Reconciling truth through story reclamation

Simon Fraser University (SFU) linguistics and First Nations studies professor Marianne Ignace, her husband Chief Ronald Ignace, PhD and elders from their community – Skeetchestn in the Secwepemc Nation – took on a project to reclaim and teach their ancient stories in the Secwepemctsin language. One of the many First Nations ‘stsptekwll’ or oral traditions…

Dual projects for media duo

Kashif Pasta and Shyam Valera of Dunya Media have hit it big with their entry into Telus’ StoryHive entitled ‘Welcome to Surrey’. StoryHive is a community powered funding program for new content creators. The annual competition welcomes applicants from Alberta and B.C. to take part in creating their own web series. The winner in each…

Web Fest draws producers from around the globe

The Vancouver Web Fest, now on its third year, showcases creative web content from all over the world. On March 18, the three-day event will screen Canadian and international work from 16 different countries with a variety of workshops, talks and keynote speakers. The festival begins with a number of workshops taking place on Friday,…