COMMUNITY-BASED DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVALS

 

Film festivals are tools for citizenship education and community building. I initiated, coordinated, and was the curator for 10 community-based documentary film festivals and 4 in academic conferences:

·             5 in Antigonish (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 - Antigonish International Film Festival www.antigonishfilmfest.org))

·             1 in Inverness (2009 Inverness Film Festival)

·             1 in Sydney (Spring 2009 Sydney International Film Festival) & advised on Fall 2009 Sydney Film Festival

·             3 in Peterborough (2005, 2006, 2007- Traveling World Community Film Festival)

In 2009, a grant from the Adult Learning Knowledge Centre/Canadian Council on Learning allowed me to organize 2 documentary film festivals in Inverness and Sydney, Cape Breton Island, which involved contacting local people and coordinating at a distance.

     

In Peterborough, I received the 2007 Peterborough Civic Award for Cultural Betterment for the 3 Traveling World Community Film Festivals I organized.

 

DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL - NOVA FEDERAL PRISON FOR WOMEN (TRURO)

 

Initiated and, with a small group, implemented a new educational activity that includes programming documentary films & discussions with inmates.

·         November 19, 2011

·         May 22, 2011

·         June 26, 2010

·         May 24, 2010

 

MINI DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVALS


I organized mini-film festivals for 4 academic conferences
:

·       2012 Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE), Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON.

·       2011 Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE) /Adult Education Research Conference (AERC) Joint Conference, OISE/UT, Toronto, ON.

·       2008 International Association for Community Development (IACD), Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

·       2005 Symposium Hidden Costs/Invisible Contributions of Elderly and Marginal Adults, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario

 

PUBLIC SCREENING OF FILMS

 

I have coordinated public screenings of films:

·         Surviving Progress. May 3, 2012. Co-sponsored by Sustainable Antigonish, Antigonish International Film Festival, Dept. Adult Education, and Nova Scotia Ministry of Communities, Culture, and Heritage.

 

·         Bullsh*t. April 24, 2012. Co-sponsored with Antigonish International Film Festival, Library, and Nova Scotia Ministry of Communities, Culture, and Heritage.

 

·         Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould. April 7, 2012. With Library and the Nova Scotia Ministry of Communities, Culture, and Heritage.

 

·         Radical Dreamer. March 2, 2012. With Library and the Nova Scotia Ministry of Communities, Culture, and Heritage.

 

·         How to Start a Revolution. February 3, 2012. With Library and the Nova Scotia Ministry of Communities, Culture, and Heritage.

 

·         Cave of Forgotten Dreams. January 6, 2012. With Library and the Nova Scotia Ministry of Communities, Culture, and Heritage.

 

·         Inside Job. April 4, 2011. Co-sponsors: Antigonish International Film Festival, Dept. of Adult Education, Dept. of Economics, Dept. of Political Science, Development Studies Program.

 

·         The 4th Revolution: Energy Autonomy. October. 7, 2010. With Antigonish Sustainable Development.

 

·         Beaver and Men’s Health Care Centre, October 2, 2010. Antigonight (Art event in a local park).

 

·         A sense of wonder: The life of Rachel Carson, Antigonish, May 19, 2009. In collaboration with community organizations.

·     Enemies of happiness, Antigonish, May 21, 2008. Screening in solidarity with the International Day of Action to support Malalai Joya, elected Member of Parliament, Afghanistan . In collaboration with community organizations.

·          Pangea Day, an international online live event, followed by discussion, Antigonish, April 21, 2008

·          The Journal of Knud Rasmussen in collaboration with Trent University Indigenous Studies, Peterborough, Ontario, January 10, 2007

·          The Road to Guantanamo with a coalition of Trent University and community organizations in Peterborough, Ontario, April 2006

·          Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price with a coalition of Trent University and community organizations in Peterborough, Ontario, November 2005

 

OTHER UNIVERSITY/COMMUNITY-BASED ACTIVITIES

 

·          Coordinated poetry readings in various departments and universities.

·          Initiated, designed, and led the transformation of a “creepy” space in the Department of Adult Education and Community Development at OISE/UT now called the Peace Lounge, a popular meeting space for faculty, staff, students, and community activists in Toronto.

·          Coordinated fundraising activities ($10,000) to support the family of a student from Sierra Leone in the midst of civil war.

·          Participated in the student association of the Department of Adult Education and Community Development at OISE/UT.

·          Involved with the speakers’ series and with the social committee of the department.

·          Hosted meetings for United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) in Nanaimo, BC, during the War in Iraq.

 

CANADA WORLD YOUTH CROSS-CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS

 

I was Program Coordinator for multi-national, multi-cultural teams of 50 people and I was responsible for educational planning, orientation of professional staff and participants, and leadership.

·         1998 Uruguay-Saskatchewan program

·         1994-1995 India-British Columbia

·         1993-1994 India-British Columbia

·         1990-1991 India-British Columbia

·         1989-1990 India-Alberta

·         1988-1989 India-Alberta (group leader of 16 people)

·         1987-1988 Thailand-British Columbia (group leader of 16 people)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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