About Our World
Since 2006, Our World has collaborated with remote First Nation, Métis and Inuit communities across Canada.
The mandate of Our World is to partner with communities to provide access to media arts training as a means of empowerment through artistic & cultural expression, and to integrate First Nation, Métis and Inuit languages and culture into films as a way to heal the past, claim the present and move forward into the future with pride of identity. While the focus is on sparking interest in media-making with youth, Our World also welcomes adults and elders to participate.
Our World encourages individuals to make their own unique films and audio pieces in an intimate and unintimidating setting. The Our World commitment is to return multiple times to the same communities, building on skills, encouraging the continuation of media making and storytelling, and inspiring a new generation of artists. Our World completed projects are submitted to film, media and audio festivals around the world to ensure the widest possible presentation of these unique works.
Our World involves professional media-makers with diverse backgrounds who are interested in contributing to reconciliation in an artful way.
Since 2013 Reel to Real Celebration of Moving Images for Youth Society has joined forced with Our World. This has enhanced our ability to combine resources and reach more communities. Our World now offers workshops to students in both elementary and secondary schools in each community.
COOL FACT:
"Supernatural Tornado" is an animation created by Perry Erickson at Our World's first workshop in Bella Coola in 2006.
In 2008, The NFB paid to use Perry's great design as the The Our World logo
Kristy and Ts'inni Stephen working together closely to translate her personal story into the Haida language.
Our Word is produced with the generous support of:
Hailika’as Heiltsuk Health Centre, Vuntut Gwitchin Government, Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nations, First People’s Storytelling Exchange, Temagami First Nation, Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth, TELEFILM Canada, BC Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts and the National Film Board of Canada.
