While SYiM (Southern Youth In Motion) is busy working away on the second issue of SYiMzine, we thought we’d share some videos from their showcase event last December. The showcase brought together youth from southern and northern Ontario to share their artwork while raising awareness of First Nations aspirations and challenges.
This video was created by Toronto videographer, Kyle Montaque, and stemmed from the actual showcase itself. It provides a compelling glimpse into the day’s events that included musical performances, a live mural painting with community artist, Michael Cywink, a blessing from Elder Pauline Shirt and interviews with the youth as they share how art inspires them and their visions for the future.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RJ-6VlWS4k&feature=youtu.be
Credit: Kyle Montaque
During the showcase a group of youth from Waterloo presented a video they made that asked several questions about life in Ontario’s remote communities, from ‘do they have running water on reserves?’ to ‘what about shopping malls?’. With 1, 172, 790 First Nations, Metis and Inuit people in Canada, the youth wondered how they could know so little about Canada’s aboriginal population. To help bridge the gap between north and south, youth from one northern community discussed the possibility of producing their own video in an attempt to answer some of these questions.
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/53194973]
Watch video HERE. Credit: Jenny Bui, Regan Zink, Lauren Craik and Georgie Giannopolous
In addition to the second issue of SYiMzine, SYiM has a number of other initiatives currently in the works so check the ArtBridges blog in the coming weeks for news and another update from Lauren Akbar, the Youth Engagement Coordinator at SYiM. For more information or to get involved, visit the Facebook page or contact Lauren at lauren.akbar@northsouthpartnership.com.
– Cora-Rae Silk, ArtBridges
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