Contact Dr. Superle if you’d like to run a pilot and/or host a museum.
Dress For Your Rights!
Dress for Your Rights! A Rights-based Literary Program for Sustainable Fashion
Developed by Dr. Michelle Superle: Associate Professor, UFV English department; Research Associate, UFV Food and Agriculture Institute
GOAL
To empower children to become involved in and advocate for sustainable fashion by developing and/or participating in sustainable fashion practices.
RELEVANCE
The fashion industry causes some of the most extensive environmental degradation and human rights violations on earth. But! The good news is that there are many easy changes we can adopt to respect the earth and its people while remaining gorgeously fashionable.
The connections students will develop in the Dress for Your Rights! program link with 8 of the 9 First People’s Principles of Learning, as well as all 3 of the B.C. curriculum Core Competencies (Communication, Thinking, and Personal/Social).
APPLICABILITY
Dress for Your Rights! can be adapted and customized for any age/grade level (including senior secondary), socioeconomic group, or/or demographic profile—including specialized resource material to support Indigenizing initiatives.
The Dress for Your Rights!
YouTube Playlist
Dress For Your Rights!
Dress For Your Rights!
“What happened when we all stopped” narrated by Jane Goodall
The History of Fabric Is the History of Civilization
World Ideas in Sustainable Textiles
Ancient Egyptian fashion I Curator's Corner S5 Ep3 #CuratorsCorner
Dress for Your Rights! Expressive Arts Contest - WINNERS!
University of the Fraser Valley
1st place written category: Heather Roach's creative essay
1st place visual art category: Cobi Timmermans' "Passion for Thrifted Fashion"
1st place wildcard category: Heather Murray's "Let Them Out"
2nd place written category: Emily Neudorf's "The Effects of Neglect"
2nd place visual art category: Emilie Petrie's Skirt & Shirt
3rd place written category: Leighton Demsky's "Bargain Bin"
3rd place visual art category: Susannah White's "Monumental Rip 1 & 2" and "Paper Bag"
Kindergarten - Grade 8
1st place visual art category: Grace Huangfu "Untitled"
1st place box of sox category: Yarrow Girl Guide United "Sock Tree"
Grades 9 - 12
1st place visual art category: TIE BETWEEN Jae Ross "Untitled" & Xauni de Figueroa "Untitled"
2nd place visual art category: Simone Tran "A Peek into my Life"
QUESTIONS? Email us at dressforyourrights@gmail.com