Moderator: Tara Williamson

Tara Williamson is an Anishinaabe/Nehayow (Ojibwe/Cree) woman who is a member of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation and who grew up in Swan Lake, Manitoba. She is educated in the fields of social work, law, and Indigenous governance and has worked with and for Indigenous communities and organizations for the last 9 years. She is a full-time faculty member in the social service worker program at Fleming College and an Artistic Associate with the Ode'min Giizis Festival. She spends the rest of her time as a musician, composer, and writer.

Douglas Arrowsmith

Douglas Arrowsmith is a Canadian Gemini Award-winning director. He was honoured with the Gemini Award for a short documentary that he directed about Montreal singer Nikki Yanofsky.

His other work includes the award-winning Memory & Desire: 30 Years in the Wilderness with Stephen Duffy and The Lilac Time and Love Shines, about Canadian songwriter Ron Sexsmith.

Douglas is also the co-author of Witness to a City: David Miller's Toronto, which presents stories of Toronto citizens who act for the greater public good following personal loss and hardship. The book was co-authored with former Toronto mayor David Miller.

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Joseph Johnson Camí

Joseph Johnson Camí is a director/producer based in Toronto and Barcelona. His feature documentary A Grain of Sand (2009) fought and won the battle to preserve Brendon Grimshaw’s Moyenne Island in Seychelles – providing evidence of his belief that films can be a major force for expression and change.

Much of Joseph’s work has been carried out in collaboration with his partner, Ayelen Liberona. Their work includes the short film Becoming (2009). Ayelen’s film Keepers of the Water (2011) is being shown at this year’s ReFrame festival.

Joseph’s aim is to project ideas into this world that are relevant to a more humane and just society. More recently he has begun to implement various models for open distribution of the finished work and future projects.

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Aube Giroux

Aube Giroux is a documentary filmmaker based in Toronto. Her films have been shown on CBC television and at international film festivals. She obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from NSCAD University in Halifax and is completing a Masters Degree in film production at York University. Her films focus on environmental issues – including the recent From Chernobyl to Fukushima: A Campaigner’s Journey, made with Greenpeace.

Lawrence Jackman

Lawrence Jackman is a Toronto-based director and picture editor. Over the past ten years he has worked on many award-winning documentaries and dramas. Focusing primarily on independent documentaries, he also has a long-standing association with the National Film Board of Canada. He was nominated for a Gemini in 2005. His most recent work is How Does It Feel.

Mark Terry

Mark Terry has been producing for film and television for the past 20 years. His adventurous spirit has taken him to exotic locations on all seven continents, but none more impressive to him than the Arctic, where the majestic landscape inspired him to get involved with northern research programs.

Mark is one of only 166 Canadian members of The Explorers Club, a 107-year-old organization based in New York. His latest two films – The Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning and The Polar Explorer – were made in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme. Between them the films have won 19 international film awards for excellence.

Mark teaches and speaks regularly about the environmental issues affecting the fragile eco-systems of the polar regions and, by extension, the world.