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RVF 2016-2017 - Week 51 Aug 21-27th CIVL-Abbotsford BC #1

Name of project/grant: Rendez-Vouz de la Francophonie

Name of producing station: CIVL

Name of producer: Julia Hodgins

Contact information of producer or station coordinator: Graham St Eloi, Julia at mariuskaba@yahoo.com

Short bio of producer (1 paragraph, 250 max words):
Volunteer radio producer, show host and DJ at CIVL, her weekly show, “iheartlatinamerica”, has been in the air for more than 3 years and is broadcasted in English. The show’s intention is to share what is that Latin Americans like, listen to, dance to, sing, what kind of music and content they produce. The spirit is to look beyond the stereotypes that circulate in media and popular culture. Julia has also volunteered in Radio in her country of origin, Peru, during 2 years in “Spirals” - a weekly show on personal growth and positive thinking.Julia is a Sociologist concentrated in Social Research, UFV alumni. Also, she has studies in marketing, philosophy, and training in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and groups dynamics. Currently working for the Government of Canada, she is a former volunteer for AFS Peru Intercultural Programs – Lima Committee, for the Agricultural Workers Alliance (Abbotsford), and many other events and causes within UFV, outside university and at her workplace too. In 2013 Julia was invited to present one of her social research projects to the Congress for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and in 2014 Julia successfully led the research component of a project within CIVL, to map the opinion that UFV students have about non-academic fees.

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Longer description of show/content (500 word max, to go on website -please provide shortened detail on each information update or audio capsule):
Both documentaries are 28 min including mastered intro and outro. Content is deep interviews to multilingual subjects about their French and English experiences along their acculturation process after moving into Canada. One subject is Peruvian-born, the second one is Argentinian-born. The 2 subjects speak both Canadian official languages good enough to interact at community, professional and social level.