Documentary – “Pandemic Pastimes”

The documentary creators, Tre Jijian, Lenny Shpolanski, and Chelsey Whitmore set out to answer the question, “how has the pandemic influenced students at Rivserside Secondary School to learn a new instrument.” We presented our findings through our mainly interview-based documentary titled, “Pandemic Pastimes.” We found members of the schools’ music department to interview and gain…

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Indigenous Podcast – “Uncovering Canada”

In this episode of our podcast, Uncovering Canada, we discuss the experience of an Indigenous residential school survivor. We tell the story of Patricia Lewis, an Eskasoni First Nations woman who attended Shubenacadie Residential School in Nova Scotia. Tens of thousands of Indigenous children were forced to attend residential schools across Canada and lose their…

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