Jesse Wente

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Jesse Wente is a First Nations Canadian arts journalist and chairperson of the Canada Council for the Arts. He is an Ojibwe member of Serpent River First Nation.

Background[]

Jesse Wente was born in Toronto, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Toronto in cinema studies in 1996.[1]

Career[]

Wente broadcast for CBC Radio One's Metro Morning on films and pop culture for 20 years,[2] and was appointed as chairperson of the Canada Council for the Arts in 2020.[3]

An outspoken advocate for Indigenous rights and First Nations, Métis, and Inuit art,[4] Wente is active in a number of areas in the sphere of Canadian media.

He has been a culture critic with Metro Morning for more than 20 years and on CBC Radio One's national Unreserved program.[5][6] Wente is actively involved in Canadian film in a number of roles and is an advocate for increasing the presence of underrepresented voices.[7] He previously served as director of film programmes at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, where he oversaw theatrical, Cinematheque and Film Circuit programming.[8]

Wente was named as the first director of Canada's new Indigenous Screen Office in January 2018.[9][10] This program of the Canadian federal government is intended to support the development, production and marketing of Indigenous screen content and storytelling in Canada.[9]

He was appointed to the board of the Canada Council for the Arts in 2017 and became its chairperson in July 2020.[3] Previously, he served as director of the Toronto Arts Council.

Wente's memoir, Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance was published in September 2021.[11]

Awards[]

  • Reelworld Film Festival’s Reel Activist Award.[5][7]

Authored books[]

  • Wente, Jesse. (2021). Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance. Allen Lane. ISBN 9780735235731[11]

References[]

  1. ^ Kuprel, Diana (2 February 2018). "Indigenous Rights Advocate Jesse Wente: Turn your passion into your career". University of Toronto. Retrieved 28 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Jesse Wente". CBC. Retrieved 28 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b "Jesse Wente Appointed Chairperson of Canada Council for the Arts". Canadianart. 28 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Board Members". Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved 28 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b "iN18 Industry: Insider and Outsider: Developing New Collaboration Models". imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  6. ^ "Jesse Wente - CBC Media Centre". Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  7. ^ a b "Jesse Wente awarded first-ever Reelworld Reel Activist award". Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  8. ^ "Jesse Wente | Broadcaster, Advocate & Diversity Speaker". National Speakers Bureau. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  9. ^ a b "Jesse Wente appointed director of Canada's new Indigenous Screen Office". CBC News. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  10. ^ "Jesse Wente appointed Director of Canada's Indigenous Screen Office - eBOSS Canada". eBOSS Canada. 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  11. ^ a b "Unreconciled by Jesse Wente". Penguin Random House Canada. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
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