Stephanie Boyd (Director, Producer, location sound)

Stephanie has been living and working in Peru as a filmmaker, journalist and educator since 1997. Despite having a severe hearing impairment, she has produced and directed four award-winning feature documentaries: "Choropampa, The Price of Gold" (2002), "Tambogrande, Mangos, Murder, Mining" (2008), "The Devil Operation" (2010) and “Karuara, People of the River” (2024).

These films have been screened at over 150 international festivals, including IDFA and Hot Docs, won more than 35 awards and been broadcast around the world on stations including the Sundance Channel, Outside TV, CBC Country Canada, Al Jazeera, TeleSur, Russia Today, Canal N (Peru) and the Knowledge Network (Canada). Her articles have appeared in publications such as The New Yorker online, Salon.com, the Toronto Star and New Internationalist magazine.

Chief Taynar Simpson

Chief Taynar Simpson is the elected Chief of Alderville First Nation, a Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg (Mississauga Ojibwe) community on Rice Lake in Ontario, Canada, and the founder and research director of Wampum Records. He was first elected in July 2023 and re-elected for the 2025–2028 term in July 2025. Wampum Records is an Indigenous-owned research and consulting firm founded in 2000 which specializes in claims assessment, archival research, litigation support, and historical reconciliation projects. He has spent close to 30 years working on national reconciliation efforts, including the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IAP, CEP), Day Schools, and the Sixties Scoop. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Anishnawbe Health Foundation, and has also served as a project lead for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

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