Trailblazer Award Winner: Rowena Huang Student RGD

Innovate to Educate

In 2011, the UN declared that October 11th would be the International Day of the Girl Child, a day dedicated to addressing the unique challenges girls face. This year, the proposed theme for IDG is “Innovate to Educate”. As of 2023, 129 million girls are denied the human right to education. In response to these disheartening statistics, the initiative was to create a website specifically for IDG 2024. In accordance with the theme, the website serves as an educational source for girls’ education globally, includes information on IDG’s purpose and goals and is a central ground for events and initiatives.

Educator support: Michael Cober

 

Time of Death: 165

Time of Death: 165 is a motion graphic video comparing the timeline of Canadian history with Residential School history. Its purpose is to provide a more tangible connection to the history of Residential Schools, as it is able to show the length of time in which they took place paralleled with the seemingly positive growth of the country. Through the intentional selection of events, the video aims to help viewers put into context the severe juxtaposition and impact of this horror. 

 

Touch of Culture Dress Box

Himikalas Pam Baker is a fashion designer, artist and entrepreneur of the Squamish, Kwakiutl, Tlingit and Haida First Nations. Owner of Touch of Culture Legends Designs, her fashion features art inspired by her history. Aiming for a luxurious, sleek aesthetic, the packaging design uses the art pattern as a subtle, glossy emboss on the box. The sophisticated style of design also appears in the typography style, making refined use of white space and subtle type. The design includes the box exterior and interior, as well as two dress tags, a card about the artist and a tissue sleeve.

Educator support: John Belisle