Background
Clarence Bolt was born on October 7, 1951, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is the son of Hilda (Piers) Bolt.
Clarence Bolt. Photo by Jill Westby.
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Calvin University where Clarence Bolt received his Bachelor of Arts degree.
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Simon Fraser University where Clarence Bolt received his Master of Arts degree.
3201 Burton St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546, United States
Calvin University where Clarence Bolt received his Bachelor of Arts degree.
8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
Simon Fraser University where Clarence Bolt received his Master of Arts degree.
(In Thomas Crosby and the Tsimshian: Small Shoes for Feet ...)
In Thomas Crosby and the Tsimshian: Small Shoes for Feet Too Large, Clarence Bolt demonstrates that the Indians were conscious participants in the acculturation and conversion process - as long as this met their goals - and not merely passive receivers of the blessings as typically reported by the missionaries. In order to understand the complexities of Indian-European contact, Bolt argues, one must look at the reasons for the Indians' behavior as well as those of the Europeans. He points out that the Indians actively influenced the manner in which their relationships with the white population developed, often resulting in a complex interaction in which the values of both groups rubbed off on each other.
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1992
(In this lucid yet impassioned book, Clarence Bolt reveals...)
In this lucid yet impassioned book, Clarence Bolt reveals how Canada is rapidly losing its sovereign status to the liberal, globalizing drive that has, since Confederation, endeavored to eliminate regional diversity, self-reliance and distinctiveness by blending regions into a centralized economic and political system. Echoing George Grant, Bolt proposes that Canada can remain a unique, sovereign state only by fostering sustainable regional units in which citizens are committed to the stewardship of their natural and cultural environments.
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1999
Clarence Bolt was born on October 7, 1951, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is the son of Hilda (Piers) Bolt.
Clarence Bolt began his studies at Calvin College (now Calvin University) and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1977. Then he went to Simon Fraser University where he obtained a Master of Arts degree in history in 1981.
Clarence Bolt worked as an educator at Camosun College. He demonstrated skills in working in post-secondary education. In the post-secondary component, he taught courses in World History and Religion, worked on curriculum development, and served on numerous boards (including Faculty Rep on the Board of Governors) and hiring committees, and developed numerous courses and programs.
He began his career in the 1980s, joining the Camosun College in 1985 as an instructor in history and religion. His teaching at Camosun included world history and religions, British Columbia history, and American history. He created and ran courses in the Indigenous Studies program, and his expertise in that area was with land and law in British Columbia. He served as chair of the humanities department for 15 years and as a faculty representative on the Camosun Board of Governors for three years. He also has administrative experience as a part-time associate dean of arts and special assignments in curriculum development for the dean of arts and science. He served two terms as chair of the Arts and Science Curriculum Committee and participated in numerous hiring committees and task forces. He left Camosun College in 2016.
Besides his employment at Camosun College, he served as a sessional instructor in history at the University of Victoria, Fraser Valley College, and the College of New Caledonia.
Clarence Bolt is also the author of two books. Thomas Crosby and the Tsimshian: Small Shoes for Feet Too Large (1992) is unique as it examines the functioning of two missions to the same people in a single locale, demonstrating how a particular Indian group tried to protect its traditional land resource while at the same time seeking participation in the emerging white society of nineteenth-century British Columbia. Based on insights into the interaction between the Native population and the missionaries, Bolt suggests a model for a better understanding of the interaction between European and Native cultures.
In Does Canada Matter?: Liberalism and the Illusion of Sovereignty (1999), Bolt argues how Canadian identity is being destroyed by neoliberal ideology fueling a global, corporate-controlled society. These two nonfiction works connect his personal reflections on life with the concerns raised in his academic and political environments.
Currently, Bolt is a community and local government worker, who has chaired community/citizen groups, served on Boards of Variance (including as chair), participated in a major study of the Saanich Inlet, and served as a municipal Councillor in Central Saanich. He presently chairs the Sidney North Saanich RCMP Community Consultative Committee and serves as a member of the BC Law Society's Hearing Panel Pool.
(In this lucid yet impassioned book, Clarence Bolt reveals...)
1999(In Thomas Crosby and the Tsimshian: Small Shoes for Feet ...)
1992As a Canadian from immigrant stock, living in a multicultural society, next to a huge homogenizing imperial state, he is particularly interested in the question of pluralism, that is, the way in which people of varying ethnic, cultural, religious, and political backgrounds can create (if they can) a functioning society. Both his teaching and writing, whether fiction or nonfiction, seek to resolve the inherent tensions in these themes.
Quotations:
"Too often we focus on global concerns over which we have little power and ignore our immediate environment over which we have a great deal more say."
"Classroom interactions, especially seminars, enable the learning experiences to go beyond mere information such as dates, names, and facts to exploring why people believe and do what they do."
"The big secret is that as an instructor, I am no more and no less than a full-time continuing student, a life-long learner. It's tremendously rewarding to see students understand and embrace a broader view of the world than our still largely western one."
"I love food! I make a mean bami goring, an Indonesian dish that was part of my growing up."
Clarence Bolt is a member of the Sidney/North Saanich RCMP Community Consultative Committee. He was also head writer/researcher for Carrier Sekani Tribal Council in Prince George – part of a team engaging in a resource/land-use mapping project, researching the Kemano Completion Project, and completing two Specific Claims.
member
Advisory Planning Commission of Sydney , Canada
2019 - present
Public Member of the Hearing Panel Pool
Law Society of British Columbia , Canada
2018 - present
chair
Sidney/North Saanich RCMP Community Consultative Committee , Canada
2015 - 2019
member
Town of Sidney Board of Variance , Canada
2018 - 2018
member
District of North Saanich Board of Variance , Canada
2007 - 2013
chair
District of North Saanich Board of Variance , Canada
2010 - 2013
member
District of Central Saanich Board of Variance , Canada
1994 - 2004
chair
District of Central Saanich Board of Variance , Canada
1998 - 2008
member of Saanich Inlet Study project
Province of British Columbia Citizens' Advisory Committee , Canada
1994 - 1996
founding member and occasional chair
Association for the Protection of Rural Central Saanich , Canada
1989 - 2003
Clarence Bolt married Mona Brash on November 5, 1994.
Mona Brash is an instructor of political science at Camosun College. Prior to joining Camosun in 2009, Mona taught 1st and 3rd-year courses at the University of Victoria (in 2005-2011), and a 2nd-year course for the Royal Military College Division of Continuing Studies (Esquimalt Navy Base in 2006-2011).
