AN INDIGENOUS YOUTH EXHIBITION AND FILM

In 2021 while working at JAYU, I served as the Artistic Director for We’ve Been Here. 8 youth participated in a two-week intensive photography, poetry, and social justice mentorship program in Kitchener, Ontario in partnership with White Owl Native Ancestry and Wisahkotewinowak. Through art, youth explored themes of truth, reconciliation, trauma, healing, and connection to land. this exhibition is the culmination of the participants’ creativity, bravery, and hard work.

In addition, a documentary filmmaker joined us for the duration of the two-week program and created a short film titled We’ve Been Here which documented the entire experience.