- Enter now
- Get credit
- Projects
-
2021
- ACSSPA Sewing Mask Project
- Art for Comfort: Art for Connection
- BC Newcomer Camp
- Burnaby Mountain Festival
- Generation BXY
- Glow Within Foundation
- Haida Nerds
- Hastings Folk Garden Sound Map
- Indigenous Tutoring and Mentoring Program (ITMP)
- Math Walks
- NaloxHome SFU
- OMG I have ADHD
- OneTime
- Public Health Speaks
- ReRooting Relationships
- Singing Our Truths: Telling Our Stories
- Voices 4 Reconciliation
- Young Minds Exploring Science
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
-
2021
- News & stories
- These 18 teams are springing into action with community
- Develop your capacity as a changemaker – and have fun!
- Embracing the complexity: pivoting as a practice.
- You know what’s not scary? $3,000 to fund your awesome project.
- SFU student creates youth-led overdose education and naloxone training during B.C.’s overdose crisis
- SFU student-community partnership creates local impact in Surrey
- SFU Students Exemplify the Spirit of Innovation and Community Engagement at the Annual President’s Gala
- Co-creation is difficult. And it's worth it.
- Hands-on for impact
- Congratulations to this year’s winners!
- On power and engagement – an interview with Aslam Bulbulia (excerpted)
- Herbert’s story: how one shopping cart made a difference.
- Don't wait for perfection – jump in
- Congratulations to our 2017-18 finalists and winners
- Discover what’s possible when university students and communities work together
- About
- Contact us
Voices 4 (re)Conciliation
Team members: Stephanie Duran (SFU Community Capacity Building Program) and Shahira Sakiyama (SFU Alumni)
Voices 4 (re)Conciliation is a project that aims to bring inter-generational Canadians from faith-based communities together to reflect on the history of Residential Schools (RS) through learning and music. As the horrendous news of unmarked RS graves grew, so too did strong acts against churches. Young Catholics were frustrated that there was no space or support to actively hold this news, let alone conduct conversations to unpack conflicting feelings. Their frustration was an inspiration for this project.
As non-indigenous women of color, we believe addressing the impacts of RS should not continue to fall on the shoulders of Indigenous communities. We aim to honour Indigenous knowledge and methodologies to help guide this process, but to ensure this work is not their emotional labor. Many hands make light work and all Canadians need to unpack this weight in Canada's history.
We will invite two groups of up to 20 people with one spiritual leader of their choice to participate in Voices 4 (re)Conciliation. Each group will meet at least three times. The first session will be to experience the KAIROS Blanket Exercise*; the second gathering will be with a music facilitator who will support participants to process the emotions the Blanket exercise has surfaced. How has music – the prayers of cultures – supported healing?; the third meeting will ask participants to gather their thoughts and reflections for Pope Francis’ upcoming visit. The whole process will be supported by qualified counselors, a spiritual leader for the group, and the Voices 4 (re)Conciliation team.
*Developed in collaboration with Indigenous Elders, Knowledge Keepers and educators, the KAIROS Blanket Exercise (KBE) is an interactive and experiential teaching tool that explores the historic and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in the land we now know as Canada.
Gratitude to Yvonne Rigsby-Jones for consulting on the direction of Voices for (re)Conciliation
Hey, students – Doyou have an idea to ignite change?
Get funded to work together with your community to bring that idea to life? Amazing things happen when people come together (especially when you win up to $3,000* to work with)!
Register today – all you need is your name and a brief description of your idea.