Dr. Shirley Cheechoo
M'Chigeeng, Ontario, Canada
About Dr. Shirley Cheechoo
As Founder and Artistic Director of Weengushk Film Institute, Dr. Shirley Cheechoo has created an outstanding program providing opportunities to hundreds of Indigenous youth from across the country since 2002. Created through her vision to build bridges, provide intercultural understanding and a personal mandate to support Truth and Reconciliation, Dr. Cheechoo integrates local, provincial, national and international Indigenous youth at WFI.