Christine Welsh


Christine Welsh is a Métis Canadian filmmaker, feminist and associate professor at the University of Victoria.

Early life

Welsh was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. She is the great-grand-daughter of Norbert Welsh, the famous Metis buffalo hunter.

Education

Welsh graduated from University of Regina, with a B.A. in 1986.

Career

Welsh has produced, written and directed films for more than 30 years.
In 1977, Welsh's career began as an assistant editor on Allen Kings Who Has Seen the Wind film. Welsh moved to Vancouver Island after working as a film editor in Toronto for ten years. Welsh's 2006 National Film Board of Canada documentary Finding Dawn, about murdered and missing Canadian Aboriginal women, won a Gold Audience Award at the 2006 Amnesty International Film Festival. Other film credits include: Women in the Shadows, Keepers of the Fire, Kuper Island: Return to the Healing Circle, and The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters.
Welsh worked as an associate professor at the University of Victoria where she taught courses in indigenous women's studies and indigenous cinema, retiring in 2017. Welsh was the first indigenous faculty member in Humanities at the University. In 2016, the University of Victoria made a scholarship in honor of Welsh, Scholarship for Indigenous Gender Studies Students. She is a resident of Saltspring Island.

Filmography