| Audra Taillefer and Penny Joy Guests Monday 2 December |
Audra Taillefer is from the Mohawk Nation. She has spent 20 years in and out of the commercial sex trade. Audra had the privilage to work with Cherry Kinglsy and Melanie Mark on the Sacred Lives Project about sexually exploited Aboriginal Youth. After making contacts at a national level, Audra has travelled to help create programs that promote prevention. She has travelled to Ottawa and sat on the Youth Justice Policing Awards and even to Whitehorse for Community Development. Currenty she teams up with the RCMP Drug Awareness Campaign and does prevention workshops in the local schools. She has been featured on many radio stations and appeared in various newspapers. Audra is the Coordinator of the Indigenous Response Team working with Aboriginal People in the sex trade in the greater Victoria area. Audra's goal is to be a positive role model for Aboriginal Youth. Penelope (Penny) Joy has over 20 years experience as a director, writer and teacher of electronic media. Her eclectic geographical base (England, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and Canada) has given her a keen interest in cross cultural and environmental topics. Her experience with BBC TV, community video, and scriptwriting contributes inspiration and creative networking to the production process. |