INVINCIBLE is proud to announce the launch of an Indigenous youth in care storytelling project in a special issue of the International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies: https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/ijcyfs
Written and created by Indigenous youth in care
INVINCIBLE: Our Voices from Care
A storytelling project envisioned, written and created by Indigenous youth in care
INVINCIBLE is an arts-based storytelling project featuring the stories and artwork of Indigenous youth in care. It is truly a youth-led research project: the INVINCIBLE youth researchers imagined, designed, and created the stories and artwork featured in this special issue. The authors are members of the Youth Council, a council of Indigenous youth in care at Surrounded by Cedar Child and Family Services, on sovereign lək̓ʷəŋən homelands:
We created our stories and artwork from our personal lives as youth in care. Our goal is to share our voices with others, to create, teach, and learn together. Our stories are meant to inspire other Indigenous children and youth in care and let them know that they are not alone. We created stories such as graphic novels, poems, video stories, artwork about childhood memories, cultural stories, and first-hand journals of our experiences and the emotions we had in the foster care system. We hope you enjoy!
INVINCIBLE is also featured by Our Children Our Way Society for the 13th Annual BC Child and Youth in Care Week (June 3-9, 2024):
INVINCIBLE is part of Kinship Rising, a community-led research project based at the University of Victoria that is focused on restoring Indigenous practices of well-being through art and storytelling. For more information please visit: https://kinshiprising.uvic.ca or email us at kinshiprising@uvic.ca
