Achievements
Recent Achievements
- Named 'Film Community Engagement Manager' for the Regina International Film Festival and Awards, 2024
- Awarded Media Ecology Association's John Culkin Award for Outstanding Praxis in the Field of Media Ecology, Daemen University, New York, 2024
- SASKATCHEWAN ARTS RECOGNITION: Gordon Pepper was honoured to be recognized by SK Arts at Arts of Celebration, 2024!
TEACHING
University of Regina
- Assistant Professor - Department of Film (2000 - 2004)
- Instructor II - Department of Film (2005 - 2007)
- Sessional Instructor - Department of Film (1998 - 1999)
- Presented both film production and film studies courses, 1998 - 2006
- Film 100, 200, 202, 205, 240, 250, 251, 300, 301, 311, 380, 401, 483
- Recipient, University of Regina - Inspiring Teaching Award, 2000 - 2001
- Recognized in MacLean’s Magazine, most popular professors, 2006
Campion College (University of Regina)
- Sessional Instructor (Film 100) - Department of Film, The Art of Motion Pictures, (2008, 2009)
Pearson Canada Education Conference, Toronto
- Presented: ‘The Future of Education’, 2008, “Understanding the Contemporary Student”, November, 2007
Presentation: Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative
- Curator - Film Studies Association of Canada Conference, The Independent Films of Saskatchewan, (Saskatoon), 2007
Canadian Learned Conference, Regina
- Presentation: ‘Revisiting McLuhan’, 2018
University of Winnipeg
- Presentation: McLuhan Symposium: ‘West Awake’, 2018
Regina Public Library
- Presented four-part program at Regina Public Library - The Films of Alfred Hitchcock, 2019
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative (2008 – 2020)
- Originator and Producer, Saskatchewan Independent Film Awards (SIFA), 2014 - 2019
- Winner Lieutenant Governor’s Arts Award - Leadership in the Arts (Organization), 2013
- Started ‘Best of Saskatchewan Award’ U of R Living Skies Student Film Festival, 2016
- Regina Leader Post, SIFA related articles, 2017, 2018
- CTV Regina (AM interviews). RE: SIFA, 2015, 16, 17
- Presented Filmpool’s 40th Anniversary event & launch of Wheat Soup beer.
- Partnered and co-produced with NFB Doc Lab SK - program and production
- Produced video “Art Matters” with the Saskatchewan Arts Alliance, 2014
- Awarded over $100,000 (cash) film production grants, Filmpool members, 2008 - 2020
- Produced over a dozen issues of Splice Magazine, 2008 - 2020
- Produced a dozen summer film camps for youth, 2008 - 2020
- Co-producer of feature film ‘Land of Rock and Gold’, 2016
- Tripled Filmpool Production Membership from 2008 - 2020
- Tripled Filmpool Savings Account from 2008 - 2020
ARTS & CULTURE JURY MEMBER
Selected:
- Creative Saskatchewan Jury Member, Screen-Based Media, 2017
- National Film Board of Canada Jury Member, Doc Lab Saskatchewan, 2017
- Saskatchewan Arts Board Jury Member (Independent Artist Award), 2016
- U of R Living Skies Student Film Festival, Jury Member, 2016
- Telefilm Canada – Micro-Budget Program, 2014, 2015, 2016
- Panel Member - Yorkton Film Festival, 2014
- Canada Council for the Arts, (Media Arts Section), Ottawa, 2011
- Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival Jury, Spring, 2011, 2009
- Saskatchewan Arts Board – Individual Productions Grants Jury Member, 2010
- Saskatchewan Filmpool Production Grants, 2008
- Saskatchewan Motion Picture Industry Association (SMPIA), 2008
- Member Funded Organizations – Media Arts Operating Grants, 2006, 2007
- University of Regina National Student Film & Video Festival, 2007
- Saskatchewan Arts Board Jury (Independent Artist Grant Program), 1997, 2004
- Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative (Individual Assistance Grants), 2002, 2006
- Manitoba Arts Board (Individual Assistance Grants), 2006
- Jury Member - Yorkton Short Film Awards, Spring, 2011
- Jean Oser Award (U of R - Outstanding Achievements Film Writing), 2001, 02, 03, 04, 05
BOOKS - ARTICLES - INTERVIEWS
SELECTED:
- CBC Radio Interview - Thelma Pepper Memorial Art Walk, 2020
- Writer, ‘Afterword – THELMA’, by Amy Jo Ehman, 2020
- Talk of the Town ACCESS TV - Saskatchewan Independent Film Awards, 2018
- CBC Radio interviews, 2015, 2016, 2017 (RE: SIFA)
- Interviews - CJTR Radio, 2006, 2012, 2015 (RE: Filmpool Executive Director)
- CTV TV Regina, AM Interviews RE: SIFA, 2015, 2016
- Yorkton Film Festival – The Role of Film Cooperatives in Canada, Panel Member, 2014
- Pepper Publishing, Human Touch - Portraits of Strength, Courage and Dignity, by Thelma Pepper, 2011
- Nominated for a Saskatchewan Book Awards - Book of the Year, 2011)
- Presented paper ‘Understanding Media’ University of Regina, Campion College, 2010
- Presented paper ‘Future of Education’ (Pearson Canada Education Conference), Toronto, 2008
- Writer, ‘The Mystique of McLuhan’, Splice Magazine, 2007
- Selected Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Curator - Film Studies Association of Canada Conference (Saskatoon), 2007
- Film “Blue” selected as part of compilation DVD for Saskatchewan Filmpool’s 30th Anniversary, 2007
- Interview on CBC radio, Light unleashed - The Photography of Thelma Pepper, 2006
- Regina Board of Education - video production workshops for elementary schools, 2005
- Regina Public Library Film Theatre - Film Review. Hoop Dreams, 2005
- Film “3 ½” selected as part of compilation DVD from Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, 2005
- Splice Magazine article on Our Visual Culture, 2004
- The Wonder of Technology (workshop), Regina Board of Education, 2003
- Video production workshops, Lakeview Elementary School, 2003 & 2002
- Splice Magazine article on Richard Kerr, 2002
- Writer, Beyond Film – ‘The Heart of the Saskatchewan Filmpool’, Splice Magazine, 2002
- University of Regina - Faculty of Fine Arts Series, “From Iconic to Symbolic Meaning”, 2001
- Writer, Splice Magazine, Review of Bruce Elder’s “The Book of the Dead”, 2000
Grants
Selected:
- Recipient - Saskatchewan Arts Board Independent Artist Program grant, ‘Discarnate; McLuhan’s Wake’’, 2017
- Recipient - Saskatchewan Arts Board Independent Artist Program grant, (research) ‘Discarnate; McLuhan’s Wake’, 2016
- Awarded: Film Production Grant, Saskatchewan Council for Archives & Archivists, ‘To Robert Gordon’ ($13.000), 2007
- Awarded: Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative film production grant ‘To Robert Gordon’, 2006
- Awarded: Saskatchewan Arts Board Grant, Cinematheque Saskatchewan, 2008
- Awarded: Media Arts Grant, ‘To Robert Gordon’, Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, 2008
- Awarded: Film Production Grant, SaskFilm, ‘Light Unleashed - The Photography of Thelma Pepper’, 2006
- Film “3 ½” selected as part of compilation DVD from Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative
- Film “Blue” selected as part of compilation DVD for Saskatchewan Filmpool’s 30th Anniversary
- Awarded: Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative (Individual Assistance Grants), ‘Light Unleashed - The Photography of Thelma Pepper’, 2002, 2006
Volunteer Community
Selected:
- Cathedral Village Magazine - photographer, 2023
- Regina Symphony Orchestra, photographer, 2017
- Saskatchewan Arts Board (Awards) - videographer, 2015
- Board Member - Saskatchewan Arts Alliance (2012, 2013, 2014)
- Promotional video for Saskatchewan Arts Alliance
- Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative Mentorship Program (2006, 2007)
- Producer/director – Eight Saskatchewan Sports Hall of fame Inductee videos, 2008
- Regina and District Food Bank, Adult Centre, Employment Readiness & Training, 2006, 2007
- Access Communications - mobile television production, 2004, 2005, 2006
- Regina Board of Education - video production workshops for elementary schools, 2005
- Board member - Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative (1997-1998), (2002-2003)
- Heart & Stroke Foundation volunteer, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Regina Public School - video production workshops, 2003, 2005
- Regina Community Basketball and Soccer Association coach, 2002, 2003
- MacKenzie Art Gallery – volunteer photographer, 2002, 2003