2018 Attendees
(to date)
Sonya Ballantyne — Filmmaker, Inspirit Scholar
Sue Biely — Consultant, Synergist, Cultural Innovator Nudge Consulting
Marten Berkman — Visual Artist / Interactive stereoscopic 3D video installation, cinema, photography
Radiyah Chowdhury — Radio and Digital Journalist, Inspirit Scholar
Nicholas Fortugno — Cheif Creative Officer, Playmatics
Tracey Friesen — Director of Communications and Engagement, David Suzuki Foundation, Author and Founder, Story Money Impact
Maeva Gautier — COO/Co-Founder, LiveIt.earth
Emilee Gilpin — Lead Journalist, Indigenous Issues, National Observer
Brendan Glauser — Communications Director, David Suzuki Foundation
Tristin Greyeyes — Independent Filmmaker, Writer, Director
Chrisann Hessing — Independent Filmmaker, Turning Tables, Inspirit Scholar
Mike Irvine — CEO/Co-Founder, LiveIt.earth
Billiam James — The James Gang; Iconoclasts, artist/writer/interactive
Lizzy Karp — Senior Manager, Distribution, Experiential & Engagement, Telus Storyhive
Ryan Lang — VR Producer, Branch B
Megan Lau — Communications, Engagement and Equity, Telus Storyhive
Andrea Lawrence — Filmmaker
Jalana Lewis — Human Rights Lawyer, Inspirit Scholar
Caleb Magiskan — Filmmaker / Facilitator, Inspirit Scholar
Carol-Lynne Michaels — Producer, One Net / Producer, Confabulation, Victoria / Vice Chair, ViFPA / Vice President, MediaNet
Jason Mannings — Director / Cinematographer
Susan Murray — Professor, Film and Media Production, Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning / Documentary Filmmaker
Kevin Pennock — Fireweed Creative
Tamara Plush — Facilitator of Visual Storytelling, Creative Arts Researcher at ResiliencebyDesign Lab, Lecturer for Royal Roads University
Ardelle Sagutcheway — Filmmaker, Inspirit Scholar
Nikki Sanchez — David Suzuki Foundation, Telus Storyhive
Audrey Seda — Director, Actress
Morgan Tams —Filmmaker and Media Educator
Robert Warren — Educator / Podcaster, Episcopal Church -- Europe
Bill Weaver — Filmmaker, media strategist, Across Borders Media. Founder, Media that Matters conferences
Nettie Wild — Filmmaker and Transmedia Producer, Canada Wild Productions
Abeer Yusuf — Journalist / Writer
2017 Attendees
Barrie Adleberg — Digital Play Designer and Children's Media Specialist
Grant Baldwin — Filmmaker, Just Eat It and The Clean Bin Project
Murray Battle — Director of Original Content & Brand, Knowledge Network
Sue Biely — Consultant, Synergist, Cultural Innovator Nudge Consulting
Eva Brownstein — Filmmaker, Ava Creative / Velvet Revolution
Tamo Campos — Beyond Boarding
Devon Cooke — The Documentary Sound Guy / Filmmaker
Greg Coyes — Filmmaker, Writer, Teacher / Good Medicine Media, Slow Media, Hundred Years Cafe
Crystal Cowie — Inspirit Scholar
Katherine Dodds — Impact Producer, Founder/Director, Hello Cool World
Marina Dodis — Photographer / Videographer
Karen Duthie — Filmmaker / Television Director / Story Editor / Media Instructor
Teresa Earle — Producer, Sagafish Media
Madeline Ell — Director, Videographer, Video Strategist / G Day for Girls / The Kitchen - memory lab
Mark Forman — Filmmaker, Activist
Tracey Friesen — Director of Communications and Engagement, David Suzuki Foundation, Author and Founder, Story Money Impact
Tristin Greyeyes — Independent Filmmaker, Writer, Director
Michael Grand — Writer & Story Producer, Abandoned on Viceland
D'Arcy Hamilton — Momentum Media Productions
Chelsey Hicks — Dance Thru It
Lizzie Karp — Communication Manager, Telus Optik / Storyhive
Iman Kassam — Inspirit Scholar
Jason Margolis — Producer, Screenwriter, Story Editor, Director & Media Instructor
Michael Mann — Animation Director, Graphic Designer, Social Impact Consultant
Carol-Lynne Michaels — Digital Content Strategist, One Net Inc. / Board member ViFPA and MediaNet
Justin Morrison — Photographer
Jen Moss — Writer, Editor, Radio and Interactive Producer
Kevin Pennock — Founder, Filmmaker, Producer / Fireweed Creative and RideGuide TV
K. Peruzzo U.O.A — Inspirit Scholar
Daniel J. Pierce — Ramshackle Pictures
Josli Rockafella — Filmmaker, Photographer, Designer
Kaori Sakagami — Filmmaker, Out ot Frame
Nikki Sanchez — Indigenous Media Maker, Wilderness Guide, Suzuki Foundation Queen of Green
Teri Snelgrove — Associate Producer, National Film Board of Canada
Joel Solomon — Renewal Funds / Author, The Clean Money Revolution
Sean Stiller — Inspirit Scholar
Morgan Tams —Filmmaker and Media Educator
Jan Vozenilek — Copper Sky Productions
Bill Weaver — Filmmaker, media strategist, Across Borders Media. Founder, Media that Matters conferences
Jeremy Williams — River Voices Productions
Linda Wolf — Photographer / Author
2016 Attendees
Jennifer Abbott — Director, Writer, Editor / The Corporation, Sea Blind, Brave New Minds
Tom Adair — Executive Director, B.C. Council of Film Unions
Josephine Anderson — Filmmaker, Inside Green
Leigh Badgley — Transmedia Producer/ Filmmaker/Writer/Teacher/Speaker
Grant Baldwin — Filmmaker, Just Eat It and The Clean Bin Project
Sue Biely — Consultant, Synergist, Cultural Innovator Nudge Consulting
Jared Bone — Inspirit Foundation delegate
Barbara Borenstein — Producer / Director, Everyday Heroes
Joel Calvo — Calvo Capital. Investor Pitch Presentation.
Andrea (Andy) Conte — Filmmaker
Greg Coyes — Filmmaker, Writer, Teacher / Good Medicine Media, Slow Media, Hundred Years Cafe
Lauren Dobell — Director of Strategic Partnerships and Advocacy, Vancity
Katherine Dodds — Impact Producer, Founder/Director, Hello Cool World.
Dana Ekblad — Owner, Dana Media Productions
Brent Friedman — Roadhouse Interactive, Lucasfilm, Artifact Technologies
Patricia Friedman — Director of Programming & Production, Whidbey TV
Tracey Friesen — Author, Story Money Impact and Program Director, Roundhouse Radio
Dallas Gislason — Economic Development Officer, Greater Victoria Development Agency and the YYJ Prosperity Project
Susan Grossman — Director, UBC's Centre for Community Engaged Learning
Callista Haggis — Documentary Filmmaker and Knowledge Broker, Knowledge Mobilization Studio, CHHM/UBC
Laura Harris — Head of Development and Production, NationBuilder / Actress
Nesa Huda — Inspirit Foundation delegate; Filmmaker, Beyond the Veil and Welcome to Canada.
Judy Jackson — Filmmaker, Judy Films
Kathleen Jayme — Inspirit Foundation delegate. Filmmaker, Paradise Island
Lizzy Karp, Communications Manager at TELUS Optik Local & STORYHIVE
Annelise Larson — Digital Media & Marketing Strategist & Consultant, Veria.ca & Becoming a Storypreneur. Storypreneur online course. The Other Side TV
Jordan Leibel — Documentary Filmmaker, Filmseed.org. CTV Regina
Krista Loughton — Documentary Filmmaker, Us & Them
Ian Mackenzie — Filmmaker, Amplify HER. New paradigm media activist
Teresa Marshall — Independent Filmmaker and social justice activist
Michelle Mason — Instructor, Documentary Program - Motion Picture Arts at Capilano University
Marsha McLeod — Studio [Y] Fellow & Co-Founder of the Built Environment Media
Carol-Lynne Michaels — Digital Content Strategist, One Net Inc. Board member ViFPA and MediaNet
Rick Miller — Filmmaker at Dragonfly Documentary. Vimeo. Facebook
Iris Moore — Animator
Susan Murray — Professor, Film and Media Production, Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning / Documentary Filmmaer
Carmen Pollard — Filmmaker, Artist, Story and Picture Editor
Patti Poskitt — Line Producer, Second Son Productions
Chris Riley — Strategist, Consultant
Andy Robertson — Filmmaker. Chair, ViFPA. Board member, CineVic
Jacques Russo — Whisper Films / Executive Producer, Us & Them
Jen Rustemeyer — Filmmaker, Just Eat It and The Clean Bin Project
Gary Turner — Barbershop Films
Liz Shorten — Managing VP, Operations & Member Services, Canadian Media Producers Association, B.C.
Joel Solomon — Investor for change. president of Renewal Partners, chairman of Renewal Funds. Hollyhock. Social Venture Institute
Neil Vokey — Filmmaker /Capilano University delegate
Amar Wala — Inspirit Foundation delegate. Documentary Filmmaker, The Secret Trial 5
Bill Weaver — Filmmaker, media strategist, Across Borders Media. Founder, Media that Matters conferences
Andrew Williamson — Producer/Director Off Island Media
Kaeli Yarwood — Freelance writer, visual video and photography artist, speech writer, blogger. The Ombiance Bus. Living Free blog