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HOLDING THE DOOR THE LEGACY LIES IN OUR HOME ON BEING A WOMAN A BEING ON LEGACY TO BE REMEMBERED BE TO THE PYRAMID WHAT MY FATHER BEGAN FATHER MY WHAT DANCE THE BRAVE FACE A LIFE’S WORK WHAT SHE WAS EPITAPH REWRITTEN JOURNEY TO ALONE SOMNAMBULIST THE IMPACT OF EMPATHY THANK YOU, MOM JUST CONVERSATIONS LEGACY THE SALT STORY DAUGHTERS OF WOMYN AN ANTHOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO’S UPROOTED WRITING CONTEST 2020 SURREAL REFLECTIONS ON A POSSIBLE LEGACY EXCERPTS FROM A WRITTEN ORAL HISTORY OF A YOUNG CONTENTS OF A JEWELLERY BOX QUEER WOMAN OF COLOUR, POSTERITY AS FOR TOLD LEGACY BY BEST HERSELF THE – EQUITY FOR ADVOCATING THE STUDENT AND THE GOOSE TO MY MOTHER BY ANY OTHER NAME DIVINE INTERVENTION LEGACY AS IT RELATES TO INTERSECTIONAL GENDER EQUITY SHATTERED LANCES SHATTERED WRITING HOLLY’S LEGACY HOLLY’S WRITING SAINT MARTINA DEAR SON THE “MASTERS” OF TYPING OF “MASTERS” THE TO MY FUTURE GRANDDAUGHTER DEAR ONARI DEAR HeForShe IMPACT 10x10x10 Framework The University of Waterloo is proud of its commitment and action to achieve gender equity. This commitment inspired the institution’s participation and leadership in the HeForShe IMPACT 10x10x10 framework almost five years ago. The Framework is comprised of 10 Heads of State, 10 global CEOs and 10 Universities, including the University of Waterloo. HeForShe is a worldwide movement that engages people of all ages to write, speak and act in the name of equity. In its sixth year, the movement continues to advocate for individuals who identify as women, and elevate the voices of those who experience historical and on-going marginalization. Working alongside allies of all genders, the movement has received over two million equity commitments, over 1.3 billion social media conversations, and seen over a thousand community events organized in its name. UN Women, the United Nations entity for gender equity and the empowerment of women, founded HeForShe in September 2014, and launched the initiative with the help of UN Women Global Ambassador Emma Watson and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. 2020 LEGACY HeForShe Writing Contest As part of our commitment to the HeForShe Impact 10x10x10 framework, the University of Waterloo proudly presents its fourth and final HeForShe Writing Contest Anthology. Our four anthologies have featured creative non-fiction, fiction and poetry that challenges, inspires and moves readers to engage thoughtfully about issues of gender equity, how we have advanced and where challenges still remain. In 2017 writers asked us to move through reflection into action and in 2018, readers considered the complex ways that race, gender, age, faith, culture and ability intersect. The third Anthology focused on the theme of allies, highlighting the importance of collaboration and the opportunities that emerge to end systemic gender inequity. It seemed fitting that in 2020, for the final Anthology edition, we invite students, faculty, staff, and alumni to share their ideas, expressions and visions on the theme of LEGACY as it relates to intersectional gender equity through creative non-fiction, fiction, and poetry. We received a record number of submissions for this final Anthology. Writers considered how the idea of legacy brings us here, to this moment. They explored how choices today impact generations to come, connecting us to one another across time and space. Writers reflected on cultural and family legacies and the complex ways that these continue to impact their lives and shape their future. The submissions received for this final Anthology, like the ones that came before, are as diverse as the writers themselves. Each unique in their story, perspective and experience. Thank you to each writer who made such extraordinary contributions, creating a legacy of their own. You have created opportunities for dialogue, reflection and, importantly, action to end gender inequity. The 2020 HeForShe Writing Contest and Anthology are presented by the Writing and Communication Centre and the W Store Course Materials + Supplies in support of the HeForShe 10x10x10 IMPACT framework. writing centre PRINTING DESIGN Courtesy of W Print Creative Services University of Waterloo University of Waterloo Copyright © 2020 University of Waterloo. Copyright of individual works is maintained by the respective writers. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or in any means – by electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise – without prior written permission. 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The University of Waterloo is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations that includes ten kilometers on each side of the Grand River. 2 | University of Waterloo LEGACY Table of Contents HeForShe Writing Contest Information ................................... 4 “To My Future Granddaughter” by Alayna Wallace ................ 57 Acknowledgement of Judges ...................................................... 5 “Dance” by Julianna Suderman ................................................. 59 Introductory remarks by “To Be Remembered” by Edmond Hu ...................................... 60 President Feridun Hamdullahpur ............................................. 6 “Daughters of Womyn” by Stephanie Shokof ......................... 61 CREATIVE NON-FICTION SELECTED SUBMISSIONS “To My Mother” by a .................................................................. 63 “Contents of a Jewellery Box” by Anonymous “Journey to Alone” by Emily Carlson ....................................... 65 Creative Non-Fiction Winner ....................................................... 11 “Excerpts from a Written Oral History of a Young “Surreal Refections on a Possible Legacy” by Anonymous ....15 Queer Woman of Colour, as Told by Herself” by Sarasvathi Kannan ................................................................. 66 “Advocating for Equity – The Best Legacy for Posterity” by Joyceline Amoako .................................................................. 18 “What She Was” by Alayne Brisley ............................................ 69 “Dear Onari” by Ibelemari Kio ................................................. 22 “Legacy as it Relates to Intersectional Gender Equity” by Adeline Li ............................................................................... 70 “Holding the Door” by Sara Davis ............................................ 26 “Legacy” by Simrit Dhillon ........................................................ 71 Untitled by Vinny Neang ........................................................... 28 “Somnambulist” by Morteza Dehghani ................................... 72 Untitled by Lorena McNamara .................................................. 31 “Thank You, Mom” by Mahtab Dhaliwal ................................. 76 “The Legacy Lies in Our Home” by Scarlett Minshull ............ 34 “The Impact of Empathy” by Julia Cowderoy .......................... 37 FICTION SELECTED SUBMISSIONS “Divine Intervention” by Sarasvathi Kannan POETRY SELECTED SUBMISSIONS Fiction Winner ............................................................................. 80 “The Student and the Goose” by Sarasvathi Kannan “Shattered Lances” by Anna Whitehead Poetry Winner .............................................................................. 42 Honourable Mention .................................................................... 86 “Dear Son” by Anna Wang “The ‘Masters’ of Typing” by Nadia Formisano ........................ 98 Poetry Winner .............................................................................. 46 “The Pyramid” by Ruo Xuan An ............................................... 102 “The Brave Face” by Hardeep Begda ......................................... 48 “What My Father Began” by Mbabi Tema ................................ 103 “Uprooted” by Anonymous ....................................................... 50 “Epitaph Rewritten” by Phoenix Alison ................................... 106 “By Any Other Name” by Sarasvathi Kannan .......................... 52 “Saint Martina” by Emma Swarney ........................................... 110 “Writing Holly’s Legacy” by Emma Schuster ............................ 53 “Just Conversations” by Rae ....................................................... 118 “On Being a Woman” by Mawj Al-Hammadi ........................... 54 Untitled by Ziba .......................................................................... 112 “The Salt Story” by Kristen Fajardo .......................................... 55 “A Life’s Work” by Olivia Misasi ................................................ 126 Untitled by Anonymous ............................................................ 56 2020 HeForShe Writing Contest | 3 HeForShe Writing Contest The 2020 HeForShe Writing Contest and Anthology are presented by the Writing and Communication Centre and W Print in support of the HeForShe 10x10x10 IMPACT framework. Thank you to the following individuals for their contributions to the project: Dr. Feridun Hamdullahpur Jirina K. Poch President and Vice-Chancellor Writing and Multimodal Communication Specialist, Writing Dr. Diana Parry and Communication Centre Associate Vice-President Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion/ Monica Lynch HeForShe IMPACT