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Places to Gather and Learn
201810 min 2 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Darlene Naponse
Production: Sarah Charles-DeCarloAndré PicardKate VollumAnita LeeLea Marin
Script: Darlene Naponse
Coproduced by the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres and the National Film Board of Canada.
A day in the lives of Indigenous students at N’Swakamok Alternative School, Places to Gather and Learn emphasizes the value and necessity of Indigenous alternative and community spaces. This short follows students as they learn and share their stories, aspirations, obstacles and accomplishments.
Run in partnership with the N’Swakamok Indigenous Friendship Centre, and as a satellite of Sudbury Secondary School, N’Swakamok Alternative School offers students a supportive and culturally activated space to gain life skills as they pursue their academic and personal goals.
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Subject categories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > ChildrenEducationQuébec and Ontario
- Social Issues > Community Projects and Assistance
- Education > Indigenous PeoplesSecondary Education
- Social Studies > Contemporary Issues
- Indigenous Studies > History/PoliticsIdentity/SocietyIssues and Contemporary Challenges
- Roles & Relationships > Children & Youth Indigenous Identity
- Community > Community Development
- Education > Indigenous Education – Canada
Credits
- writer
- Darlene Naponse
- director
- Darlene Naponse
- producer
- Sarah Charles-DeCarlo
- Lea Marin
- executive producer
- André Picard
- Anita Lee
- associate producer
- Kate Vollum
- director of photography
- Bradley Trudeau
- sound recordist
- Tammy Lin Foreman
- editor
- Ryan Mariotti
- sound editor
- Ian Gomes
- camera assistant
- Jacob White
- administrator
- Isabelle Limoges
- production coordinator
- Gabrielle Dupont
- technical coordinator
- Daniel Lord
- Kevin Riley
- Max Wolfond
- director, Business Development, Institutional Program
- Julie Huguet
- coordinator, Institutional Program
- Marcia Seebaran
- manager, studio operations
- Mark Wilson
- production supervisor
- Marcus Matyas
- assistant editor
- William Mitchell
- online editing
- Denis Pilon
- sound mixer
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- infographist
- Mélanie Bouchard
- Cynthia Ouellet
- Jacques-Bertrand Simard
- technician
- Isabelle Painchaud
- Patrick Trahan
- Pierre Dupont
- marketing manager
- Charles Pease
- Kelly Fox
- Jane Gutteridge
- publicist
- Jennifer Mair
- networking agent
- Donna Cowan
- legal services
- Christian Pitchen
- title design
- Aimée Rochard
- participant
- Kirsten Baker-Nelson
- Deion Faries
- Jennifer Therrien
- Katrina Trudeau
- Cassandra Trudeau-Dominic
- Shawnee Trudeau-Zacharie
- Maliyah Walton
- Shad Walton
- Ashlyn Wemigwans
- Heather Wemigwans