Rosemary Georgeson Explained

Rosemary Georgeson is a Coast Salish and Sahtu Dene filmmaker and multi-media artist. Georgeson was born on Galiano Island in British Columbia, Canada.^[1] Her work ranges from film, theatre, radio to involvement in the culinary arts. Georgeson was the Aboriginal Community Director of Urban Ink Productions 2002-2011, and has worked with the company since its inception in 2001. In 2014 Georgeson was invited to the position of Aboriginal Storyteller in Residence at the Vancouver Public Library.^[2] Much of Georgeson's work highlights the unrecorded contributions that Indigenous women have made within the dying fishing industry. Raised in a fishing family on Galiano Island in the Southern gulf islands of British Columbia, Georgeson spent many years working and living on fish boats. An important component of Georgeson's work involves collaborating with other artists and community members.

Filmography

• 2011 - Squaw Hall: A Community Remembers^[3] - Georgeson worked in collaboration with Twin Fish Theatre company from Nelson, British Columbia on the Squaw Hall Project^[4] . The project was produced over a period of 2 years (2009-2011) and the results included A Community Remembers film and a theatre production, Damned if you do, What if you don't.^[5] Both were developed in collaboration with youth and elders in the small community of Williams Lake in the interior of British Columbia. Community members from the Secwepemc, Carrier, and Tsilhqot'in nations guided the collaboration with Georgeson.
• 2013 - We Have Stories: Women in Fish^{[6] [7] [8] [9]} - A documentary that explores the role of women in the British Columbia fishing industry.

Non-film work

• 2002 - "Rare Earth Arias" (Women writers from the Downtown Eastside)^[10]
• 2005 - "We're All in This Together: Negotiating Collaborative Creation in a Play about Addiction"^{[11] [12] [13]}
• 2013 - "Learning from Our Mistakes: Building Relationships through the Arts with First Nations Communities"^[14]
• 2013 - "Women in Fish: Multimedia & Live Performance" at the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival^{[15] [16]}
• 2014 - "Alternative Sovereignties: Decolonization Through Indigenous Vision and Struggle" (Speaker panel)^[17]

Personal awards and honors

• Women in Fish (CBC 4 part radio series and documentary) was shortlisted for a Jack Webster Award for Best Documentary^[18]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rosemary Georgeson. Open Doors Project. 2017-04-03.
2. Web site: Vancouver Public Library - News & Press Releases. www.vpl.ca. 2017-04-03.
3. Web site: PROJECTS. nicola harwood. en-US. 2017-04-05.
4. News: Lakecity youth meet lieutenant-governor - Williams Lake News. Birchwater. Sage. Williams Lake Tribune. 2017-04-11.
5. Web site: PROJECTS. nicola harwood. en-US. 2017-04-11.
6. News: Women in Fish - Urban Ink. Urban Ink. 2017-04-05. en-US.
7. Web site: Jessica Hallenbeck: Gone Fishing: Indigenous Women's Labor and the Urbanization of Vancouver. UBC Graduate Studies. 2017-04-11.
8. http://vancouvermovingtheatre.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Project-Evaluation-Report-Women-in-Fish-C.-Brown.pdf
9. News: Project and Evaluation Report:Documenting the Community Outreach Process for Women in Fish at the 10th Annual Downtown Eastside Hearth of the Ciry Festival. Brown. Christa. 13 January 2014.
10. Web site: hackwriters.com -Urban Ink Productions present Rare Earth Arias. www.hackwriters.com. 2017-04-05.
11. Web site: We're All in this Together Vancouver Moving Theatre. vancouvermovingtheatre.com. 10 March 2009 . en-US. 2017-04-05.
12. News: Vancouver Moving Theatre. Marie. Victoria. July 2007. Evaluation Report. April 5, 2017.
13. News: Playwrights Playwrights Theatre Centre. Playwrights Theatre Centre. 2017-04-13. en-US.
14. Web site: Learning from Our Mistakes: Building Relationships through the Arts with First Nations Communities Vancouver Moving Theatre. vancouvermovingtheatre.com. 25 May 2014 . en-US. 2017-04-05.
15. Web site: Women in Fish . liisah. www.heartofthecityfestival.com. 16 October 2013 . en-US. 2017-04-05.
16. News: Women in Fish shines light on fateful West Coast tale. Lyon. Christine. North Shore News. 2017-04-05.
17. Web site: Concurrent Panel Speakers Alternative Sovereignties ConferenceAlternative Sovereignties Conference. blogs.uoregon.edu. en-US. 2017-04-05.
18. News: Women in Fish - Urban Ink. Urban Ink. 2017-04-04. en-US.