Waterhen teens learn life skills at multimedia gathering
Youth from Waterhen participated in an educational multimedia gathering in Toronto last week are now passing along the knowledge they gained to their community.
Raielle Martell and Kahlil Mistickokat visited the Big Smoke with chaperone Dustin Ross Fiddler, a councillor with the Waterhen Lake First Nation, to participate in the Create To Learn conference. While there, the teens had an opportunity to network with their peers across the country while learning how to produce video content with a variety of technology.
“After they take this training, they sign a contract with Taking IT Global. They have some requirements to film once they get back into the community,” Fiddler said. “They have to create a movie… at least five of them, using community members, and then teaching them how to use the equipment.”
Fiddler said the teens were given equipment to take home from Taking IT Global to use in the production of the community videos.