Crafting Change Through Natural Dye-Making
The Youth Climate Collective (YCC) is a space for Toronto-based youth to explore the intersection of art and activism and the role of creativity in tackling the climate crisis.
In this hands-on program, participants have foraged and identified plants used for dyeing, created and used natural dyes and weaving looms, and engaged in group discussions on climate change and activism. See the completed works that the participants have been working on!
Learn more about the program HERE.
Exhibition Details
Exhibition Run: Opening July 17th and on all Summer!
Days & Times: Mondays – Thursdays, 11AM-6PM
Location: 2422 Lake Shore Blvd. W., Etobicoke
Accessibility: Please note, our Community Project Space is located on the first floor of a building with 3 stairs at the entrance, and a non-automatic door. Our bathrooms are located in a basement only accessible by stairs.
Questions? feel free to contact Revital Weiss, Programs Manager at CommunityPrograms@LakeshoreArts.ca.
For more information about the research project, please contact the facilitator, Hannah Kujundzic, at hannah.kujundzic.23@ucl.ac.uk.
About the Facilitators
Hannah Kujundzic (she/her) is a researcher and climate activist currently based in Tkaronto/Toronto. She is a SSHRC fellow and doctoral student at the Social Research Institute at University College London in London, UK, with a focus in Social Psychology. Her work focuses on youth climate activism, climate care, and creative resistance, by exploring how young people engage with climate justice through activism and everyday practices.
This program, Crafting Change Through Natural Dye-Making, is part of her ongoing research on climate activism as a form of caretaking – of land, communities, and each other. Through interviews, group discussions and natural dye workshops, she aims to bridge creative research and climate activism in a way that is participatory, accessible, and meaningful to highlight the ideas, experiences, and imaginations of young climate activists.
Courtney Wynne (They/Them/She/Her) holds many co-existing and intersecting identities. Courtney identifies as Afro-Indigenous; Ojibwe and Moose Cree from their maternal side, and East African from their paternal side. Courtney also identifies as a queer female and is currently embracing their youth. They find beauty and pride in their identities, which inform their communities. Having been supported by community growing up, Courtney is committed to reciprocating that care.
