As a member of the executive, I hope to advance reconciliation with First Nations in the Islands Trust area through consent-based decisionmaking in land-use planning. The Islands Trust is a special purpose government with a mandate to protect and preserve the Gulf Islands for ALL of B.C. With our 50 year anniversary, it's time to renew the vision: how can we work more effectively and cooperatively with First Nations, other agencies and governments? I am eager to find out!

Breaking new ground, always learning, always looking up.I illuminate stories of extraordinary people - find some at www.tobielliott.com. Thanks to the Bell Media fellowship, I'm attending Banff Media Festival 2013 to pitch a few of the films I've been working on, along with a new factual history TV series. - te

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Several years ago, a group of forward-thinking individuals met to explore the possibility of combining their talents and skill sets in order to help make the world a better place. LeftHand Media Co-op was the result of those discussions and we are today a cohesive team of artists, writers, organizers, strategists, and technologists.

Associate producer during the final stage of filmmaker Magnus Isacsson's latest film GRANNY POWER, produced with Jocelyne Clark of Pleiades Productions. Featuring lively, vibrant characters from across the U.S. and Canada, GRANNY POWER is a documentary about a very original activist movement, the Raging Grannies. It is also a window on important issues that concern us all: our role as citizens as we grow older, the challenges of aging, the inevitability of death. Remaining… Show more Associate producer during the final stage of filmmaker Magnus Isacsson's latest film GRANNY POWER, produced with Jocelyne Clark of Pleiades Productions. Featuring lively, vibrant characters from across the U.S. and Canada, GRANNY POWER is a documentary about a very original activist movement, the Raging Grannies. It is also a window on important issues that concern us all: our role as citizens as we grow older, the challenges of aging, the inevitability of death. Remaining active and finding a voice as elderly women – this in itself makes them exceptional – the Grannies are an inspiration to people of all generations.I am raising the finishing funds for the film through online crowdfunding networks and a strategic social media campaign. Estimated completion date: December 2012. Show less

This documentary is a portrait of a man from a little-known Canadian sub-culture: the trappers. Carl Gitscheff, a trapper, farmer, father and grandfather, is above all an advocate and lover of wild spaces. Over the course of his life, Carl has been drawn back again and again to the wilderness he learned to love as a child, trapping and hunting in the footsteps of his grandfather.But as coalmines multiply on his trapline, natural gas wells are drilled in his backyard, and oil is being… Show more This documentary is a portrait of a man from a little-known Canadian sub-culture: the trappers. Carl Gitscheff, a trapper, farmer, father and grandfather, is above all an advocate and lover of wild spaces. Over the course of his life, Carl has been drawn back again and again to the wilderness he learned to love as a child, trapping and hunting in the footsteps of his grandfather.But as coalmines multiply on his trapline, natural gas wells are drilled in his backyard, and oil is being pumped from the Peace River region where he lives, the animals he loves, and their habitat, are being sorely tested.The film traces a history that dates back to the exploration and settlement of this country, but is also contextualized by our contemporary climate of rapid and concentrated resource extraction for energy, examining its effects on the bush and wildlife that so characterizes British Columbia.An intimate POV documentary about love, loss and humane coexistence, we focus on one man who has become a passionate voice for the animal habitat he sees being lost to heavy industry. For more on the film go to: www.trapperofpeaceriver.com Show less

Production Coordination, Communications and Media handling for the TV series "Watchers of the North". Shooting begins April 16 in Gjoa Haven and Taloyoak, Nunavut.

Successfully ran a campaign to increase our revenue by 150%, revamped graphics and creative content to establish a new, competitive newspaper brand at Concordia University. Structurally re-organized administration and governance of the non-profit society.

Intern for Magnus Isacsson, documentary filmmaker in Montreal. Working on sourcing funding and communication for various projects in development. Isacsson has received many awards for his work in photography, radio, TV and film. A former producer for the English and French networks of the CBC, he has made more than a dozen independent films since 1986. Often shot over long periods of time, they tell dramatic stories that raise important social and political issues.

Produced and reported daily news for radio and television in the B.C. Peace Region.

Assisted with production of radio news programs in the Journalism Department at Concordia University.

Managed business affairs and editorial content, supervised staff of 15, for an independent newspaper serving Concordia University.