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Welcoming Doreen Manuel

Welcoming Doreen Manuel

May 7, 2020

BC Studies would like to warmly welcome the newest member of our editorial board, Doreen Manuel.

She is currently the Director Bosa Centre for Film & Animation in the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts at the Capilano University.

From Capilano University:

Doreen Manuel (Secwepemc/Ktunaxa) (MFA, University of British Columbia, 2016) has 15 years experience in the film industry and 33 years experience in teaching. She has an extensive background working in First Nations education and community development in both rural and urban centres.

Manuel comes from a long line of oral historians and factual storytellers from her First Nations traditional background. She is a founder of the Tricksters and Writers program and has won many film industry and education leadership awards in the community. She is on the Board of Directors for Knowledge Network and Moving Images Distribution.

Welcome Doreen!