{"id":53582,"date":"2022-07-16T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=53582"},"modified":"2022-07-18T12:08:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T16:08:17","slug":"there-is-no-word-a-film-by-carmel-whittle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/53582\/there-is-no-word-a-film-by-carmel-whittle\/","title":{"rendered":"There is no word:\u00a0a film by Carmel Whittle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As part of Greenpeace Canada’s Rethinking Nature Protection<\/em><\/a> art call, we have the pleasure and honour of showcasing the work of 5 artists in their vision of what decolonization and Nature protection truly means. To kick us off, writer, director and editor Carmel Whittle shares her original film There is no word<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n

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This film is about rethinking nature protection: why we should and how we can do this.  The narrator describes the basis for this rethinking: we are nature and not separate from nature. Therefore taking care of nature is taking care of ourselves. She teaches us the Seven Grandfather Teachings from her traditional Ojibway, Algonquin Anishinaabe territory as a profound way of bringing this understanding into our lives \u2013 only truly thriving as the environment thrives. Doing the right thing requires that we care for, nurture, and heal every element of our environments: the air, waters, rock, plants, trees and all creatures. This way of thinking is rising in the world today, and from youth to elder the understanding is growing. Please listen to these teachings, and to nature.<\/p>\n\n

Carmel Whittle, Director\/writer\/editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n

About the artist<\/h2>\n\n
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Carmel A. Whittle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Carmel A. Whittle is a Mi\u2019kmaw\/Irish educator, art facilitator and curator, visual artist, songwriter, independent filmmaker, and Identifies as she, queer, 2Spirit and an activist for social justice. She is the director and curator of the No Borders Art Festival.\u00a0 She is the coordinator for the Indigenous Artists Coalition, and program coordinator for the Thunderbird Sisters Collective and member of the Digital Arts Resource Centre, Ottawa.\u00a0 She is co-host, developer for Podcast#83 a call to action, series of discussions with non-Indigenous and indigenous poets, musicians and artists.<\/p>\n\n

She has facilitated and curated Indigenous youth art programming and coordinated group discussions on diversity in the arts with the Independent Media Arts Association, IMAA.  She works as a community outreach and Indigenous Liaison, with the Nectar community art centre. In partnership with Gallery 101 and Research In Art Ottawa (RIA), she facilitated a series of workshops specific to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission\u2019s recommendations for anti-appropriation and the decolonization of the arts. <\/p>\n\n

She supports the decolonized recommendations to the city to  make granting funds accessible to all community members. A lifelong learner in Indigenous\/Canadian studies at Carleton University, she is a member of the University of Ottawa, Opirg Circle of Elders and Change makers and works from her studio in Ottawa. <\/p>\n\n

You can find Carmel\u2019s work at: www.carmelwhittle.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n

About the narrator, Grandmother Louise Garrow<\/h2>\n\n

Louise Garrow is Anishnaabekwe from Sagamok First Nations. She works on Anishnaabemowin Language, translation and teaching. Currently she teaches Introductory Anishnaabemowin at Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health. She is the No Borders Community Voices Grandmother and shares cultural teachings and knowledge related to the song cycle as part of each rehearsal. Previously Louise worked in the federal public service for a total of 27 years; including First Nations Inuit Health Branch  on women and children health, mental health and wellness; Indigenous student employment, Indigenous cultural competency. She also worked at Trent University, Indigenous Studies for 9 years working as curriculum coordinator and Native Student Counsellor.<\/p>\n\n

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Stay tuned for the rest of our Rethinking Nature Protection art call winners, who will be revealed weekly over the course of the next five weeks! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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