J oin this CMS Migration & Indigeneity Research Group event in conversation with Dr. Jules A rita Koostachin!
Bio: Born in Moose Factory Onta rio\, Jules was raised by her Cree speaking grandparents in Moosonee\, and also with her mother in Ottawa\, a warrior of the Residential school system . Jules is a band member of Attawapiskat First Nation\, the Ancestral lands of the MoshKeKo AsKi InNiNeWak. She resides in Vancouver with her family. She completed her PhD with GRS J at UBC\, her research MooNaHaTihKaaSiWew: Unearthing Spirit focuses on Indigenous documentary methodologies. In 2010\, she completed he r masters at Ryerson University in Documentary Media where she was awarded the Award of Distinction for her thesis work\, as well as the Graduate Ryer son Gold Medal for highest academic achievement. While in graduate school\, she produced her first feature documentary film Remembering Inninimowi n regarding her journey of remembering Cree. After graduation\, Jules was one of six women selected for the Women in the Directors Chair program\ , where she directed a scene from her award-winning feature script Brok en Angel. Her script was also selected for the TIFF's filmmaker lab\, as well as the Whistler's Screenwriting lab where she worked with story edi tor/screenwriter Dennis Foon.
Jules wa s the Indigenous Storyteller in Residence with the Vancouver Public Library where she further developed her poetry\, and soon after\, Unearthing S ecrets\, Gathering Truths (2018) was published with Kegedonce Press. J ules is currently writing her novel Moccasin Souls. She carries ex tensive knowledge working in Indigenous community in several different capa cities and these community experiences feed her arts practice.
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