Devon Leigh Simpson

You can access my grad project here

Liberal Studies Tutorial 390 Self-Submission This tutorial with Graham Cook (PhD, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Sciences) aimed to explore the history of travel journalism, compare changes in practices, technologies, audiences and purposes, as well as understand… Continue Reading →

The Road More Traveled Faculty supervisor: Graham Cook Literature Review Travel writing began as western explorers documented their adventures through the lenses of colonialism, orientalism, and ‘othering’ different cultures that they interacted with; in our current modernized world this still… Continue Reading →

Liberal Studies Tutorial 391 Self-Submission This tutorial with Josema Zamorano (PhD, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Humanities) aimed to gather and analyze visual data to provide a supplementary qualitive approach to knowledge. The use of artistic research in… Continue Reading →

This grad project is going to be a podcast series tentatively titled: The Raincoast Sustainability Podcast. Episodes in the podcast series cover an array of topics told through the stories of Canadian’s and will cover a range of sustainability and… Continue Reading →

In response to Villeneuve’s film Arrival, Cindy Charleyboy’s talk on “Acknowledging the Sacred” and Linda Smiths “Research Through Imperial Eyes” I have come to new conclusions about where strengths will lie in my grad project. Present schooling in North America… Continue Reading →

I have two remaining projects to complete for my LBST degree here at cap. I have been thinking about them for almost a year now and I believe that I have a pretty concrete path I want to take. Considering… Continue Reading →

Summary: An exploration into past and present interests in an attempt to find outlying research directions. Different forms of journalism, writing and the connection to environmental and sustainable actions were found. Topics for final tutorial and Grad project are declared.