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Aphrodite Saras and five journalism students were limited in technology and service when filming for the first nation in Seagull Bay.
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Aphrodite Saras resigned from CTV radio coverage last year and became an assistant professor in journalism at Concordia University, determined to take the latter course.
Salas positions include teaching and research programs.
She wasted very little time on her first project.
She took five students to the First Nation community in Seagull Bay, 200 kilometers north of Lei Wan-
Documentary on the plight of community residents in response to sustained flooding and electricity
Really-issues.
The results are amazing, even more so since the film was filmed on an iPhone, a GoPro and several digital singles
Lens reflection camera
And there is no mobile service.
Or gas station. Or restaurants.
"We did it," says Salas, a former global television presenter with a master's degree in Concordia.
Salas and her former employer CTV arranged to publish the document from coast to Sky: A settlement story on its website.
It also plans to hold a film festival next year.
The story in the film dates back to the 1918 s and 1950 s when a series of hydropower dams were built on Lake Nipigon to power Ontario.
With the establishment of these dams, the first nation of Seagull Bay suffered considerable flooding.
Its graveyard was washed away, the coffin was removed and floating on the waterway.
The community keeps getting their coffins back and burying their loved ones.
To make matters worse, the authority did not issue a warning.
What is even more irritating is that while the dam has provided electricity to nearly 300,000 households, the first nation of gulls Bay is not connected to the system.
It's forced not to use-so-
Clean Diesel power for decades.
But eventually there was some settlement and reconciliation.
Seagull Bay First Nations and Ontario Power Generation Co-built a micro-grid that will be combined with battery energy storage and solar panels.
The micro-grid should be up and running this summer.
This is not only the first such project in Canada, but also shows that there are clean alternatives for diesel power generation in remote northern communities.
Salas, who first learned about this development two years ago at the Banff Forum, was part of the Forum's policy meeting.
So she went to the community to check it out alone.
"I asked the elders if I could share their stories," Salas recalled . ".
"I received such warmth.
"When she found a huge plaque, one of the residents was showing Saras around the community.
"I asked what it was and I was told it was an apology plaque.
Why apologize? ’ I asked.
He told me that because of the flood, our ancient cemetery was flooded.
From the left: Luca Caruso
On October 2018, Moro, Marissa ramnan, Lauren Beauchamp, Aphrodite Saras, Catalin Thomas and vignian were in gulls Bay, Northern Ontario
A month later, five students were allowed to return to the community.
She thought they would receive broadcast equipment from Concordia but was told she couldn't because it was for class and not for external research. “Fine.
That's when the mobile news industry is starting to work.
We were going to shoot on iPhone and GoPro and anything we could put in our backpack.
Saras, video for years
They then hired five undergraduate graduates who had basic interview and shooting skills and then sent them to Lei Wan.
They survive by protein strips and 5a. m.
Before leaving Lei Wan every day for the first nation of Seagull Bay, dine at Tim Houghton's restaurant.
One of the students edited the document.
"This is the plan.
I told the students that I would also rent a truck and drive along those shouldersless roads.
I told them not to worry if we have tires because I know how to change them.
In retrospect, I should have brought a satellite phone with me because there was no cell phone to receive, but everything was fixed.
Saras admitted that it was impossible for her to complete such a project in her previous career.
"There is a real adrenaline surge in daily news work, that is, to get to know the story quickly first.
This project is completely different because it is carried out from an academic point of view.
I have time to develop it properly while doing some real experiential teaching.
"The most important thing about this movie for me is knowing that the community is strong and resilient and we can learn a lot from them.
In the process, I learned a lot, and the students learned a lot.
This is my small response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
"From the coast to the sky, watch at GLANCETo and see the map of the story and visit Montreal. ctvnews. ca/from-shore-to-sky-a-reconciliation-
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