AnnUAL REPORT 2011-2012 - Knowledge Network

Specific Direction To The Corporation
Early learning initiatives;
Asian trade and cultural awareness;
Health care sustainability;
First Nations communities, culture, and
issues;
Knowledge Network Action Plans
Programming on Knowledge Kids and KnowledgeKids.ca supports early
learning development. Programs with a literacy focus included The
Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog, Numberjacks and Martha Speaks.
Program highlights include:
Asia’s Monarchies – A look at the changing roles of leaders in the East.
One Big Hapa Family – B.C. filmmaker and animator Jeff Chiba Stearns
sets out to discover why everyone in his Japanese-Canadian family married
interracially after his grandparents’ generation; a trend followed by nearly
all Japanese-Canadians.
I.M. Pei: Building China Modern – Architect I.M. Pei returns to his home city of
Suzhou, China to work on his most personal project to date: a modern museum
that complements the architecture of the 2,500-year-old city.
Lijiang: One City, Two Tales – Reveals the rich life and culture of one of
China’s most unique cities: Lijiang, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Barefoot Doctor: Mongolia 30 Years Later – Richmond resident Dan
Zhang, who was born in China, was 17 years old when Mao’s Cultural
Revolution got underway and young people had to abandon school to be
re-educated in the countryside. Dan chose Mongolia, where she became a
“barefoot doctor.”
Ganges – A three-part series telling the story of one of the most
extraordinary rivers in the world: the Ganges.
Indian Hill Railways – From the Himalayas in the north, to the Nilgiri Mountains
in the south: for over a hundred years, little steam trains have climbed through
the clouds and into the wonderful world of Indian Hill Railways.
Last Train Home – Every spring, China’s cities are plunged into chaos as,
all at once, millions of migrant factory workers attempt to return home
by train. This award-winning film paints a human portrait of the dramatic
changes sweeping China.
Program highlights include:
Family Matters – The story of four BC families and how they have managed
to stay together in the face of the manic highs and devastating depressions
of bipolar disorder.
Not Just a Bad Day – Mike, Erin and Martha appear to have little in common,
but they are all living under the shadow of bipolar disorder. Through hard work
and the hands on support of their psychiatrist, they learn how to manage their
mood swings and lead productive, balanced lives.
Chemo – A deeply personal glimpse inside a Warsaw chemotherapy clinic,
where people of all ages and from all walks of life are thrown together for
no other reason than they share the reality of cancer.
Commissioned new Knowledge Network documentary series that will give
insight into emergency health care and, by extension, the significant health
care issues impacting our province today. Citizens will have an opportunity
to participate through an interactive website that will support the television
series.
Program highlights include:
Pushing the Line: Art Without Reservations – B.C. filmmaker Lisa Jackson
follows several aboriginal artists from the northwest coast who are creating
innovative work. As likely to use pop culture or graffiti for inspiration as
traditional “formline” design, they’re taking on topics that affect us all, and
they’re doing it in a very modern – and very aboriginal – way.
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life – Chronicles Buffy Sainte-Marie’s
remarkable career as singer, songwriter and activist.
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