Marjorie Beaucage Creative Documentary Filmmaker
Duck Lake, Saskatchewan

Marjorie Beaucage is a Two-Spirit Métis Auntie, filmmaker, ‘art-ivist’ and educator, a land protector and a water walker. Born in Vassar, Manitoba, to a large Métis family, Marjorie has dedicated her life’s work to creating social change, working to give people the tools for creating possibilities and right relations. For Marjorie, story is medicine. Her more than 40 films hold space for difference, giving voice to those often unheard in mainstream stories. Her last project, Reducing the Harms of Colonialism, addressed harm reduction—six portraits of people who made it through. Her recent book, leave some for the birds, documents her own movements for justice.

Marjorie Beaucage’s Vimeo page

“Deeply devoted to community revitalization, Beaucage works as an artist-educator to tackle difficult topics with groups that have been historically and systemically overlooked, such as Two-Spirit youth, sex workers, survivors of sexual abuse, Indigenous women living with HIV, people experiencing homelessness, and people facing addictions. Through participatory arts-based projects, Marjorie harnesses the power of art as ‘medicine’ to create transformative change for individuals as well as communities.”

Nominator: Alyssa Fearon, Director/Curator, on behalf of the Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina Public Library

“Through participatory arts-based projects, Marjorie harnesses the power of art as ‘medicine’ to create transformative change[.]”