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The fight to bring 2 murdered First Nations women home: a timeline
CBC News
I produced this piece that lays out the timeline of family members that fought to bring their loved ones home.
Investigative story about Winnipeg police headquarters scanadal
CBC News
I produced and directed this investigative feature for CBC Manitoba's i-team, focussing on a treatment that would be a good fit for YouTube.
Doctor returns to First Nation to practice medicine
CBC News
I produced and shot this piece (on an iPhone 11) while in Norway House First Nation.
Young Winnipeg woman fights to escape her family's horrifying history with landfills
CBC News
Directed by Victoria Ptashnick, shot by Jaison Empson
Why Naeema will march
VICE News
Directed by Victoria Ptashnick
We talked to three women who will be going to the Women’s March on Washington and to a sister march in Toronto about why it is important for them to protest.
Iqra Khalid, the politcian at the centre of Canada's fight over Islamaphobia, speaks out
VICE
Directed by Victoria Ptashnick
The Liberal MP introduced motion M-103 calling on the federal government to eliminate "Islamophobia and all forms of systemic racism and religious discrimination" in December. Since then, she's been the focus of a deluge of hatred and racism.
High robbery: Canada's violent cannabis dispensary raids
VICE
Directed by Victoria Ptashnick
With cannabis legalization on the horizon, dozens of grey-market dispensaries remain open in Toronto. VICE gives viewers a glimpse into the issue of violent dispensary robberies that are creating a rift between shop owners and police.
Indigenous youth confront Trudeau about Canada's water crisis
VICE News
This was part of an award-winning series on Canada's Indigenous water crisis. I strategized and produced this social video for maximum impact. It received more than a million 1.8 million views.
A look at Mulcair, Trudeau, May and Harper before they were party leaders
The Globe and Mail
As part of a national election series. I produced, edited and strategized for maximum impact on social.
A French father's social media search for his missing daughter
The Globe and Mail
Part of a series on the terrorist attack in Paris, France at the Bataclan. Georges Salines went on a heartbreaking hunt for his daughter Lola on social media using the hashtag #LolaSalines after she went missing in Paris. I followed the hashtag and told this story using only his tweets.
A school for Irene
United Nations International Children's Fund
I shot, produced and edited this piece about Irene while on assignment in Uganda for UNICEF. UNICEF is working to support girls' education in sub-Saharan Africa; where girls like Irene, age 14, experience some of the largest gender gaps in education equity.
Trudeau talks weed feature
VICE News
I was the senior producer on this televised live event with Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. The hour-long produced piece foussed on Canada’s new cannabis legalization bill. Trudeau and MP Bill Blair, who has been the Liberals' pointman on this file, were questioned about the new legislation at the live event, hosted by Manisha Krishnan. They also took questions from guests who will be directly impacted by the new laws and through those conversations, touched on harm reduction, the possibility of pardons, how dispensaries will fit into a new system focussed largely on big licensed producers, and how the government plans to keep the products from licensed producers safe.
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RTDNA Canada 2024
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Young Winnipeg woman fights to escape her family's horrifying history with landfills
RTDNA Canada 2024
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Manitoba Provincial Election TikTok
RTDNA Canada 2024
Excellence in Video (Local/Prairie Region)
Young Winnipeg woman fights to escape her family's horrifying history with landfills
RTDNA Canada 2023
Excellence in Social
Manitoba Municipal Election Coverage on Instagram
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