In this post of Moments in History the chapter in the book focuses on war, and ways of life around the world.
Canada, being a first world country is often over looked and is strongly assosicated with themes of peace, a good health care system, polar bears and bacon.
However many Canadian’s struggle are over looked, invisable and often forgotten.
The photographs that I have taken reflect the quiet struggles that Canadians face that are often over looked, forgotten or not seen as “important” for whatever reason.
Many people in Canada I find, will be preoccupied with helping third world countries, forgetting or even ignoring Canada’s own poor, homeless, and other social issues such as racial tensions, homophobia etc.
Though I would have to say I did grow up in a comfortable environment, I cannot ignore the many Canadians who struggle from day to day. Many will blame the government’s lack of effort in these social problems, however is it really the government? Are we ourselves not doing enough? How far must we rely on the government to fix our own social issues?
Canadians tend not to be very loud. I guess it comes with the good and the bad. I decided to show how we ourselves are struggling with our own social issues war by posting photographs and images of flyers calling out to stop the war of racism, sexism, homophobia and even lend a hand in the battle against personal struggles such as suicide.
The reason why I chose the university is because a university is a joining place of many minds who have come to learn at one place. It is a place to discuss, and since it is highly multicultural I found it is the perfect place to look at these different types of issues and personal struggles that all people must face together.
It is not just to show you posters and flyers I found around the campus but to really make you think about these issues, and reflect on whether we are doing enough, and also reflect on our influence abroad.
Due to storage problems (I have reached the max. 300 mb limit) Please refer to this flicker page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/75662037@N08/
These are just my thoughts though. What are yours?