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I am from the Ahousat First Nation I am looking for me and my family I am learning to speak my language I am listening to songs I am remembering fishing with my grandpa I used to smell fish, fresh from the ocean I am waiting for the earth to…
Exhibition: I Am Here
I am Huu-ay-aht I am looking for food I am listening to music I am remembering my culture I used to skateboard I am hopeful I am waiting for a journey I am running on coffee I am chasing dreams I am hoping to graduate I am living a happy…
Exhibition: I Am Here
Prior to becoming a writing student at the University of Victoria in 2021, Kaitlyn attended Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia. Thompson Rivers is just two hours north of the community she grew up in: Summerland, a town of 12,…
Exhibition: Climate Hope
I am Hesquiaht I am looking for Kora I am learning my culture I am listening to my language I am remembering going to the beach I used to step in puddles I am waiting for the rain I am running from the wind I am chasing the sun I am hoping…
Exhibition: I Am Here
I am Musqueam I am looking for the next chess game I am learning about my culture I am listening for words from home I am remembering Ayasha I used to have kittens, warm and furry I am wanting to know my people and my culture I am running on…
Exhibition: I Am Here
At twenty-two years old, Ashlee is in her last year of her undergrad at the University of Victoria, ready for the next steps of her career in professional writing and journalism. It’s a future a younger Ashlee would have never imagined. Curled up…
Exhibition: Climate Hope
Growing up in Victoria, British Columbia and spending time in Lisbon, Portugal, Sarah Suleman always felt very lucky to be raised around forests and oceans. “There's something about trees. Where you can see that there's been growth for a lot of…
Exhibition: Climate Hope
I am from Stz’uminus First Nation I am looking for eagles in the sky I am learning to be more myself I am listening to powwow I am remembering playing in the forest the sun shining on the trees , warmth on my face. I used to speak Hul’qumi’…
Exhibition: I Am Here
I am Sterling I am Nisga’a (Frog and Raven clan) I am really interested in photography I hear a lot of heavy metal coming from my headphones with the loudest setting for volume I see the world dying because of humans I feel the wind every…
Exhibition: I Am Here