![]() ![]() “Within our department, our Sociology faculty have been working diligently to incorporate Indigenous ways of knowing and Indigenous voices into our Diversity courses,” she said. Sociology professor Crystal Adams Coons, who organized the workshop, noted that many students enrolled in Diversity and Inclusion courses participated. “We’re taking initiative to tell people about it. “We learned about why this is important in class, it’s very new for us,” said Jasleen Kaur and Amandeep Kaur. Several students in the Palliative Care program participated as part of their Diversity class. “A lot of people don’t know, not because they don’t want to know but because there’s so much going on in the world. “A lot of people walk by and ask about what we’re doing and it’s cool to share with others the meaning behind it,” said Dedam. Welding student Whitney Dedam heard about the workshop through a friend and wanted to participate. When people come here to make a doll because women are murdered, I say, ‘no, you’re making this doll to represent my aunt.’ This has a lot of meaning to it.'”Īfter participating in the workshop at NC last year and learning about its meaning from its founder, Jeanscalzo organized a similar workshop at her daughter’s high school last November to spread awareness about the initiative. ![]() “My aunt, Denise Bourdeau, was murdered and this is my way to remember her, to inform people, to let people know that this happens,” she said. The former Horticulture student returned to the College to take part once again, through her continued connection to the Indigenous Education department. ![]() This year’s workshop continued her original goal and each newly created doll was added to the College’s collection.įor Emily Jeanscalzo, participating in the workshop was highly personal. Froman’s mission was to create 1,200 dolls to represent the estimated number of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada. NC began hosting Faceless Dolls workshops in 2015 – organized initially by then-student Alkiie-Babe Froman, and supported by the College’s Indigenous Education department. The workshop builds on the legacy of the Native Women Association of Canada’s Faceless Dolls Project launched in 2012 to visually represent the countless ‘faceless’ victims of crime, Indigenous women and girls who have gone missing or have been murdered in Canada. Hosted by the Academic and Liberal Studies division, the interactive Faceless Dolls Workshop was attended by students, staff and faculty who had an opportunity to learn about and reflect on the meaning behind the dolls while crafting them. Each doll visually represented and honoured a missing or murdered Indigenous woman or girl in Canada. The omission of facial features was intentional and impactful. They were adorned with outfits, hair and even accessories, but there was something prominent missing from the felt dolls crafted with care at the Welland Campus on November 27 – not one had face. 27 Workshop honours missing and murdered Indigenous women ![]()
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