Jenny Yujia Shi 施雨迦 is a Chinese Canadian visual artist and animation filmmaker based in Kjipuktuk. Growing up in a historic neighbourhood in the heart of Beijing, Shi was immersed in intergenerational teachings, childhood mischief, and folklore of ghosts and spirits until an urban development project flattened their neighbourhood, displacing local residents and connections. In 2009, Shi began a fourteen-year immigration process transitioning from an international student to a Canadian citizen. From the moment Shi passed through the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) processing center at Toronto Pearson Airport, their lived experience became subject to various conditions, permissions, and restrictions. These parameters regulated Shi’s movements and activities within the country, shaping the opportunities they could access to establish a livelihood. Along with work experiences in community-based arts programming and administration, Shi continues to document and understand the impact of displacement and dislocation on individuals across generations and within communities. Most recently, as part of their Masters of Fine Arts studies at NSCAD University, Shi is revisiting their personal immigration archive and childhood folklore to examine place, memory and agency in the context of border crossing and migration.