{"id":1816,"date":"2023-05-23T13:21:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T16:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/?page_id=1816"},"modified":"2024-06-20T11:31:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T14:31:43","slug":"a-walk-on-the-edge-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/a-walk-on-the-edge\/a-walk-on-the-edge-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"A Walk on the Edge | 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Each year, Dr. Laurie Brinklow\u2019s intrepid students from her Islandness: Culture, Change and Identity<\/em> class take a \u201cwalk on the edge,\u201d then document their experience \u2013 through words and images \u2013 of what it\u2019s like being out on the edge of the Island. And because our class is in the winter semester, the experience isn\u2019t of the usual sun, sand, and sea\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the assignments from the 2023 cohort. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mah Ara Ahmadi: Island From a Raven\u2019s Eye View<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Flying my drone by the shore, I started thinking about the ravens that were flying above the snow-covered beach. Lucky ravens! They have this opportunity to fly above the island and see this eye-catching view all the time. This bird\u2019s-eye view reminds me of the first image that I captured when I flew to the island for the first time. Months ago, after flying for hours above the ocean, I finally saw the edge of the island. The welcoming red shore of PEI seemed like a warm hug in the middle of the cold blue ocean. Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Akinbinu Akinkunle Akintan: A Walk through the Island: Nature Wonders<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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A vacation experience I cannot forget was walking along the entire length of an island seashore in Lagos, Nigeria, one of West Africa\u2019s megacities, in the company of family and friends. This is one of such rare leisure activities I engage in to unwind from the week-long hustle and bustle of city life. As one of Africa\u2019s busiest metropolises, life and work schedules can be pretty confining, with little or no space for physical as well as mental rejuvenation. Except for the few wealthy islanders, housing and urban planning leave restraining stretchmarks on the psyches of most middle-class dwellers\u2014a situation that is completely different when compared with what obtains in the countryside. Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andrew MacPherson: A Long Run Along the Edge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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I\u2019ve decided to take this assignment in a slightly different direction. I strongly believe in the power of liminal spaces. I live in one in Calgary, less than 200 metres from the Bow River. This is mostly fine and I enjoy walking and running along the river often, including almost daily visits to two nearby river islands, Prince\u2019s Island which was man-made for the logging industry over a century ago and St. Patrick\u2019s Island which is home to the Calgary Zoo. Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rabab Hussein: Walks on Different Edges<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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On the 7th of February at 14:30, I took a walk on the boardwalk at Victoria Park in Charlottetown. So many thoughts crossed my mind while walking on the edge on that cold day. The water was frozen and the snow covered everything;, however, the scenery was still spectacular as shown in the picture above. Throughout my life, I have been enjoying walking on sea shores, riversides, lakes and ponds where I get to do nothing but meditate through looking at the water and the horizon. I always preferred beautiful views of open seas and oceans, where the water is endless and it meets the sky on the other end. I believe that urbanization and human intervention around beautiful sceneries kill the natural beauty of it.\u00a0 Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mariesze Geraldine Ebert: A Walk on The Edge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Taking a walk around Victoria Park In the winter may not be ideal but it made me reflect on the edges I\u2019ve walked on in my life thus far.  Walking on the edge has so many meanings to me, being an Islander, it gives me a sense of freedom and also a sense of pride that I didn\u2019t know I had, until now! 
Moving half way across the world to Prince Edward Island was my most recent walk on the edge. Although I\u2019ve walked on many edges in my life, I\u2019ve always played it safe but this\u2026this seems the most daring by far, away from my family and friends and yet this Island has been so welcoming that I immediately felt at home as soon as I arrived. This beautiful Island is completely different from what I left behind. For starters I\u2019ve never seen so much snow in my life! (this is apparently a mild winter!) and now a couple of months since I\u2019ve arrived, walking around in -6-degree weather is bearable\u2026its literally a walk in the park!  Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barbara Rousseau: A Walk on the Edge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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I have been privileged to walk on the edge of Prince Edward Island regularly for five years now, and year-round for the last three. My choice is not the stereotypical, eroding red cliffs of \u201cAnne\u2019s Land\u201d and the North Cape, nor the sheltered Northumberland Strait, but the windswept and ever-changing boundary between the sand dunes of the north shore and the churning Gulf of St. Lawrence. Winter walks here can be a risky business, whether it\u2019s in getting to the edge, after days of rain have turned the earth turns to rivers of mud that swallow boots and car tires alike, or in colder weather when the ice pack seamlessly blends sand and water, leaving the actual edge unclear. Let me paint a picture of a typical January walk on this edge\u2026 Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Isabel MacDougall: Flashbacks from the Edge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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For many Islanders, walking the shore is a way to connect with nature \u2013 the smells, the sounds, the unobstructed sense of space. For me, the shore is a place of refuge, a place where I can be alone with my thoughts, a place where I can meet with friends and family to walk and chat and laugh. Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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D. Bailey Clark: The Edge, Found<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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It\u2019s 9:45 A.M. After entering Indian River, I turn off Route 20 into a narrow driveway, just wide enough for my car. On the left, a forest. On the right, I see my parents\u2019 house and yard through what\u2019s left of the line of spruce and pine trees that blocked this view until September 2022. My tires crunch through the snow. Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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