Students from Chief Ahtahkakoop School held a community fashion show to celebrate the opening of their sewing lab on May 17th, 2023.
Algonquin students from the Kitigan Zibi Kikinamadinan School in Quebec held their first-ever fashion show thanks in part to a partnership Soaring Circle (ILFP). The fashion show kicked off with students strutting onto the catwalk wearing Kokom scarf designs. There was also beadwork, bow tie fashions and trendy dresses to show off as well. Read more here.
Donations in Ontario bring everything needed for a sewing program to Natuashish in Labrador. Colleen Gray founded a project that gets donated art supplies to schools in remote Indigenous communities across Canada — but until recently she had never visited one of those communities herself.
That changed with a trip to Natuashish that led to its school receiving nine boxes of sewing supplies, everything Mushuau Innu Natuashish School needs to run a sewing program for its students. Read full article here.
In 2022, the Canadian Quilter’s Association published an in-depth article about our program. We were also invited to their annual quilter’s convention in Vancouver, as their “show” project! Read full article here.
