Christine Welsh is a

Métis The Métis ( ; Canadian ) are Indigenous peoples who inhabit Canada's three Prairie Provinces, as well as parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and the Northern United States. They have a shared history and culture which derives ...

Canadian filmmaker, feminist and associate professor at the

University of Victoria The University of Victoria (UVic or Victoria) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The university traces its roots to Victoria College, the first post-secondary instit ...

Early life

Welsh was born and raised in

Regina, Saskatchewan Regina () is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province, after Saskatoon, and is a commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. As of the 2021 C ...

. She is the great-grand-daughter of Norbert Welsh, the famous Metis buffalo hunter.

Education

Welsh graduated from

University of Regina The University of Regina is a public research university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1911 as a private denominational high school of the Methodist Church of Canada, it began an association with the University of Saskatchew ...

, with a B.A. in 1986.

Career

Welsh has produced, written and directed films for more than 30 years. In 1977, Welsh's career began as an assistant editor on Allen Kings ''Who Has Seen the Wind'' film. Welsh moved to Vancouver Island after working as a film editor in Toronto for ten years. Welsh's 2006

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...

documentary ''

Finding Dawn ''Finding Dawn'' is a 2006 documentary film by Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh looking into the fate of an estimated 500 Canadian Aboriginal women who have been murdered or have gone missing over the past 30 years. Subject The film begins with ...

'', about murdered and missing Canadian Aboriginal women, won a Gold Audience Award at the 2006 Amnesty International Film Festival. 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). Welsh worked as an associate professor at the University of Victoria where she taught courses in indigenous women's studies and indigenous cinema, retiring in 2017. Welsh was the first indigenous faculty member in Humanities at the University. In 2016, the University of Victoria made a scholarship in honor of Welsh, ''Scholarship for Indigenous Gender Studies Students'.'' She is a resident of

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Filmography

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'', (2006) Ericksen, Svend-Erik (Producer). ocumentary Canada. The National Film Board of Canada. *''The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters'', (2000) Darling Kovanik, G. & Welsh, C. (Producers). ocumentary 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). ocumentary Canada. Gumboot Productions. *''Keepers of the Fire,'' (1994) Herring, I., Johansson, S., Macdonald, J. & Welsh, C. (Producers). ocumentary Canada. Omni Film Productions and the National Film Board of Canada. *''Women in the Shadows'', (1991) Johansson, S. & Welsh, C. (Producers). Bailey, N. (Director). ocumentary Canada. Direction Films and the National Film Board of Canada.

Awards

* 2006, Winner, Amnesty International Film Festival, Gold Audience Award. * 2017, Vancouver International Women in Film Festival, Matrix Award in achievement in BC shorts for the film ''The Thinking Garden''. * 2009, Women in Film and Television Vancouver, Artistic Achievement Award for filmmaking excellence in telling women’s stories.

References

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