TRN196H: Diverse Storytelling

TRN196H: Joy and Resistance in Diverse Storytelling

Course Description

If you love reading contemporary literature and have always wondered about the roots of the stories that shape our cultural landscape, this is the class for you. Bringing together academic research and creative writing, TRN 196 engages with contemporary fiction by racialized writers in Canada, delving into the histories that have shaped us and the stories currently shifting our relationships with this land we call home. This class ties in with Trinity Reads and will explore some of the titles included in this year’s campaign. Assignments for this course include a community event analysis, creative writing essay and a class journal.

Course Instructor

Leanne Simpson leanne.simpson@mail.utoronto.ca Leanne Toshiko Simpson (she/her) is a mixed-race Yonsei writer, educator and mental health advocate from Scarborough. She is a graduate of UTSC Creative Writing and the University of Guelph’s MFA, and is currently completing an EdD in Social Justice Education at the University of Toronto, focusing on the intergenerational impact of the Japanese Canadian internment. Leanne attended Trinity College as an undergraduate student and returned to teach as a writing instructor and lecturer a few years back. She also runs weekly creative writing circles for BIPOC students through Trinity’s Writing Centre. Her debut novel, Never Been Better, is forthcoming with HarperCollins.