Pivoting En Pointe

Lovepreet Deo used to be a little girl who endured stares from people, due to her cerebral palsy, and kept her dreams to herself. “I was in my own little world, I didn't open up to anybody,” recalls Deo. Deo knew no one when she moved to Airdrie with her family as a 27-year-old in 2008.

That’s what students in Paul Wunderlich’s Film & Media Arts Class at George McDougall High School get to experience. Wunderlich has been teaching the class for two years and says he looks forward to stepping into the classroom every day.

Métis Elder Pamela Lashmore is unequivocal about the traditional Indigenous path to reconciliation and understanding after a pipe and teepee raising ceremony held at Airdrie City Hall March 21.