The document discusses strengths in the Jane and Finch community identified by community members through a photovoice project. It describes positive community spaces captured in photos like health centers, youth clubs, and parks. Photos highlighted the important roles of local services and youth. Community members felt their strengths challenged negative stereotypes. Intergenerational knowledge sharing and coming together in times of need were cited as strengths. Photos captured community beauty and resilience after challenges like fires. Overall the photos asserted community pride and capacity to advocate for change.
Exposed Photobook - Community StrengthsRuth Wilson
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1. The newsletter provides updates from Ahava Children and Youth Village, including welcoming a new school year and sharing experiences from summer programming.
2. It describes photography and art projects completed by girls from the village as part of a social project on the concept of "home".
3. An interview is included with a former village student who now works and lives independently, reflecting on his experiences and what he gained from his time at the village.
The document summarizes the origins and success of the Grameen Bank. It describes how Muhammad Yunus started lending small amounts to poor villagers in Bangladesh who lacked collateral for loans. This allowed them to lift themselves out of poverty. He founded the Grameen Bank to continue this work, using a group lending model where borrowers support each other. The bank has since grown enormously and achieved repayment rates of 99%, demonstrating microcredit as an effective poverty fighting tool that has now spread worldwide.
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Exposed Photobook - Community StrengthsRuth Wilson
The document summarizes photos taken by community members in the Jane and Finch neighborhood of Toronto to highlight the strengths and positive aspects of their community, in contrast to negative media portrayals. The photos show community centers that provide programs for youth and seniors, spaces where children and youth play and have fun, and examples of community members helping each other in times of need. The photo captions emphasize themes of community resilience, youth potential, intergenerational knowledge sharing, and the capacity of community members to advocate for change.
1. The newsletter provides updates from Ahava Children and Youth Village, including welcoming a new school year and sharing experiences from summer programming.
2. It describes photography and art projects completed by girls from the village as part of a social project on the concept of "home".
3. An interview is included with a former village student who now works and lives independently, reflecting on his experiences and what he gained from his time at the village.
The document summarizes the origins and success of the Grameen Bank. It describes how Muhammad Yunus started lending small amounts to poor villagers in Bangladesh who lacked collateral for loans. This allowed them to lift themselves out of poverty. He founded the Grameen Bank to continue this work, using a group lending model where borrowers support each other. The bank has since grown enormously and achieved repayment rates of 99%, demonstrating microcredit as an effective poverty fighting tool that has now spread worldwide.
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Social Media for Social Change: Challenging the Discourse of Disability and Difference presentation to the annual conference of the College Association for Language and Literacy (CALL) May 25, 2011, Algonquin College, Ottawa, Canada.
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The document discusses issues with public housing in Toronto as highlighted by photo-researchers living in public housing. [1] Photos showed neglect and deteriorating conditions like holes in walls, water damage, and garbage. [2] Residents felt buildings needed better maintenance and cleaning to feel more like home and treat the space with respect. [3] Poor conditions were seen as contributing to an overall feeling of hopelessness in the community.
Safety and security was a major concern for residents in the community. Photos and narratives documented a lack of safety in public spaces like basements and laundromats in housing buildings. Gun violence and gang activity also threatened safety. While increased policing and surveillance were implemented, some residents felt over-policed and unsafe. Residents discussed taking security into their own hands by watching out for each other, but recognized this was just a temporary solution and greater efforts were needed to address the root causes of issues undermining safety, such as unemployment, discrimination, and lack of services.
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2) Development refers to human growth and change intellectually, emotionally, and physically. The goal is to create environments where people can develop to their fullest potential.
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This document summarizes a project aimed at helping abused youth in Macedonia. The project was led by Elena Nikolovska over 1 month and involved 1 volunteer who spent 30 hours working with 2 youth victims of abuse. The project recognizes that family violence remains a problem in Macedonia due to traditional views. It aims to open a youth center where abused children have a safe place to share their experiences and receive help from peer volunteers, and to educate other youth and the public to promote changing social norms around abuse.
This document summarizes views shared by 50 youth ages 16-29 from the Jane-Finch community in Toronto about issues like violence, well-being, opportunities, and family/community. The youth participated in a "Mobile Speakers' Corner" project run by ACT for Youth, a community-university partnership focused on developing a youth strategy. Key themes that emerged from the youths' views included discrimination, negative perceptions of the community, critiques of police, mixed views on "turf", concerns about health, community services, employment, housing, the importance of families and role models, and a strong sense of community pride despite challenges.
Bullying was identified as a major issue affecting children in the community. To address this, children at the DAIS Centre staged a play about bullying for their community. They scripted and practiced a role play enacting common bullying incidents. On the day of the performance, the children worked to gather an audience, which eventually included older boys who often bullied others. Through the play, the children hoped to bring awareness that bullying creates an unsafe environment and that the community could have a happier, safer atmosphere if people stopped this harmful behavior.
Bullying was identified as a major issue affecting children in the community. To address this, children at the DAIS Centre staged a play about bullying for their community. They scripted and practiced a role play enacting common bullying incidents. On the day of the performance, the children worked to gather an audience from their community. Though some were not interested initially, more people joined including older boys who often bullied others. The play helped raise awareness about how bullying hurts people and prevents a safe environment. The older boys promised to make an effort to stop bullying younger children, though acknowledged it would be challenging.
The document discusses the author's fond childhood memories of watching Disney movies with their sisters. They believe the movies' positive messages about good triumphing over evil helped shape their optimistic and honest outlook. While Disney films may idealize reality, the author thinks they can still teach valuable lessons to children by demonstrating good morals. The author argues Disney movies had a positive influence on them and most likely other children through promoting important values at a young age.
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2. Community Strengths
Photo-researchers were very critical of the negative ways their “People think we can’t build up our neighborhood but we
communities have been and continue to be portrayed by the need to prove them wrong and build up and try to be strong.
mainstream media and government reports. Thus all of them We must continue to build our neighborhood.”
felt strongly that this photovoice project should also document
the strengths and knowledge of their community in order to “I was just walking home and then I just really took a picture
challenge the negative stereotypes attached to the Jane and because I wanted to take a picture of the community having
Finch area. For example, photo-researchers took photos of fun, not just a negative thing to make the media talk more
what they perceived as positive spaces in the community. about our community.”
Positive spaces captured in their photos include the Black Creek
Community Health Centre, The Spot, The Jane and Finch Boys “… we can see how the community is changing. People
and Girls Club and the Jane and Finch Mall. The narratives and are going outside more and not doing bad things. Positive
discussions linked to these photos highlight the importance programs create positive people and more programs will
of the range of local services that these community agencies help us get jobs. This picture teaches other people that our
provide, including programs to keep young people out of community is not bad”
trouble.
“I believe our seniors and adults and our elders have a lot to
Mainstream media particularly tends to portray youth from offer and a lot to teach our youth and I think they’re willing
Black Creek in a negative light (e.g. all youth are involved in and they’re out there but there’s again there’s no programs
gangs and violence). In direct contrast, photo-researchers that or not enough programs that offer that or they offer it
from this project captured the positive roles that youth play with such rigid things that don’t fit into people’s schedule and
in the community, including being involved in advocating on things like that so it’s unrealistic to happen.
issues important to the whole community. The younger photo-
researchers were keen on including photos of themselves “If Jane and Finch does a good thing, media are the last to say
(sometimes overlaid on top of their community) as a way it. When there is gun violence, they are the first to say it.”
to reassert the positive spirit that youth represent in the
community. “[The Jane and Finch Boys and Girls Club] is my favourite
place where children and youth can come and relax and get
Photo-researchers also discussed the community’s capacity away from like, the whole drama of the outside world.”
to effectively come together and advocate for change. In fact,
participants mentioned that the community’s tendency to “… our community is never lazy and wants to do something
aid each other in times of need and emergency significantly active.”
contributed to their ability to rise above the structural barriers
and challenges facing many people living in poverty in Black “I decided to focus on the positive stuff in my community
Creek. Additionally, residents located sources of knowledge because like even though we live in like these low income
in older residents in the community, and thought that housing or whatever I wanted to show that just because you
intergenerational programs that transferred this knowledge to can’t have the finer thinks in life doesn’t mean you still can’t
youth would be helpful. Finally, photo-researchers captured a live your life.”
lot of beautiful spaces and scenery located in their community,
including pictures of children, sunsets, views from their
balconies, and green spaces.
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3. The Cornerstone
Safy
This sign tells people where they are going. The sign leads to new places. This sign represents my community.
It is the entrance to my community. This sign tells people where we live. We live in a strong community, even
though we don’t have as much money as other neighborhoods, we are still strong. This sign is high up which
means that we will rise above. The wires show that nothing can hold us down. When other people see this sign
they get scared. The sign tells us where we are from – we are proud of where we are from.
-Group Discussion
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4. Second Chance
“I took this photo to show
that even though bad stuff
happens in our community,
we all still stick together…
the fire occurred in my
neighbourhood and it was
very bad. The community
band together to help the
families…Gave lodging to
the residents so they were
able to gather themselves
and move somewhere else.”
-Photo-researcher
Stanley
5. Muzna
This picture is about kids having fun on a nice sunny day. Kids always have their fun. They don’t pick on their
playmates. Whoever is friendly or playful will fit into their fun. Children don’t know anything so they accept
everything the way it is. They don’t know what ‘racism’ is. Even though it exists everywhere. Children don’t
discriminate like people do. Learn from kids. Learn to live together in harmony. Just like kids, people all around
the world should be able to welcome anyone to be a “part of their fun”.
-Muzna
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6. “We wish there were more places
like this one, a place where you can
go and get help finding jobs, safe fun
places to go after school”
Muzna
-Photo-researcher
Where Youth Wanna Be “I took a picture of the Spot because
it is like a mini community centre in
This is a place for youth. Any student can come here after school or anytime to relax the mall and it can help people with
and engage in activities, rather than getting into doing any wrong things when they differences during programs. It can
there’s no where else to go or nothing else to do. Students get suspended, kicked out, really help people’s weaknesses and
or whatever it is they get into, they will always have ‘the Spot’ to rely on. This type of it’s a spot to just chill. You can go on
diversion is specially needed in poverty stricken areas, where without anything to do, computers have fun go video game
students can easily get sidetracked into wrong doing. programs. Just a spot to chill at.”
- Muzna -Photo-researcher
7. Ann-Marie
Our Youth
This is a picture represents the humble nature of our youth. He was the first person to pose for my camera. There are
good youth living in this neighborhood that are willing to learn and provide mentorship for other youth. We need to
encourage them to keep mentoring.
- Ann-Marie
15
8. Stanley
Light in Dark Places
These are pictures of my friend; I took these pictures because I felt that they said a
lot about what is happening in our community. They show that even in our darkest
hour there is still light and if we embrace the light rather than fear it we will be able to
shine as bright as we want. To me, the photos represent hope, the light is the interest
and my friend represents hope. She shows that we can all shine in our own way.
There is one photo where my friend is sitting next to a wall. I took this photo to show
the confusion and noise that happens in my community and that through all of it a
clear path is there if you need it. To me, this photo represents a brighter tomorrow
because it shows that it only takes one person to make a difference in the world. So no
matter how small a difference you make, your voice can still be heard.
-Stanley
16
11. Stanley
I see a painting of a boy and his friends having fun, with kids that are telling a story. It shows that even though there
are problems in the world, kids still have fun in the same way. Its here because a person got permission to paint how
he feels on the wall. I can enjoy it until it goes away.
- Stanley
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12. Safy
A Glimmer of Hope
This is a picture of the Black Creek Community Health Centre, which is a nonprofit service agency in my
neighborhood. Centre’s such as BCCHC offer programs and services free of charge to a lot of marginalized
residents in the neighborhood, who would not otherwise be able to access such services.
- Safy
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13. Collage by: Brian
My Neighborhood
This is a picture of my neighborhood. The life that is happening in my neighborhood is built up by its people. We live in it
so we must try to keep it. People think we can’t build up our neighborhood and we try to prove them wrong and show that
we can build up and be strong. We must continue to build and try to keep our neighborhood safe.
- Brian
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