life as recalled in his memoir From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way?*

2) What are the various key events included in Esme Weijun Wang’s memoir of mental illness, The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays, that suggest her personal story is a challenging one where diagnosis, treatment and recovery are concerned?*

*In writing your in-class essay, you must refer to each of the books at hand to support your argument but you should also reference other course materials such as required reading, seminar lectures, class discussions and points raised via the seminar leadership.)

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