The Shoe Project is a writing workshop that enables women new to Canada to share life stories based on their memorable shoes. The workshops, led by award-winning author Katherine Govier, are held at the Bata Shoe Museum in downtown Toronto.

 Katherine states on her website http://www.govier.com/shoe.htm    “We meet for eight weeks in spring and fall. We exchange stories of arrival, and the role shoes play in old and new lives. At the end of each session we have either a ‘Snapshot Exhibit’ or a performance…The Shoe Project tours, too! Our shoes have been exhibited at Bow Valley College in Calgary and Mohawk College in Hamilton.”

 Check out these titles, among many others: 

• In My Red High Heels
• My Valentino Shoes
• Democratic Shoes
• My Mother’s Working Shoes
• The Wind Beneath My Feet
• My Convocation Shoes
• My Great Grandmother: The Wartime Shoemaker
• Sand in My Shoes

 For more information write to:  shoeprojecttoronto@gmail.com