A school that is part academics, part circus, educates and inspires youth living amidst Guinea's infrastructural problems, poor public health and political corruption.
Nunavut, Canada: Hope on Ice
In November Artcirq will travel to Guinea to collaborate with acrobats from the circus troupe, Kalabante. The film crew is requesting donations to document this trip.
Much has been made of the unprecedented Aboriginal participation in the planning and hosting of the 2010 Olympic Games. This has a lot to do with the fact that many of the sporting events are taking place on the traditional territorial lands of the Four Host First Nations – the umbrella group consisting of the Lil'Wat, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations (First Nations are one of three officially recognized Aboriginal peoples in Canada, along with the Inuit people of the Arctic and the Metis people of mixed Indian-European descent).
Linda Matchan and Michele McDonald's Artcirq video airs on Worldfocus on Tuesday February 23.
Linda Matchan, for the Pulitzer CenterVancouver, Canada
Guillaume Saladin left his career as a professional acrobat to help young Inuits in northern Canada form Artcirq, their own performing troupe.
Linda Matchan, for the Pulitzer Center
Linda Matchan and Michele McDonald's project "Nunavut, Canada: Hope on Ice" was featured on the Geo Quiz segment of PRI's The World on Nov. 19.
Linda Matchan, for the Pulitzer Center (Photos by Michele McDonald)
Linda Matchan, for the Pulitzer Center (Photos by Michele McDonald)
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Linda Matchan is a Canadian-born print and multi-media reporter for the Boston Globe. She covers the arts, writes features, and has done investigative work for the Globe, including a year-long...
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Michele McDonald is a Boston-based freelance photographer who formerly worked for the Boston Globe. She has been a Nieman fellow, a MacDowell Colony fellow, and has twice been a finalist for the...