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Toronto 2021

L.R.A. Shoes

Truth and Reconciliation (+Video)
L.R.A.

Maggie Duan Shoes

The Sneakers That Brought Me Down to Earth (+Video)
Maggie Lijun Duan

Reyhan Ceylan Shoes1

The Holes in My Shoes (+Video)
Reyhan Ozceylan

Serap Tezgel Shoes

Stepping High in My Cowboy Boots (+Video)
Serap Tezgel

Mojgan Zarif

My True Colours
Mojgan

Maya Kabbani Shoes

My Navy Sneakers (+Video)
Maya Kabbani

Camila Uriona Shoes

My Moccasin-Style Slippers (+Video)
Camila Uriona

Sosina Ashenafi

My Dad’s Black Shoes and Me
Sosina Ashenafi

Iryna Bondaruk

Digging My Heels In (+Video)
Iryna Bondaruk

Halifax 2020

Bittersweet in Slip-Ons-Anam Kidwai_#235

Bittersweet in Slip-Ons
Anam Kidwai

Coming Home_Arta Rexhelp_#236

Coming Home
Arta Rexhepi

Dice_Olena Lugova_#237

Dice
Olena Lugova

From Guilt to Gratitude_Geervani Gangaraju_#238

From Guilt to Gratitude
Geervani Gangaraju

Just Go With the Flow!_Sadiya Farzeen_#240

Just Go With the Flow!
Sadiya Farzeen

New Shoes, Ancient Traditions_Diana Hu_#241

New Shoes, Ancient Traditions
Diana Hu

Red Looks Good on the Snow_penny Pei_#242

Red Looks Good on the Snow
Penny Pei

Shaminu and Her Travelling Shoes_Shaminu Netonze_#243

Shaminu and Her Travelling Shoes
Shamimu Netonze

Shoes With a Red Heart_Truc Nguyen_#244

Shoes With a Red Heart
Truc Nguyen

The Boots Are Made for Changing Lives_Victoria Shulga_#245

The Boots are Made for Changing New Lives
Victoria Shulga

The Shoes of Childhood_Atinuke Adeoye_#246

The Shoes of Childhood
Atinuke Adeoye

Toronto 2020

Heels in My Life_Vathsala Aswathaman_#224

Heels in My Life (+Video)
Vathsala Aswathaman

History Shoes_Maya Kabbani_#225

History Shoes
Maya Kabbani

Hit Your Heels_Elif Derin_#226

Hit Your Heels
Elif Derin

In My Softer Shoes_Rhoda Akuol Philip_#227

In My Softer Shoes
Rhoda Akuol Philip

In Salmon's Shoes_Gurpreet Nain_#229

In Salmon’s Shoes (+Video)
Gurpreet Nain

#228

In the Flow
Irina Umnova

My Bata Slippers - Ambika (3)

My Bata Slippers (+Video)
Ambika Thambu

My Boots Hurt Me_Rana Demir_#231

My Boots Hurt Me
Rana Demir

My Congo Shoes_Sosina Ashenafi_#232

My Congo Shoes
Sosina Ashenafi

My Most Annoying Shoes_Stacy Ko_#233

My Most Annoying Shoes
Stacy Ko

Calgary 2020

Ana

Butterflies of Love
Ana Valenzuela

Chihyun

Home Sweet Home
Chihyun Choe

Smitha

My Big Pink Hat
Smitha Rose Varghese

Levia

My Borrowed Hat
Levia Quequezana

Seran

My Educated Head Scarf
Seran Celik

Aya (2)

My Hooded Homeland Jacket
Aya Mhana

Sinthia

Rainbow Head Scarf
Sinthia Zaman

Nelli-2

Snow at the Border
Nelli Antepli

Benia

The Blackfly Hat
Benia Szewczyk-Lagowska

Roxana

The Click that Changed My Life
Roxana Goerlitz

Sanaa (1)

Virtual Dreams
Sanaa Al-Khannaq

Vancouver 2020

Copy of Iman

A Happy Birthday (+Video)
Iman Al-Jarsha

Valentina Diaz

Beneath the Surface (+Video)
Valentina Ernst-Diaz

Copy of Deepa

Birds Born in Cages
Deepa Luitel

Copy of Lidiane

My Mother and Grandmother Walk with Me (+Video)
Lidiane Aparecida Dias Barreta

Copy of Shaima

My Shoes Left Behind (+Video)
Shaima Badry

Copy of Mona-1

The Journey from my Motherland to Motherhood
Mona Fayazbakhsh

Copy of Jing

The Old Friends I Had (+Video)
Jing Cheng

Copy of Maribeth

When Life Gives You Lemons, Sell them and Buy Shoes
Maribeth Monato

Copy of Sayli

Your Boots Don’t Make You
Sayli Chiragabdalova

Toronto 2019

Brown Boots_Kiden Jonathan_#190 (2)

Brown Boots
Kiden Jonathan

circle of life - rana demir

Circle of Life
Rana Demir

Hometown Across the Ocean_Wei Tao Bethune_#192

Hometown Across the Ocean
Wei Tao Bethune

My Butterfly Shoes_Kristina Pandilovska_#193

My Butterfly Shoes
Kristina Pandilovska

My Old-Friend Shoes_Umut Duygu Ozenel_#194

My Old-Friend Shoes
Umut Duygu Uzunel

New Shoes Eventually Stretch Out_Natalia Rodriguez_#196

New Shoes Eventually Stretch Out
Natalia Rodriguez

My Red Blundstones_Camila Uriona

My Red Blundstones
Camila Uriona

Nubuck Winter Boots_Fatima Dzhigkaeva_#197

Nubuck Leather Boots
Fatima Dzhigkaeva

Qib Qbs_Maya Kabbani_#199

Qib Qbs
Maya Kabbani

These Boots Are Made for Walking in the Snow_Yannis Lobaina_#200

These Boots Are Made for Walking in the Snow
Yannis Lobaina

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