Sarah Abbott

Professor Sarah Abbott is an Associate Professor in the Department of Film at the University of Regina, a Vanier scholar, Canadian filmmaker and artist whose work engages issues of being, human rights, ethics and the environment. Her film and video work has received numerous grants, awards and international festival selections.  Tide Marks (2004), Sarah’s first feature-length documentary, explores aspects of post-apartheid South Africa, while Out In The Cold (2008) is a poignant short drama inspired by the freezing deaths of First Nations men in Saskatoon, allegedly at the hands of police.  For Out In The Cold, Sarah received the City of Regina’s 2009 Mayor’s Arts and Business Award for Innovation in the Arts in recognition of the film’s connection to a wide range of community sectors through its educational process, community outreach and social awareness.  In 2012, Sarah received the Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor’s Arts Award for Arts and Learning.

“The Dewdney Project”

The Dewdney Project is a community engagement initiative and documentary film that explore and document the history and contemporary understanding of Edgar Dewdney and Dewdney Avenue in Regina. The project sheds light on Dewdney’s legacy in relation to the history of oppression of First Nations and Métis people in Saskatchewan, a story that is both local and universal as a result of the legacies of colonial impositions and celebrations.