Indigenous People and New Media Roundtable

Picturing Ourselves: Video as a Tool for Defining Community

Organized in cooperation with the National Film Board of Canada and
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)

This roundtable discussion will focus on three key issues related to ndigenous
urban communities: community inclusion and cohesion, social and political action, and sustainability of media as a vehicle for supporting community identity and change. The session will address the following questions: How can media reflect the social, political and economic realities of a community in a way that supports social inclusion and cohesion? How can the development, production and release of videos give voice to communities, raise awareness of decision-makers and be a catalyst for broader social and political change? And how can a “community of interest” in advancing media as a community development and change agent be sustained globally? Through case studies of Indigenous communities, participants will leave with an understanding of how media/film can affirm, define and support community identity and change.

Co-chairs:

• Tom Perlmutter, Director General, English Program, National Film Board of Canada
• Fred Caron, Assistant Deputy Minister, Offi ce of the Federal Interlocuter for Metis and Non-Status Indians, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada(INAC), Government of Canada

Moderator:

• Monika Ille, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Canada