Stephany Peterson is a complexity scholar-practitioner whose work explores how knowledge is formed, carried, and shared across contexts. Working across interdisciplinary research, systems thinking, and public engagement, her practice focuses on how people make meaning together in complex situations and carry that learning into action.

An eighth-generation settler to Wabanaki territory, Peterson has worked collaboratively across six continents and more than fifty countries. Her residency project introduces a visual and perceptual dimension into an existing educational practice that explores attention, framing, context, and collective meaning-making.

Guided through mentorship, community relationship-building, and learning exchange with photographer and educator Freeman Patterson and Elder Hubert Francis, the residency engages a form of Two-Eyed Seeing that listens to and sees place through both language and lens. The residency will culminate in a public educational gathering and knowledge-sharing event planned for July.

As a recipient of a Jane LeBlanc Legacy Fund educational bursary, Stephany is continuing her learning and creative study in visual and perceptual art with a focus on skill development, experimentation, and participation in structured educational and creative activities.

Rebecca E. Tremblay is a director, producer, and screenwriter whose work has been broadcast on CBC and screened at film festivals across Canada and the United States. She is also the founder of Elmire Films, a production company focused on supporting women and underrepresented creatives both behind and in front of the camera through inclusive storytelling and collaborative creative development opportunities.

Rebecca’s bursary will support a structured mentorship focused on professional post-production workflows and delivery practices.

As a recipient of a Jane LeBlanc Legacy Fund educational bursary, Rebecca is continuing her learning and creative study in filmmaking and post production practices with a focus on skill development, experimentation, and participation in structured educational and creative activities.

Jia Yi Fan is an Asian-Canadian, 2SLGBTQIA+ mapping and environmental professional and emerging filmmaker based in Kouchibouguac, New Brunswick. An avid storyteller from a young age, Jia Yi received recognition in high school for directing and screenwriting a short science-fiction drama. Fascinated by duality and ambiguity, Jia Yi’s creative process combines capturing spontaneous moments with developing long-form creative ideas. Through filmmaking and artistic exploration, Jia Yi seeks to create empowering stories and preserve moments of emotional resonance and beauty.

Jia Yi’s bursary will support mentorship-based learning in video editing and post-production practices to further develop technical storytelling skills and independent post-production knowledge.

Jia Yi will work with mentor Juliet Bartlett through a structured mentorship focused on post-production learning and creative skill development.

As a recipient of a Jane LeBlanc Legacy Fund educational bursary, Rebecca is continuing her learning and creative study in filmmaking and post production practices with a focus on skill development, experimentation, and participation in structured educational and creative activities.