A hands-on workshop giving youth the tools and the training to tell their own stories through video. Liz Barron, Youth Coordinator, WTN Foundation Liz Barron is is the Youth Coordinator at the WTN Foundation, working with the selected Camp Coordinators to deliver the WTN Foundation Girls TV Camp.
Participation is limited to pre-registered youth delegates.
Liz Barron, Youth Coordinator for the WTN Foundation, will introduce the programme and lead a discussion on empowering youth, especially girls, through technology. The Girls' TV Camp gives teenage girls a unique chance to gain hands-on experience. Veteran women television technicians teach girls the lighting, audio, camera and editing skills they need to produce their own team-based videos. 40 per cent of the Girls' TV Camp staff and mentors were Aboriginal or women of colour. Lesson Plans Developed from the experience of the Girls TV Camps across Canada, these lesson plans are designed to help teachers bring television and internet tools to the classroom to support instruction of all courses.