Hello and welcome to this blog post! This is a reflection on the content displayed in the Spring Exhibition, and my presentation to go along with it. In both of my PLP classes, Humanites and BCFP, I created a final product to display at the exhibition.

In BCFP we were tasked with choosing a sub-unit that we found most interesting in our learning. I decided to dive deeper into the topic of “Acknowledging Rights”. I created a pitch form to show my idea of how I could answer the driving question of “What can I give back, even if only in a small way, to be a part of reconciliation?”. To answer the driving question we needed to create an artifact and a supporting piece of evidence to display our point. 

I feel like I used agency in this brainstorming aspect of this project through creating not only a pitch form, but a visual draft of my idea. In creating my idea I wanted to continue previous learning styles from this course. We have done lots of learning of the Smart Brevity format, so I wanted carry this through into my Exhibition idea. I decided to do this through making a “Smart Brevity Wheel” to categories my story of acknowledging indigenous rights. 

In creating these animations I showed a lot of engagement with my learning through creating what I believe to be a high quality work with lots of effort clearly displayed throughout it. To contribute with reconciliation I recorded peoples answer to the associated questions.

Based on these question I’ve came to the result that detail in indgenous history and culture isn’t very familiar with people. For example a question was a “what campaign would you most likely support?”. A common response to this was “Orange Shirt day”. I am glads that people are supporting this cause, but it made me have the realization that most people don’t expand their knowledge on indgenous campaigns. In doing my exhibition presentation I think I was able to inform people, and promote them to start thinking of new ways to acknowledge rights. 

In the humanities side of this Exhibition I was tasked with creating a product based on an up-stander. It was also important to merge BCFP with humanities. To do this I teamed up with Dana and found a common theme of rights within our products. We decided to create a multi-modal box display that uses tray to unravel layers to, our upstander, Leymah Gbowee’s story. 

We established a narrative to link the three projects: an animation, a walking tour, and a box. My animation served as the foundation, highlighting the importance of standing up for one’s rights. Leymah Gbowee’s story exemplifies the power of individuals advocating for their rights, while Dana’s walking tour represents the culmination of a struggle for justice.

In reflection, I think I personally was able to effectively engage with the audience to showcase my product. I was also able to answer the driving question of “What can I give back, even if only in a small way, to be a part of reconciliation?”, through providing engaging  insights through simplistic storytelling to inform people, doing the action of acknowledging rights. 

Thank you for reading this post! Feel free to read more of my grade 11 experience throughout my blog!

Alicia 🙂