Since 2020, Skills for Change’s Spotlight Series has acted as a change evangelist in initiating more open discussions around socio-economic barriers that have plagued our societies, especially the racialized and marginalized communities.

As we start 2022 with a hope to serve more people and communities in need, we are ecstatic to collaborate with the Hot Docs' Citizen Minutes Project for hosting this year’s first Spotlight Series in a unique format. Hot Docs is not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing and celebrating the art of documentary and creating production opportunities for documentary filmmakers

For this Spotlight Series, we will host 5 different sessions, featuring 6 short Hot Docs Citizen Minutes documentaries on different social themes focusing on barriers faced by racialized and marginalized communities followed by an interesting panel discussion with the filmmakers, the real-life heroes inspiring these documentaries and community organizations.

Our second session will be centered around the short film 'Body Politics' with Dr. Jill Andrew, MPP for Toronto-St. Paul's that focuses on her fight for body justice, to the legislature as the first queer Black person elected to provincial parliament. Jill & filmmaker/narrator Aisha Fairclough will be in attendance for a discussion on the film with our CEO Surranna Sandy.

Dr. Jill Andrews, MPP for Toronto-St.-Paul's

Aisha Fairclough, Filmmaker/Narrator

Surranna Sandy, CEO of Skills for Change