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UFV students tackle Sto:lo stories through documentaries BY DESSA BAYROCK Special to the Times
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isual arts instructor Stephanie Gould has seen more than a few variations on group work—and one particular program stands out in her mind. “When students work in a cohort, something happens,” she says. She’s talking about the Lens of Empowerment project, which returns to the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) this fall. It joins lens-based media with First Nations culture and puts students in the middle of the mix, where they bond over the course of two semesters and five classes. “The project is a transformative experience for everybody,” Gould says. “Within and between and through all those relationships within the cohort—that’s such a rich learning experience.” Gould, who has been a part of the project since its inception, says the structure creates a safe place for conversation and creation, involving students from all cultures, genders, and backgrounds. Over the course of a year, the students’ own stories will mix with Indigenous culture and storytelling, through courses in theatre, visual arts, and Indigenous studies. Eventually their stories will be expressed through short documentaries— their final projects culminating in something like a miniature film festival. Lens of Empowerment was last offered in 2012, and four of the eleven students ended up flying to London to showcase their projects at an international conference. { See STO:LO, page A22 }
Wenona Victor of the Indigenous Studies Faculty at University of the Fraser Valley sits in the Gathering Place at Canada Education Park, July 18.
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BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com s Jeff Karpes lay on the road in front of Prospera Centre in the early hours of Dec. 23, 2012, one of his lungs started to collapse and he was bleeding out of two bullet holes in his chest. Karpes spoke through tears in BC Supreme Court on Tuesday, and explained how, as he lay there, he called 9-1-1. “I told them I was shot,” he said. “I told them that Aaron had shot me and that I just wanted my kids to know that I loved them.” The 47-year-old’s words were part of his testimony on day two of the attempted murder trial for Aaron James David Douglas. After calling for help, Karpes then called his wife, Theresa Conlon, a woman who used to date Douglas and is the mother of his child. “I just told Theresa to tell Calder [Karpes’ adult son] that I loved him. I said, ‘He got me.’ I didn’t even have to say anything else.” Karpes knew Conlon would have understood the words ‘he got me’ because both said in court this week they had received threats from Douglas prior to the shooting. And despite a restraining order against him, Douglas approached the couple and sucker-punched Karpes at a mixed martial arts event two months earlier. “He said he was going to riddle the place, shoot it up,” Conlon said of Douglas during her testimony on Monday.
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