Qwisun has facilitated workshops on a variety of topics, including, but not limited to: sexual health and wellness, systems change, anti-racism, zineing, self- and community-care, and curriculum and pedagogy.
WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOPS
Douglas College | The Government of British Columbia | United Way | 2023
BC Menstrual Equity Symposium
This symposium provided attendees with a space to develop and support advocacy strategies, share initiatives that the government and private sector can adopt, and learn community-based and culturally aware approaches to destigmatize menstruation.
Kamloops Art Gallery | 2023
Re-imagining self-care workshop series
This workshop provided youth participants with an opportunity to share in the joys of exploration, imagination, and inspiration to expand beyond the typical definitions of self-care. Youth learned about (and created) Zines as a form of care; a unique way to use their voice; and an opportunity for knowledge sharing and community connection.
Cultivating growth and solidarity: An anti-racism workshop
Carleton University Art Gallery | 2021
In this workshop, co-facilitators Qwisun Yoon-Potkins and Macayla Yan led discussions through prompts in their zine, “Cultivating Growth and Solidarity: An Anti-Racism Zine for Asian Youth (and Adults Too!),” focusing on self-location and envisioning a new world and different ways of being in relationship and community with one another.
Jin-Me Yoon & The Vancouver Art Gallery | 2021
Pacific Flyways
This workshop supplemented the work of artist Jin-Me Yoon, whose Pacific Flyways installation explores interconnections between identity, history, nature, and more. Through this workshop, participants focused on how intergenerational memories of colonialism are carried in the body and discussed ongoing colonialism in Canada.
Scale Your Impact: Intro to Systems Change
Collingwood Neighbourhood House | 2021
Through this workshop, participants learned about what systems change is and why it is important, explored tools to map the systems they (we) are part of, and practiced applying systems thinking to issues in the community.