Katherine Govier and Starting Point

Shoe Project: Essentially, they’re baring their souls through their soles, according to Toronto Star. Shoes are a starting point, a doorway, said project founder and award-winning author Katherine Govier, whose students write about what they left behind and their new dreams here. But for the participants of The Shoe Project, a writing workshop for immigrant women, shoes help tell their personal stories of migration. Among the aspiring writers in the latest graduating class are some who hail from countries competing in Toronto upcoming Pan Am Games. Wearing them, she says, made her feel part of the student community. These are some of the writers and brief excerpts from their stories.FROM URUGUAY WITH HOPES AND DREAMS Bernard Weil/Toronto Star Natalia Rodriguez Bussi bought these chunky shoes in her native Uruguay. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.