Meet Your 2024 Black History Creative Contest Winners

Empowering our Community through Creativity

In honour of Black History Month 2024, the Sheridan community came together to reflect on our theme of “Finding Home: Belonging and Community”. We hosted a variety of event and engagements and even used it was a prompt for our 2024 Black History Month Creative Reflection Contest. This annual contest created by the Black Excellence Committee offers students from all artistic levels and interests the freedom to reflect on the diversity the lies within Black experiences.

Last year, we celebrated 5 powerful reflections that were showcased in the Student Showcase at our Trafalgar campus. This year, we are excited to announce 8 students received up to $750 for their creative submissions in the 2024 Black History Creative Reflection Contest.

As your Student Union, we are committed to empowering students through creative opportunities, providing unique opportunities for financial support and celebrating you!

Please join us in congratulating our 2024 Black History Month Creative Reflection Contest Winners:     

Creative Writing Category

1st place Winner: Elisa Ishimwe ‘A Proud African Spirit’
Anyah Douse - ‘Where Is Home’
Lekan Olasina - ‘Birth. Ancestry. Home.’

Visual Arts Category

1st place Winner: Abigail Tekle-Michael ‘A Moment As One’
Alyssa Mahon - ‘Braids and Bobbles”
Anaum Shafi - ‘Food and Warmth’
Rubiat Fusigboye ‘With You I Am’

As we continue our commitment to create a sense of belonging and community at Sheridan, we encourage all community members to look at the award-winning submissions online. Each selection calls on the Sheridan community to find time to reflect, learn and create a more inclusive, supportive and safe environment for all. 

The 2024 Black History Month Creative Reflection Winners will soon find a home in our newly renovated space at Davis, The Den. Until then, visit thessu.ca/blackhistorymonth to learn more about our 2024 theme, resources and news.