The Shoe Project was launched in Toronto in 2011. Since then, we have added chapters in Vancouver, Calgary and Halifax, and are now a registered charity. We are committed to providing a truly national platform for the voices of immigrant and refugee women.

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Joy Kogawa, “It Feels a Bit Like Déjà vu, Anti-Asian sentiment"

Grandma Therapy

Immigrant Arts Mentorship Program

Mountain FM, "Canmore musician Nurdjana recording her late father’s songs."

Edmonton Journal, "Women new to Canada put best foot forward in The Shoe Project at Workshop West."

Sanaa Al-khannaq Calgary AB

Venera Loshaj-Balaj, Surrey BC

Himanshi Upadhyay, Vancouver BC

Zeynep Ergun, Calgary AB

Nelli Antepli, Calgary AB

Manisha Shrestha, Canmore AB

2020 Giller Prize Winner Souvankham Thammavongsa

Ava Homa, "Minority Writers Have to Work Thrice as Hard"

Ngozi Onyinye, Edmonton AB

Read about us in Halifax Examiner!

Gurpreet Nain, Toronto ON

Women's Courage Can Change the World

Bow Valley Shoe Project searching for immigrant women to share life stories

Caroline Adderson, "I consider the novel a work of imagination based on fact."

Levia Ququezana, Calgary AB

Our American Friends!

A Happy Birthday

No Safe Haven from Racism

Little Shoes

The Only Friends I Had

My Shoes Left Behind

My Brown Bata Slippers

Seran Celik, Calgary AB

Noriko Ohsada, Canmore AB

My Mother and Grandmother Walk with Me

In Salmon’s Shoes

Natalia Mokhovikova, Richmond BC

Beneath the Surface

Heels in My Life

Teenaz Javat, Mississauga ON

Tenzin Palzom, Banff AB

The book by Tanaz Bhathena has been awarded the 2019 Nautilus Gold Award.

Mariana Barron, Banff, AB

Dana Roman, Canmore, AB

Umut Duygu Uzunel, Toronto, ON

Cordelia Tang, Toronto, ON

Sinthia Zaman, Calgary AB

Shaima Jaff, Vancouver BC

New Chapter in Edmonton

The Shoe Project Shorts

Rhoda Akuol Philip, Toronto ON

Canmore author and Shoe Project founder to become member of Order of Canada

Shoe Project searching for new participants

In her shoes, after she got on her feet: In The Shoe Project workshops, women write about their immigration to Canada

Stepping into Their Shoes: An encounter with Immigrant WomenBy Cindy Lapena

Human Flow and the Shoe Project pulled me deep into immigrants’ and refugees’ stories: Timson

The Shoe Project on Mountain FM 106.5 in Canmore-Banff

The Shoe Project lands on its feet

Immigrant women bare their souls through their soles

Shoe Project seeks immigrant women with a story to tell

The Shoe Project lets listeners walk a mile in an immigrant’s shoes

What They’re Saying

“I have never imagined I could be standing in front of an audience sharing a personal story in English. The Shoe Project has been the most empowering experience in my life.”

Shoes Tell a Story

OMNI TV, Focus Mandarin interview with The Shoe Project participant, Stacy Ko, March 5, 2020

OMNI TV The Shoe Project encourages female newcomers to express their voices through writing.

CBC (The Homestretch, Calgary) interview with Barb Howard, The Shoe Project writing mentor, and Nelli Antepli, one of the Calgary performers.

BBC World Service Newsday interview with Katherine Govier, The Shoe Project Founder, Artistic Director and Natalia Mokhovikova, Vancouver participant

“This is such a remarkable project! I actually heard about it on the radio a few months ago. So original.”

How the shoe fits: Halifax immigrants share their stories, March 7, 2020

AMI-audio program introduced The Show Project Toronto performance: Taking Steps. Host Kelly MacDonald interviewed Danielle McLaughlin, project’s Board of Directors member, and Elif Derin, a performer at Taking Steps.

Let’s share more stories. Together.

Stepping into Their Shoes: An encounter with Immigrant Women
By Cindy Lapena