Learning and mentorship

The project taught newcomers photography and visual narration. Participants reflected on resilience, democracy, and gender equality. U Shine Movement provided continuing mentorship to all participants.

First cohort

The first cohort had 10 participants, who became trainers after completing certification. The first cohort trained 60 newcomers in Winter 2021. They trained 60 other youths in photography for six weeks in Winter 2021.

First cohort members

  • Yumna
  • Gloria
  • Deborah
  • Samuel
  • Nour
  • Sarah
  • Nyajuok
  • Both
  • Heba

Project aims

The project was intended to benefit 70 refugees and immigrants in Ottawa from 2021 to 2022. The project aimed to reach 325 Ottawa-region community members for a photography exhibit in 2021. Exhibit presentations elsewhere in the country through French Alliances were planned starting in August 2021.

Organization details

  • Certificate of incorporation number: 1181502-4.
  • Address: 375 A St-Laurent Boulevard, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1K 2Z7.
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  • A man crouches by the roadside, photographing grass with a camera.
  • Two people wearing face masks outdoors; one helps the other adjust a bag strap.
  • People on a city sidewalk, one pointing upward while another takes a photo.
  • Three masked women walk along a city sidewalk beside a busy street.
  • People sit around tables in a classroom as one person stands near a display.
  • A group of people wearing masks wave in front of a large Gothic-style parliament building.
  • Several people gather around a table covered with papers in a classroom.
  • Three masked people examine printed photos and papers on a table in a classroom.
  • A group of masked people celebrate outdoors beneath trees in a sunny park.
  • People wearing masks sit around a wooden table at an outdoor café beneath trees.
  • Cyclists and a crowd gather outside a large stone building on a city street.
  • People talk and exchange papers in a city square beneath a partly cloudy sky.
  • People holding signs and flags in front of a large stone building, with a Canadian flag nearby.
  • Police officers stand in a city plaza lined with Canadian flags as a man photographs them.
  • People gather at a street protest; a woman photographs signs, including one reading “Stop Sport Hunting.”
  • A masked woman holds up a phone at a street protest with flags and banners.
  • A green classroom chalkboard with handwritten assignments and the title “Story Telling: Element of Story in a Photo.”
  • Two masked women sit at a table with open notebooks, talking.
  • Several people photograph a woman standing beside yellow flowers on a residential street.
  • Three masked women sit around a laptop in a medical office, with another woman standing behind them.
  • Six masked women hold cameras while standing or crouching on grass in front of a brick wall.
  • Two people in headscarves photograph a storefront display with an “I AM CANADIAN” shirt.
  • Masked shoppers browse a clothing stall with hanging shirts beside a figure in a pink uniform and furry animal head.
  • Masked people talk on a city sidewalk; a woman in a red jacket stands facing a woman in a beige coat.
  • Two masked women in hijabs lean over a small object together on a leaf-covered lawn.
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