The story of a unique book created and published with the support of novelist Katherine Govier and The Shoe Project in New Canadian Media.   Twenty-two young Afghan women wrote their stories while hiding from the Taliban in Pakistan. The Shoe Project supported them and later published these historical accounts of rescue and survival as…

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/the-shoe-project-1.6760275

https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/10855133–heart-wrenching-and-heartwarming-immigrant-and-refugee-women-share-stories-of-resilience-for-women-s-day/

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/human-rights-activist-shanga-karim-wins-renate-shearer-award

https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-arts/shoe-project-whistler-donations-telling-canadian-immigrants-story-6082673

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/afghanistan-saskatchewan-refugees-saskatoon-1.6578879

https://newcanadianmedia.ca/an-afghan-womans-struggle-to-come-to-canada/

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/opinion/2022/08/12/writing-the-stories-of-afghani-women-one-step-at-a-time.html?source=newsletter&utm_source=ts_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_email=7AD965AC14DA0BCD62326E6473342F28&utm_campaign=bk_139329

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/immigrant-refugee-women-in-edmonton-share-stories-with-soul-in-the-shoe-project-1.6492491

https://www.kingstonist.com/event/the-shoe-project-our-shoes-our-lives/

https://www.thewhig.com/news/local-news/performance-walks-audience-through-womens-immigration-journeys

      The Shoe Project returns to Canmore and Banff with more stories from the Bow Valley’s immigrant and refugee women   By Evan Buhler / Sep 4, 2021   CANMORE – Ten women are about to share 10 stories through a pair of shoes. The project, in its 10th year, is a writing…

ICAI is excited to announce the Immigrant Arts Mentorship Program (IAMP). IAMP is a program for immigrant and refugee newcomer artists and/or arts administrators to connect, learn, and grow through one-on-one mentorship with an experienced colleague in their artistic discipline. ICAI has identified a need for community building and professional development for immigrants especially newcomer…

An interview with Nurdjana de Rijcke, Canmore musician and The Shoe Project alumna, is on Mountain FM   By Rob Murray / Mountain FM     ROB: I’m speaking with local musician Nurdjana de Rijcke. You’re embarking on a really interesting music project right now. Tell us about it. NURDJANA: I just released my first single in…

Liane Faulder / Dec 22, 2020   When Hala Hussein knew she was moving to Canada, she bought herself a pair of running shoes. “This is not my style, since I was a youth, I wasn’t using sport shoes,” says Hussein, 48, who came to Edmonton as a refugee in February of 2018. “But when I…

COVID & Us: Immigrant women share pandemic stories Marwa Kuri, Victoria Shulga and Marcela Cameron, the Halifax coordinator of the COVID & Us project, share their experience from the “COVID & Us:  Newcomer Women in Pandemic” project with  Halifax Examiner.  Read more about this fantastic new project hosted by The Shoe Project.     Marwa…

Foreign Bodies is a newsletter and online community centring immigrant and refugee experiences. Every Monday, subscribers receive a roundup called the Monday Matter. These roundups include personal essays, a reader recommended books, the latest news coverage on immigrant mental health, and news and resources.   The Shoe Project was mentioned this week in their Monday…