Christine Welsh facts for kids

Christine Welsh is a talented Métis filmmaker and a retired professor. She has made many films and taught at the University of Victoria.

Who is Christine Welsh?

Christine Welsh grew up in Regina, Saskatchewan. She is the great-granddaughter of Norbert Welsh, who was a famous Métis buffalo hunter. This connection to her heritage is very important to her work.

Her Journey in Education

Christine Welsh studied at the University of Regina. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1986. This education helped her prepare for her amazing career in filmmaking and teaching.

Christine Welsh's Film Career

Christine Welsh has been making films for over 30 years! She has worked as a producer, writer, and director.

Her film career started in 1977. She worked as an assistant editor on a film called Who Has Seen the Wind. After working as a film editor in Toronto for ten years, she moved to Vancouver Island.

One of her most important films is Finding Dawn, a documentary from 2006. This film is about missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. It won a special award called the Gold Audience Award at the 2006 Amnesty International Film Festival.

Other films she helped create include:

• Women in the Shadows (1992)
• Keepers of the Fire (1994)
• Kuper Island: Return to the Healing Circle (1997)
• The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters (2000)

Teaching and Mentoring

Besides making films, Christine Welsh was also a professor at the University of Victoria. She taught classes about Indigenous women and indigenous cinema. She was the first Indigenous faculty member in the Humanities department at the university. She retired from teaching in 2017.

To honor her work, the University of Victoria created a special award in 2016. It's called the Scholarship for Indigenous Gender Studies Students. This scholarship helps students who are studying Indigenous gender issues.

Today, Christine Welsh lives on Saltspring Island.

Christine Welsh's Films

Here is a list of some of the films Christine Welsh has worked on:

• Finding Dawn, (2006) - A documentary about missing and murdered Indigenous women.
• The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters, (2000) - A documentary about the Coast Salish knitters.
• Kuper Island: Return to the Healing Circle, (1997) - A documentary.
• Keepers of the Fire, (1994) - A documentary.
• Women in the Shadows, (1991) - A documentary.

Awards and Recognition

Christine Welsh has received several awards for her amazing work:

• 2006: She won the Gold Audience Award at the Amnesty International Film Festival for Finding Dawn.
• 2017: She received the Matrix Award for achievement in BC shorts at the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival for her film The Thinking Garden.
• 2009: Women in Film and Television Vancouver gave her the Artistic Achievement Award for her excellent filmmaking, especially for telling women’s stories.