Media + Production

Rashida Jeeva

Head of Content, AOL Canada & General Manager, Huffington Post Canada

Keynote: The Content Convergence of Story and Technology

Alanis Obomsawin

Canadian filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin has spent four decades and 50 films exploring Indigenous culture and history.

Frédéric Guarino

VR Strategist

Panel: The Future in Hand - VR, AR and 360

Dylan Pearce

How a Lit Journalism Alum Got Between a Poetry Prize and an Arms Deal

The founder of Canada's biggest poetry prize has cut ties with a company that was involved with an arms deal with Saudi Arabia. The journalist who revealed the link says artists are too eager to...

Christian Beamish

American surfer and writer, Christian Beamish, retells his three month excursion down the Pacific Coast on a hand-built boat.

Andre Alexis Photo by Hannah Zoe Davison

André Alexis

Author André Alexis sits down with Mojo Anderson in his first public appearance after winning the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize for Fifteen Dogs.

Jimmy Chin, Hazel Findlay & Mark Synnott

Three top climbers from the North Face Team talk about their adventures, including exploring Oman’s Musandam Peninsula.

Suketu Mehta (photo courtesy the author)

Suketu Mehta and John Freeman

John Freeman, former editor of Granta, interviews writer Suketu Mehta about what it's like experiencing and writing about immigration.

Candace Savage

Canadian Author Candace Savage speaks about her adventures in Southern Saskatchewan in her book A Geography of Blood.

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We recognize, with deep respect and gratitude, our home on the side of Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain. In the spirit of respect and truth, we honour and acknowledge the Banff area, known as “Minirhpa" (translated in Stoney Nakoda as “the waterfalls”) and the Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda) – comprised of the Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Goodstoney Nations – as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy comprised of the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Shuswap Nations, Ktunaxa Nations, and Metis Nation of Alberta, District 4. We acknowledge all Nations who live, work, and play here, help us steward this land, and honour and celebrate this place.

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