Diva Girls' Blog Post - March 11th (UofT Collaboration)

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Regent Park Focus is partnering with the Youth, Arts, and Engagement Program at the University of Toronto to produce a media product that is based on the community. This is the sixth session.

At the start of the session Aditi, the professor and coordinator of the collaboration gave a quick run through of what was to come during the next couple of weeks. The groups were then given time to work on their pieces, many choosing to go outside to film/take pictures. 

Then, an icebreaker game was conducted where everyone got into a circle and would pick someone to ask a question to, this person would then pick someone else and ask them a question, this would continue until someone froze or repeated a question already asked. Sumeya ended up the winner!


After the game, the UofT students and the girls continued working on their projects.
The groups came up with names, these being: The On Air Police, Remembering Regent, Social Fixers, Space Jammers, and the Legacy Leavers.

 The On Air Police will be working on podcasts, the first will be about Gang Violence and Rap Culture, this group will be contacting rappers to  be part of the podcast to talk about the rise of gang violence in the community.

Remembering Regent will be working on a zine that focuses on the redevelopment of Regent Park.

Social Fixers will be working on a timeline of events that happened in the span of Samira's life so far.

Space Jammers will be working on a parody commercial that focuses on the revitalization project.






Amna Quaid Azam

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