Peg Campbell is a

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filmmaker. She is most noted for her short films '' It's a Party!'', which was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the

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, and '' In Search of the Last Good Man'', which won the same award at the

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. Her other films have included ''Street Kids'' (1985), a documentary about youth homelessness; ''

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'' (1990), a short docudrama about an

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teenager; and ''Your Mother Should Know'' (2008), a documentary film about mother-daughter relationships. She is a professor of film and video at

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."Film students learn art, pursue careers; Emily Carr University's internship program offers field work, course credits". ''

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'', September 16, 2008.

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