Video
Documentary film. Produced and filmed with a four-person team at Carleton University.
Secret War
A short-film about two Canadian soldiers who join an equine therapy program to try and find peace after serving in Afghanistan. The documentary was nominated for ‘best student production’ by the Yorkton Film Festival. In 2015, the film was named ‘best documentary‘ at Carleton University’s School of Journalism and was featured on CBC Ottawa.
Video short. Visuals and edits.
This year, sockeye returns to the Skeena River are estimated at about 3,300,000, the best the North Coast has seen here in almost 15 years. The strong return has allowed for a commercial sockeye salmon opening off the coast of Prince Rupert, on Coast Ts'msyen territory, and fish harvesters are flocking to the run. Ecotrust Canada was hired to conduct at-sea observing trips for the Catch Monitoring Program, and observers spent the day hopping from one gillnett boat to another recording data on the catch. It's apparent, from our short stays on these boats, just how hard fish harvesters work to bring salmon to seafood lovers.
(July-August 2022)
Originally published on Ecotrust Canada's YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/shorts/I3PeJ65gMj8
Collaborative project. Information sharing. Visuals supplied.
The Haíɫzaqv Heat Pump Project has now successfully converted 154 homes to air-source heat pumps.
This past winter, Heiltsuk’s Housing Manager, who has been in the role for more than five years, reported a significant drop off in calls to service heating systems. The Housing Department used to get five calls a day about heat related issues, but this winter received almost none at all.
For more information, visit Haíɫzaqv Climate Action at https://heiltsukclimateaction.ca/heat-pump-project or Ecotrust Canada’s Community Energy Initiative at https://ecotrust.ca/priorities/energy/
Originally published on Ecotrust Canada's YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/snD_ZG1D0eY
News. Visuals and edits.
Totem pole raised on Lelu after LNG project falls
Breaking News Video Award winner - British Columbia/Yukon Community Newspaper Association Ma Murray Awards 2018
More than 100 people came to the pole raising on Lelu Island after the end of Pacific NorthWest LNG, on the North Coast of British Columbia. This story and video was published Oct. 21, 2017 in The Northern View
Fundraising. Some visuals supplied. Produced and edited.
At Ecotrust Canada we are building a future for Healthy homes and Heathy communities for a Healthy Environment.
At Ecotrust Canada we are proving the possible, by demonstrating on-the-ground how healthy homes and healthy communities can create more sustainable oceans, protect healthy forests and lands, and reduce climate impacts.
Originally published on Ecotrust Canada's YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/ALrtXPV1EKI
Fundraising. Some visuals supplied. Produced and edited.
25 years — join us in creating a better future
An Ecotrust Canada project for its 25th Anniversary
An economy should work for people and planet, not the other way around. Join us as we celebrate 25 years of working to build more resilient, local, economies for environmental and social well-being. https://ecotrust.ca/
Original music by Nathan Randall and some B-Roll from Storyblocks.
Film, edits, and produced by Shannon Lough
Feature news. Visuals and edits.
Ottawa apologizes to Japanese family in B.C. after chopping historic cherry trees
Multimedia Breaking News Story Award winner - Ma Murray Awards 2019
After the cherry trees fell, the Shimizu family legend found its historical beginnings in Prince Rupert. This story was originally published in The Northern View on Nov. 16, 2018.
Information sharing. Convention Centre. Visuals and edits.
Indigenous Homes Innovation Initiative
In January 2020, I travelled to Vancouver Island to film and photograph the four-day Indigenous Homes Innovation Initiative accelerator launch. In this video, the Innovators speak about the partnerships, sharing, and learnings they gained through the Accelerator process.
Community project highlights. Visuals and edits.
North Coast Innovation Lab 2020 Projects
The North Coast Innovation Lab (NCIL) is a place-based initiative for people who are invested in the future of Prince Rupert to identify, prioritize, and work together on tangible projects to build a resilient economy and to improve social and environmental well-being. This video highlights the key projects from the third and final cohort in 2020.
Originally published on Ecotrust Canada's YouTube channel.
Documentary short. Visuals supplied. Interview and editing.
Canol Doc Project
Five women attempt to bike the Canol Heritage Trail, where a pipeline was built and then abandoned shortly after World War Two. On July 20, 2017 they started in Whitehorse for the 12-day, 600 kilometre journey from the Yukon border to the North West Territories. Complications arise early for the women who are physically and mentally tested beyond their expectations.
Caitlin DuBiel, from Prince Rupert, retells the tale of how the women fared in some of the most challenging terrain in the North. The film is a collaboration with Hannah Johnston, Sinead Earley, Rohanna Gibson, Caitlin DuBiel and Gabriela Stephens, who collected the images and videos of their expedition, and Shannon Lough, a journalist and videographer, who interviewed Cait and edited the images to create "The Canol Doc."