Canada’s Top Litigator Marie Henein donates her own designer shoes to The Shoe Project to help newcomer women
The Shoe Project MEDIA ADVISORY TORONTO (November 3, 2022) — Canadian charity The Shoe Project has launched its annual online auction and among the 50+ items up for grabs are Louboutin and Yves Saint Laurent shoes from prominent litigator, Marie Henein. Funds raised through the online auction help The Shoe Project in…
Read MoreThe Shoe Project Provides Precious Moments of Healing
The Shoe Project MEDIA ADVISORY The Shoe Project Provides Precious Moments of Healing CALGARY (August 12, 2022) — When Nelli Antepli crossed the snowy Canadian border by foot with her four-year-old son, she could not have known that The Shoe Project awaited her in Canada. Escaping the very real danger of…
Read MoreWhy a Participant of The Shoe Project became a Mentor
The Shoe Project MEDIA ADVISORY Why a Participant of The Shoe Project became a Mentor TORONTO (May 25, 2022) — When Camila Uriona joined The Shoe Project in 2015, she had no idea that six years and a pandemic later, she would be coaching and mentoring other newcomer women to share their stories.…
Read MoreHow a confusing voicemail message led to a life changing workshop
The Shoe Project MEDIA ADVISORY How a confusing voicemail message led to a life changing workshop CALGARY (March 15, 2022) — The Shoe Project returns to the stage at Contemporary Calgary on March 27, 2022 as part of the High Performance Rodeo. Twelve women from around the world will be sharing their stories of…
Read MoreFrom Robotics to the Arts – How The Shoe Project led one newcomer woman to a new path
The Shoe Project MEDIA ADVISORY From Robotics to the Arts – How The Shoe Project led one newcomer woman to a new path CALGARY (March 11, 2022) — The Shoe Project returns to the stage at Contemporary Calgary on March 27, 2022 as part of the High Performance Rodeo. Twelve women from around the…
Read MoreThe Shoe Project Survey Study Shows Major Positive Impacts on Participants
TORONTO (January 10, 2022) – In 2019 The Shoe Project (TSP) commissioned a professional survey of 25 participants (approximately 14% of total number of participants), five mentors and ten audience participants which showed its significant success in rebuilding immigrant women’s lives. Many immigrant and refugee women coming to Canada have left behind good careers…
Read MoreSaima S. Hussain, “Interrupting a Conversation about Islamophobia”
Multiculturalism has been a fundamental characteristic of the Canadian identity for 50 years. Speaking on the occasion of this date, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, “Canada became the first country in the world to adopt a policy of multiculturalism… While we have made important progress toward a more inclusive and equitable society since then, much…
Read MoreIn Memory of Aaron Berhane
By Katherine Govier, novelist, founder and Board Chair of The Shoe Project One of the tragic ravages of Covid was the death, at 51 years old, of Aaron Berhane, journalist, professor and a brave man born in Eritrea. He was a friend of mine, and of The Shoe Project. When I first met…
Read MoreJoy Kogawa, “It Feels a Bit Like Déjà vu, Anti-Asian sentiment”
By Momoye Sugiman We are alarmed by reports of assaults targeting Asian Canadians. However, it’s too easy to attribute the upsurge in hate crimes to frustrations over COVID-19. We spoke to author Joy Kogawa, friend and supporter of The Shoe Project, who was one of the first to break the silence of Japanese Canadians…
Read MoreGrandma Therapy
By Simten Osken, Shoe Project alumna How can we help people who suffer from despair and depression and cannot seek professional help because they don’t have enough money? Dixon Chibanda, a psychiatrist and psychotherapist in Zimbabwe, developed an unexpected quality psychological support method carried out by non-professionals. He trains grandmothers to treat depression. And…
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Women’s Courage Can Change the World
By Irina Umnova Fall is the time when magazines and newspapers are nominating persons for the title of “The Person of the Year.” Maybe, the best and unexpected candidate for this title in 2020 is Women of Belarus. This summer, women of Belarus have become the face of the movement for a…
Read MoreNo Safe Haven from Racism
Rhoda Akuol Philip After violence and insecurity uprooted me from my home country of South Sudan, I spent my early years moving from one internally displaced people camp to another, in search of a safe haven. I settled in Kakuma Refugee Camp in 2003. Kakuma afforded me food, shelter, and basic education thanks to…
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