I come from a big family. Being Filipino, this is not hard to believe. Just two days ago, my aunt and her husband, along with their three kids, left to go back home to the Philippines. They had been vacationing here in Vancouver for a month.
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This past week I got back from San Francisco with my family. We had gone there to attend a fraternity event for the UP Beta Sigmas. You see, my grandfather, known to his “brods” (fraternity brothers) as Jesse James, co-founded the fraternity in the Philippines in the 1940’s. Although our stay was short, we managed to do quite a bit…this of course, meant waking up every day at around 7am!
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Just last week, I volunteered on my very first movie set. It was a great experience and it also made me realize something about my career in film. Let me elaborate…
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Well here it is… my first blog. Believe it or not, I’m kinda nervous! So let’s cut down to the chase. I’m a third year film production student at the University of British Columbia and right now I’m interning at the National Film Board of Canada. How lucky am I?! Read the rest of this entry »
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Updates from the basement, courtesy of the CITIZENShift team.
Andrea is a Communication Studies student at Concordia University in Montreal. She has a background in photography and visual arts, and is interested in web-media as a tool for social change.
Currently living in Somoto, Madriz, Nicaragua. I work with children victims of child labour or at risk in the nearby town of Totogalpa, mainly helping out with photography workshops. I also participate in the development and promotion of sustainable community tourism.
Eve B. St-CyrMontrealer in her mid-twenties. Freelance journalist and photographer, with an interest in human rights and sustainable living. Has a cheerful disposition.
Genevieve is a second year Communications Studies student at Concordia University. She is interested in graphic design, photography and fashion. Genevieve also enjoys creating social media and riding the slopes whenever she gets the chance.
KathleenKathleen Jayme is a film production student at the University of British Columbia and is currently interning at CITIZENShift in Vancouver.
Laura GlowackiFrom Winnipeg, I now live and study in Montreal. I really, really like sci fi television and tobaggonning. I intern here at CitizenShift.
ryanRyan Spence is a Montreal based filmmaker/editor working primarily in documentary and independent fiction.
timTim McSorley is CITIZENShift's podcast coordinator and freelance journalist. He's also a contributor to CKUT radio and The Dominion newspaper.
TyneshaTynesha is CITIZENShift's summer intern from Concordia University's Communication department (Mtl., QC). Brimming with interests, she states "I enjoy school, I sing in a choir and I am also involved in community radio and volunteer work with youth. In the future, I look forward to developing a company that merges my three great passions in sound, community engagement, and music."
widgeDavid Widgington was the event coordinator for the Citizen Media Rendez-vous 2010 (http://citizen-media.ca). He is a mobile journalist (MoJo) who is well-versed in community radio, video and print and web-based media practices. He has a particular interest these days with diaspora communities returning to Southern Sudan since the end of the war. He is script-writing a documentary project on the subject. (http://southsudaninfo.net).
