Digital Storytelling
HIV: Healing Inner Voices
Project Description
An award-winning, Peer-led film project to reduce stigma, build community and create cultural safety
This poetic short documentary combines storytelling and the healing power of Indigenous culture to reflect on the realities and discrimination faced by Indigenous people living with HIV. Produced under our Drawing Wisdom initiative and directed by our own Jada-Gabrielle Pape (Saanich & Snueymuxw Nations), the film is being featured in film festivals and picked up an Audience Choice award at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2020.
Drawing Wisdom is actively fundraising to hire Peers to lead talking circles alongside screenings of HIV: Healing Inner Voices, and later as we roll-out a community tour. Through storytelling and empathy, the film has teachings to offer healthcare and other HIV/AIDS service providers providers. We offer film screenings, panel discussions, audience interaction, Talking Circles, guest speakers (including Elders offering teachings), and motivational speaking.
Impact Partners Drawing Wisdom, Inspirit Foundation, and Reach 3.0
The Grizzlies Movie
Project Description
We are thrilled to be involved in getting the film The Grizzlies out into the world, in particular to commuities, educators and organizations. Get the DVD or digital version for your school or institution at the Hello Cool World store. Educational licences are available for DVD and Digital! Preliminary educational resources are available on the Grizzlies website. Sign up for the Newsletter. Or email TheGrizzlies@HelloCoolWorld.com.
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Antibiotic Wise: Say NAAAH! Campaign
Project Description
We have teamed up with Antibotic Wise and the BC Centre for Disease Control on their "Say NAAAH!" Campaign. It is important to only use antibiotics when they are needed. While antibiotics are warranted for some dental procedures, many toothaches and oral infections do not require antibiotics. However, based on your procedure and medical history, your dentist may recommend an antibiotic. Always let your dentist know about any medical conditions or changes to your health. In addition, antibiotics do not work for viruses like the flu. These two campaigns have been getting high visibility on the Vancouver transit platforms and in buses! We have also created several videos.
Client: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control
Tags Web Strategy Social Media Photography Non-Profit Digital Storytelling Graphic Design Marketing Campaign Health & Wellness Branding
Coyotes Food Medicines
Project Description
Storytelling has always been a traditional way to share knowledge and wisdom. Now we have new tools to share old ways, and to take on new problems. In July 2016, Secwepemc Elders were asked to help develop a teaching story about prescription medicine, This story reflects some of the cultural teachers/animals of the Secwepemc’ulcw people.
From this conversation the story of Coyote’s Food Medicines emerged. Coyote is on a mission to collect medicines - but will everything go as planned? Often stories include the Trickster character, who can be both humorous and heroic, helping to teach through its mix of cunning, foolishness and ambition.
Client: Doctors of British Columbia
Let's Involve Women in Village Budgeting! e-Course
Project Description
We developed an e-learning course for Oxfam Canada that was part of a larger “Power Up” women’s empowerment project in Indonesia, which encourages women’s participation in the budgeting process. This interactive module inspires women to get the issues they care about on the village agenda and funded, while providing tips on how to navigate the process and overcome barriers.
To make the process more relatable and overcome low literacy barriers, we created a series of animated videos following the journey of a young Indonesian woman expecting her first child. The responsive HTML 5 course is optimized for mobile users and will be made available online as a web-application or it can downloaded offline as a free-standing module for desktop users. The videos with both Indonesian and English closed captions are also be available. This project has been very well received in the Indonesian villages it was intended for.
Check out the videos, click on CC for the English version.
Client: Oxfam Canada
FNTC Talks Tech
Project Description
We made these short, sharable films in collaboration with the First Nations Technology Council to help position them as a culturally safe way to look at how technology, innovation and entrepreneurship can benefit indigenous people and communities. We also created their cool video banner on their new website!
Client: First Nations Technology Council
Living With Cancer book - Métis
Project Description
We created a support book called "LIving With Cancer, Everyone Deserves Support" for First Nations and Métis people living with cancer in BC. This was a project created by partners Métis Nation BC, First Nations Health Authority, BC Cancer Agency and the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres. It was funded by the Canadian Partnerhship Against Cancer. It was a real honour to interview all the amazing people pictured in the book.
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Real Aid Means No Blockade
Project Description
We created this animated infographic for Aid Watch Palestine. Special thanks to Maggie Wang and Ignacio Florez for all the volunteer hours they put in!
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Living With Cancer book
Project Description
We created a support book called "LIving With Cancer, Everyone Deserves Support" for First Nations and Métis people living with cancer in BC. This was a project created by partners First Nations Health Authority, BC Cancer Agency, the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres, and Métis Nation BC. It was funded by the Canadian Partnerhship Against Cancer. It was a real honour to interview all the amazing people pictured in the book.
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Fostering Connections - Video
Project Description
In partnership with Agentic, we created a caregiver awareness and recruitment campaign to highlight the importance of both kinship care and foster care. In addition to print and other materials, we produced 5 videos featuring the amazing stories of BC families: Mitchel, Russell and Darrell, Leslie and James, Guy and the longer mini-doc shown above.
Partners: Agentic, Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD), the Adoptive Families Association of BC (AFABC), the Federation of Aboriginal Foster Parents (FAFP), and the BC Federation of Foster Parents Associations (BCFFPA)