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Welsh was born and raised in [[Regina, Saskatchewan]]. She graduated from [[University of Regina]], with a B.A. in 1986. She has produced, written and directed films for more than 30 years. Welsh's 2006 [[National Film Board of Canada]] documentary ''[[Finding Dawn]]'', about murdered and missing [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|Canadian Aboriginal]] women, won a Gold Audience Award at the 2006 |
Welsh was born and raised in [[Regina, Saskatchewan]]. She graduated from [[University of Regina]], with a B.A. in 1986. She has produced, written and directed films for more than 30 years. Welsh's 2006 [[National Film Board of Canada]] documentary ''[[Finding Dawn]]'', about murdered and missing [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|Canadian Aboriginal]] women, won a Gold Audience Award at the 2006 Amnesty International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|title=Christine Welsh|url=http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/makers/fm700.shtml|publisher=Women Make Movies|accessdate=16 March 2013}}</ref> Other film credits include: Women in the Shadows (directed by Norma Bailey,1992), Keepers of the Fire (1994), Kuper Island: Return to the Healing Circle (with Peter C. Campbell, 1997), and The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters (2000).<ref>{{cite web|title=Christine Welsh|url=https://www.cinemapolitica.org/artists/christine-welsh|website=Cinema Politica|accessdate=4 May 2016}}</ref> |
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Welsh teaches courses in indigenous women’s studies and [[indigenous cinema]].<ref name="CSWS">{{cite web|url=http://csws.uoregon.edu/?p=1097 |title=Acclaimed Feminist Filmmaker To Screen "Finding Dawn" |last= |first= |date= |publisher=University of Oregon |work=[[Center for the Study of Women in Society]] |accessdate=26 November 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508140428/http://csws.uoregon.edu/?p=1097 |archivedate=8 May 2009 |df= }}</ref> She is a resident of [[Saltspring Island]].<ref name="Herizons">{{cite journal|last=O'CONNOR |first=JENNIFER|date=Winter 2009 |title=FINDING DAWN|journal=Herizons|publisher=Bnet|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_7554/is_200901/ai_n32313401/?tag=content;col1}}</ref><ref name="Georgia Straight">{{cite news|url=https://www.straight.com/article/metis-filmmaker-christine-welsh-can-be-proud-of-her-showing-at-the-amnesty-international-film-festival|title=Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh can be proud of her showing at the Amnesty International Film Festival|date=November 9, 2006|work=Georgia Straight|accessdate=26 November 2009}}</ref> |
Welsh teaches courses in indigenous women’s studies and [[indigenous cinema]].<ref name="CSWS">{{cite web|url=http://csws.uoregon.edu/?p=1097 |title=Acclaimed Feminist Filmmaker To Screen "Finding Dawn" |last= |first= |date= |publisher=University of Oregon |work=[[Center for the Study of Women in Society]] |accessdate=26 November 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508140428/http://csws.uoregon.edu/?p=1097 |archivedate=8 May 2009 |df= }}</ref> She is a resident of [[Saltspring Island]].<ref name="Herizons">{{cite journal|last=O'CONNOR |first=JENNIFER|date=Winter 2009 |title=FINDING DAWN|journal=Herizons|publisher=Bnet|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_7554/is_200901/ai_n32313401/?tag=content;col1}}</ref><ref name="Georgia Straight">{{cite news|url=https://www.straight.com/article/metis-filmmaker-christine-welsh-can-be-proud-of-her-showing-at-the-amnesty-international-film-festival|title=Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh can be proud of her showing at the Amnesty International Film Festival|date=November 9, 2006|work=Georgia Straight|accessdate=26 November 2009}}</ref> |
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Christine Welsh is a Métis Canadian filmmaker, feminist and associate professor at the University of Victoria.[1]
Life
Welsh was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. She graduated from University of Regina, with a B.A. in 1986. She has produced, written and directed films for more than 30 years. Welsh's 2006 National Film Board of Canada documentary Finding Dawn, about murdered and missing Canadian Aboriginal women, won a Gold Audience Award at the 2006 Amnesty International Film Festival.[2] Other film credits include: Women in the Shadows (directed by Norma Bailey,1992), Keepers of the Fire (1994), Kuper Island: Return to the Healing Circle (with Peter C. Campbell, 1997), and The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters (2000).[3]
Welsh teaches courses in indigenous women’s studies and indigenous cinema.[4] She is a resident of Saltspring Island.[5][6]
Filmography
- Finding Dawn, (2006) Ericksen, Svend-Erik (Producer). [Documentary]. Canada. The National Film Board of Canada.
- The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters, (2000) Darling Kovanik, G. & Welsh, C. (Producers). [Documentary]. Canada. Prairie Girl Films and the National Film Board of Canada.
- Kuper Island: Return to the Healing Circle, (1997) Campbell, Peter C & Welsh, C (Producers). Campbell, Peter C & Welsh, C (Directors). [Documentary]. Canada. Gumboot Productions.
- Keepers of the Fire, (1994) Herring, I., Johansson, S., Macdonald, J. & Welsh, C. (Producers). [Documentary]. Canada. Omni Film Productions and the National Film Board of Canada.
- Women in the Shadows, (1991) Johansson, S. & Welsh, C. (Producers). Bailey, N. (Director). [Documentary]. Canada. Direction Films and the National Film Board of Canada.
References
- ^ "Christine Welsh". University of Victoria. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Christine Welsh". Women Make Movies. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Christine Welsh". Cinema Politica. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ "Acclaimed Feminist Filmmaker To Screen "Finding Dawn"". Center for the Study of Women in Society. University of Oregon. Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ O'CONNOR, JENNIFER (Winter 2009). "FINDING DAWN". Herizons. Bnet.
- ^ "Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh can be proud of her showing at the Amnesty International Film Festival". Georgia Straight. November 9, 2006. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
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