Project Proposal
Artist Statement:
My project will be photography. Photography is my favorite way of expressing myself and my point of views. As I am not keen to communicate verbally, I prefer to take some images to express things and moments that are important to me as an Inuk.
My idea is to capture the moments which I had shared and still share with other Inuit in college. In Northern Quebec, we finish off high school from a really low educational system. When we decide to further our education, we push ourselves to continue our education in the south because there are no Post-secondary schools up north. For those of us who do decide to go to college, we experience severe culture shock and strong homesickness.
What inspired me to do this project was because I have experience this myself. I really admire those who do decide to take the chance to get a better education far from home. I want to express this feeling of hope and appreciation of being able to accomplish something that looks very difficult. Not many of the Inuit get to experience this and not many get to fly thousands of miles to get a better education. With this project, I am hoping to inspire, show and encourage the Inuit youth.
Description:
I am going to show my project on a Blog. I will make the Blog on one of the website I have Blogged on since I am familiar with how things work. I will update my Blog with a picture and a written description of the image. For example, I will take an image of an Inuk student and post it on my blog and then write about that person.
Schedule:
I will take three photos max per week and update my Blog weekly with those three photos.
Wonderful idea Sapina. You continue to impress me. We are all so proud of you.
ReplyDeleteHi Sapina, It's wonderful what you wrote about college life...
ReplyDeleteI really hope that all the students in GR will read it... Actually all the students from Nunavik should read it...
You are doing sooo good !!!
Bye
Marie
Thank you Sapina for giving Nunavimmiut inspiration. I love your photographs ;)
ReplyDeleteHi Sapina,
ReplyDeleteGreat topic and great photos! I think it's wonderful what you've decided to focus your blog on. I hope many students in Nunavik get a chance to read it and are inspired to go on to further education. I think it would give them a better idea of what to expect from your writings about classes, the challenges they'll face, activities, being away from home, etc.
I remember the first time I had suvalik. Your description & photos brought back lots of memories!
Way to go on your blog! I hope you keep something similar going in the future so you can update us on your next adventures!
Sheri
Dear Sapina,
ReplyDeleteThank you for this blog. I have had several Inuit students in my photography courses in the past few years, including you! Your blog, which I read carefully and enjoyed very much, gives me a chance for the first time to hear about the personal as well as collective experiences of my Inuit students at John Abbott College.
I also enjoyed looking at your photos. Please keep posting them and continue your blog.
All the best with your education and warm regards to all Inuit students at John Abbott,
Yassaman Ameri
Hi Sapina, yours is a wonderfull enterprise. I write from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. I have seen many friends who had the same difficulties as you are pointing here, which makes me see that even this happened some 2 decades ago (please don't tell anyone! =D)and the differences between our cultures, human difficulties still remain the same.
ReplyDeletePressure is sometimes unbearable even for those who are weel adjusted to the system, so what you are doing in this blog in time will prove to be of the uttermost importance for all those who are somehow stuck with the difficulties of college life and in their colleges' studies.
Keep going! :-)
Paula
Hello Sapina,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Michele, I am writing from Montreal. Your teacher Daniel told me about your blog site and I was happy to check it out.
I enjoyed reading your entries and seeing your photos. I am impressed and touched by what you present in your blog: the exotic northern delicacies you decribe and have gone to extremes to "import", the culture shock you face everyday... Your blog gives us a glimpse of the challenge it is for you to leave the Nunavik in order to study here in Montreal. Thanks for sharing, we "southerners", as you would call us, have much to learn from what you write.
All the best with your project, I look forward to seeing more photos and reading you again.
Michele