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The Labrador Friendship Centre’s SHIELD Project partnered with Pinnguaq to hosted an exciting event on Oct. 23 & 24, 2021- Make Your Own Video Game Weekend at the Lawrence O’Brien Arts Centre in HVGB!

 

Pinnguaq works alongside rural, remote, Indigenous & other communities, to support the development of STEAM skills through innovative technology, art & play.

Youth who attended this event created video games that included themes about sexual health, harm reduction, and relationships.

 

 

Thank you to everyone who supported & attended this awesome event!

The SHIELD Project team was thrilled to join the weekend Community Youth Network Retreat held in the Labrador Straits on Oct 16-17, 2021!

 

Three youth groups (Port Hope Simpson, L’anse au Loup, & Flowers Cove) had so much fun, took in great presentations & jumped right into our performance arts based workshop that focused on sexual health, relationships & harm reduction.

Youth flexed their creative muscles when they broke into groups to plan and perform skits in two activities facilitated by SHIELD. In our second activity, they performed wordlessly so peers could guess the prompt behind their silent story!

We made space for curiosity through a tried and true snowball activity, where sexual health and relationship questions are written down and crumpled up on paper. We’ll answer any question and no one knows who asks which question, because they all become mixed in a paper snowball fight.

Of course, the wonderfully adventurous weekend wasn’t complete until we wrapped up with condom demonstrations, and had participants practice wrapping with external condoms and wooden models.

We’re so grateful that we were invited by CYN to participate in their retreat and take time to talk about sexual health, relationships and harm reduction!

Big thanks to the youth & organizers for this awesome weekend!

We were so glad to get the chance to hang out and make art with some lovely folks from the NunatuKavut Youth Community Engagement Project on September 20, 2021.

NYCEP staff reached out to set up this Sexual Health and Art session with the SHIELD Project during a trip to Goose Bay.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We painted, shared an Inuit story with us and of course we talked about sex and healthy relationships.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you Nikita and Wanda Lee, Community Youth Coordinators with NCC for reaching out to us while in Goose Bay to plan this event. We had great conversations and a wonderful time hosting this session.

Timiga Ikumajaq, My Body the Light Within was a partnership event hosted by Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre, Nunatsiavut DHSD and the SHIELD Project in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Nunatsiavut DHSD arranged facilitator training by the QHRC team on September 15 and 16 in their performing arts, visual arts, and storytelling workshop for a team of Labradorians. Nunatsiavut, QHRC and SHIELD Project staff then worked together to offer an evening workshop on September 16 2021.

Our group got to know one other through some icebreakers before jumping in to a body mapping exercise to explore sense of self and direction.

Youth were also gifted Inuit books and stories from a selection provided by Nunatsiavut DHSD!

The night ended with an introduction to and interactive performance of Uaajeerneq with youth participants. This Greenlandic mask dance is one of the oldest dramatic art expressions among Inuit in Greenland and focuses on elements of fear, humor and sexuality.

We are hugely grateful to have been part of this event. Thank you to everyone who attended and facilitated.