The National Screen Institute (NSI) was joined by a group of alumnus and industry stakeholders to celebrate the 20th anniversary of of the CBC New Indigenous Voices program.
Held at the West End Cultural Centre in Winnipeg on Sept. 10, the event opened with a prayer from Elder Colin Mousseau and remarks from NSI executive director Christine Kleckner.
Among the attendees were board member and alum Melanie Nepinak Hadley, who emceed the event; program creator Lisa Meeches and co-creator Vanessa Loewen; Glen Simard, Manitoba’s minister of sport, culture, heritage and tourism; Melanie Verhaeghe, managing editor at CBC Manitoba; and Marileen Bartlett, executive director of the Centre for Aboriginal Human Resource Development.
Photos by Home Street Productions
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Maryam Decter (On Screen Manitoba), Iriny Shenoda (Manitoba Film & Music), Veronica Dyck (Province of Manitoba)
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Jessica Gibson (National Screen Institute staff), Melanie Nepinak Hadley (program alum, National Screen Institute board member, Warner Bros. Discovery Access Canada), Christine Kleckner (National Screen Institute executive director), Abiola Agbayewa (National Screen Institute staff)
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Guest, Viola Cameron (program alum)
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Morgan Grace Ginther and Keith Ginther (both, Morgan Grace Music)
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Colin Mousseau (Elder, Knowledge Keeper)
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Erica Daniels (program advisor; program alum), Tanya Brunel (alum)
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Hon. Glen Simard (Manitoba Minister of Sport, Culture, Heritage and Tourism)
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Vanessa Loewen (program co-founder, alum), Lisa Meeches (program co-founder, alum)
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Lisa Meeches
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Kane Wood, Matthew Shoup (both program alum)
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Overhead crowd shot
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Kaya Wheeler (former program manager, Indigenous Screen Office), Jordan Wheeler (program associate faculty)
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Grace Bruinooge (program coordinator), Madison McLean (National Screen Institute staff), Sarah Simpson-Yellowquill (program manager)