lIVING BETWEEN CULTURES: A STORYTELLING PROJECT for NEWCOMER, REFUGEE, AND RACIALIZED youth
Do you identify as a newcomer, refugee, and/or person of colour between the ages of 18-25 living in the Greater Toronto Area? Are you an aspiring writer or a curious storyteller? Do you want to share your story of living in between cultures and have the chance at wider publication across digital spaces?
We’re partnering with our friends at the On Canada Project to bring you Living Between Cultures: A Storytelling Project for Newcomer, Refugee, and Racialized Youth where we will be exploring, capturing, and archiving our nuanced stories.
The first part of this experience will include a creative storytelling workshop where we will give you writing prompts to reflect on the joys, grief, triumphs, tribulations, and everything in between that comes with our migration journeys. We’ve intentionally designed this workshop to spark your creativity in an intimate, generative, and supportive space. We’ll have paper, pens, tea, snacks, and a whole lot of encouragement!
The second part of this experience involves capturing and archiving stories you developed during our writing workshop through video, graphics, and other media to be showcased on Living Hyphen and On Canada Project’s website and social media platforms. At Living Hyphen, our mission is to reshape the mainstream and a part of that includes speaking our stories out loud, sharing our lived experiences, and documenting this for future generations.
Please note that this is a paid opportunity! All participants will be given a $100 honorarium. No prior experience is necessary. We only ask that you come with an open heart and an open mind, as well as a readiness to give and receive vulnerability.
We are only accepting eight participants for this workshop so that we can leave lots of time for connection, attention, and listening! Participants must be able to attend both parts of this workshop. Be sure to apply as soon as possible.
Part 1: Writing Workshop
In our writing workshop, we will give you prompts to reflect on the joys, grief, triumphs, tribulations, and everything in between that comes with our migration journeys.
When: Sunday, April 30th @ 1-4 p.m.
Where: 130 Spadina Ave. Suite #702
Part 2: ARCHIVING and Documentation
We will capture and archive your stories through video, graphics, and other media to be showcased on our website and social media platforms. At Living Hyphen, our mission is to reshape the mainstream and a part of that includes speaking our stories out loud, sharing our lived experiences, and documenting this for future generations.
When: Saturday, May 13 @ 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
**You will only be required to attend for one hour during this time period.
Where: Of Sorts® Studio
Meet Your Facilitator: Justine Abigail Yu
Justine Abigail Yu is the founder of Living Hyphen. She is an award-winning workshop facilitator whose work with Living Hyphen has been featured on national, and local media outlets including the Globe & Mail, CTV National News, and the CBC. She was also named a “Changemaker” by the Toronto Star in October 2021.
Justine Abigail is a fierce advocate for equity and anti-oppression. Her mission is to stir the conscience and spur social change.
In Partnership with the On Canada Project
This project is in partnership with The On Canada Project, the largest community digital media platform in Canada that centres marginalized experiences while writing about system inequities and issues facing our country and the world. OCP is harnessing the combined potential of young people, volunteerism, and social media to broadly disseminate credible information that is critical, conversational, and compassionate. Learn more at oncanadaproject.ca.
