Global Learning Initiative presents "How a People Live"

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Tuesday, November 25th, 2014
Doors open at 6:30 pm. Film starts at 7 pm.

Join NIC's Global Learning Initiative students in a free screening of Lisa Jackson's 2013 documentary, How a People Live, Tuesday, November 25 at the Timberline Theatre at North Island College's Campbell River campus.

The one-hour documentary traces the history of the 'Gwasala-'Nakwaxda'xw First Nation, who the Canadian government forcibly relocated from their traditional territories on the coast of British Columbia in 1964.  In 1970, a former Indian Agent wrote a controversial book he said was based on the lives of these people and titled it, "How a People Die." Forty years later, this film shows us their traditional life and culture and the hardships that threatened to destroy them, to see how a people live.

Following the screening of How A People Live, a facilitated discussion will occur with North Island College Elders-in-Residence, NIC students who attended the field school in Kingcome Inlet, and potentially other members from the First Nation community who have a connection with the film.

The Global Learning Initiative is a student-driven project at NIC that creates partnerships with local communities and individuals to foster awareness of global issues. Students and faculty travel to Uganda, Nepal, Mozambique, Rivers Inlet and Kingcome Inlet.

Doors open at 6:30 pm with the film starting at 7 pm. Donations to the Global Learning Initiative will be gratefully accepted.