The Shoe Project 2027

Are you a refugee or immigrant woman and a newcomer to Edmonton?

Join “The Shoe Project,” a free program to empower women by sharing their stories of coming to Canada. You can collaborate with theatre professionals to write your story based on a pair of shoes. Once completed, the stories will be presented at a public performance during SkirtsAfire Festival in March 2027.

If this resonates with you, please reach out to Nancy Kirugi at nancy-shoeproject@skirtsafire.com

The application deadline is August 31, 2026

The Shoe Project’s mission is to advance education by providing programs, courses, workshops and seminars to immigrant and refugee women to develop their written and oral skills, as well as their leadership skills. For information on last year’s project and participants, click here.

Thank you to The Shoe Project for their guidance and contributions towards the Edmonton chapter of this initiative and to YWCA Edmonton for continuing the journey.

SkirtsAfire is producing The Shoe Project in March 2027, in partnership with YWCA Edmonton. SkirtsAfire acknowledges Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre for being the first organization to bring the Edmonton initiative of “The Shoe Project” to fruition in 2021.