Blessed is the Spot: The Wounding and Healing of the Garry Oak Ecocultural Landscape

See the premiere of the documentary, Blessed is the Spot: The Wounding and Healing of the Garry Oak Ecocultural Landscape, directed by TWU Associate Professor of Media + Communication Ned Vankevich, in partnership with Professor of Biology David Clements, with filming and post-production by Jef and Becca Gibbons.

Centered on the Garry oaks ecosystems on Vancouver Island, BC, the theme of the documentary is that native wisdom and contemporary science can work together to understand and preserve this invaluable ecocultural landscape.

Presented by Trinity Western's School of the Arts, Media + Culture together with the Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, this event will feature a panel discussion with a Vancouver Island Cowichan Elder, an Indigenous scholar, scientists engaged in studying and protecting the unique Garry oak ecosystems, and filmmakers Ned Vankevich and Jef Gibbons.  

Panelists include: Robert George (Cowichan First Nation Elder), Dr. Jennifer Grenz (Indigenous Ecology Lab, UBC Faculty of Forestry), Dr. Tara Martin (UBC Faculty of Forestry), Genevieve Singleton (Nature Interpreter, Duncan, BC), Dr. David Clements (Department of Biology, Trinity Western University), Jef Gibbons (School of the Arts, Media + Culture, Trinity Western University), and Dr. Ned Vankevich (School of the Arts, Media + Culture, Trinity Western University).

Banner image of Ned Vankevich, Jef Gibbons, and Tara Martin, by David Clements.