National Indigenous History Month 2020
June is National Indigenous History Month. We honour the strength and courage of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis in the face of attempts to erase their cultures.
We also reflect on the enduring legacy of colonization and oppression that continues to affect indigenous communities across Canada and the world today. The CCE has partnered with Indspire, a charity in support of Indigenous Youth. Donate to Indspire today. The link to donate is a permanent part of the CCE home page.
Celebration and Education through:
A selection of titles are available through
Starting his career in 1970, master documentary editor Steve Weslak, CCE, remembers that working in the tiny film community of the era felt more like being in a garage rock band, rather than the mature industry that we have today. Almost five decades later he is still a vital part of the documentary scene, editing feature docs for HBO, BBC, PBS, NFB and all the major Canadian broadcasters. His editing assignments on international co-productions have taken him around the world, from Sydney, Australia to London, England. Along the way he’s been privileged to work with many outstanding directors such as Ric Bienstock, Alex Gibney, Larry Weinstein and Barbara Willis Sweete. 
Roushell Goldstein was born and raised in Ottawa, Canada, received her BA from Carleton University, and immediately left Ottawa on her “Grand Tour” of Europe. In 1968, she ended her tour in Israel where she settled in the city of Jerusalem with an offer to work at the newly established Israeli Television Network. For the next five years, she worked in the editing department on news, sports, current affairs and the odd documentary (where budgets allowed). Roushell learned to edit with glue and hot-splices, then Steenbecks arrived from Germany, and she progressed to splicing tape and the splicer. That, of course, lasted for a few decades until the big transition to digital in the early 1990s.
EN 
FR 
