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Steph St. Laurent
Steph St. Laurent (born April 4, 1971) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, videographer, photographer, actor, writer, environmentalist and activist. He has produced numerous documentary and educational films and is the owner of VideoNexus, a video production company in Prince George, British Columbia. Early life St. Laurent was born and raised in and around Prince George, British Columbia. He completed secondary school at Prince George Secondary School (PGSS), with a focus on arts. After graduation, he began working in community theatre and technical work. He also attended various classes at the University of Northern British Columbia. Career St. Laurent’s best-known work is the film "Amazay: A Film About Water" (2009), which explores the Tse Keh Nay First Nations' battle against Northgate Minerals’ proposed dumping of 750 million tonnes of acid tailings into a pristine lake in Tse Keh Nay territory.Film beautifully documents emotional battle to save pristin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince George, British Columbia
Prince George is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, with a population of 74,004 in the metropolitan area. It is often called the province's "northern capital" or sometimes the "spruce capital" because it is the hub city for Northern BC. It is situated at the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako rivers, and at the crossroads of Highway 16 and Highway 97. History The origins of Prince George can be traced to the North West Company fur trading post of Fort George, which was established in 1807 by Simon Fraser and named in honour of King George III.Runnalls, F.E. A History of Prince George. 1946 The post was centred in the centuries-old homeland of the Lheidli T'enneh First Nation, whose very name means "people of the confluence of the two rivers." The Lheidli T'enneh name began to see official use around the 1990s and the band is otherwise historically referred to as Fort George Indian Band.George, N. D. "Decolonizing the Empathic Settler Mind: An Autoethn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
