Jesse Wente

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Jesse Wente is a Canadian Indigenous arts leader, broadcaster, and advocate known for championing Indigenous representation and sovereignty in film, media, and cultural institutions.

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instanceOf Indigenous rights advocate
arts administrator
broadcaster
human
advocatesFor Indigenous representation in film
Indigenous sovereignty in media
decolonization of cultural institutions
awardReceived Indspire Award for Arts (Film, TV and New Media) NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Canada
educatedAt University of Toronto
University of Toronto Schools NERFINISHED
employer CBC Radio NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Anishinaabe NERFINISHED
Ojibwe NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Indigenous arts
broadcasting
cultural policy
film
gender male
genre non-fiction
hasPerspectiveOn Canadian reconciliation discourse
representation of Indigenous peoples in popular culture
hasWrittenOn Canadian cultural policy
Indigenous representation in Hollywood
truth and reconciliation in Canada
knownFor leadership in establishing the Indigenous Screen Office
public commentary on Indigenous issues in Canadian media
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Serpent River First Nation NERFINISHED
name Jesse Wente NERFINISHED
nationality Canadian
notableFor advocacy for Indigenous representation in media
leadership in Canadian arts institutions
notableRole film critic on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning
notableWork Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance NERFINISHED
occupation arts administrator
author
broadcaster
film critic
public speaker
placeOfBirth Toronto, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED
positionHeld Chairperson of the Canada Council for the Arts
Executive Director of the Indigenous Screen Office NERFINISHED
residence Toronto, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED

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