B.A. University of British Columbia 1974
M.A. (Sociology) University of British Columbia 1978

Residence: Retreat Island, Galiano, B.C. V0N 1PO
phone 250-382-4028
e-mail: retreat@gulfislandswireless.com

Print Publications:

Current and ongoing:

2000- to date:Editor, Reviewer and Contributor to Archipelago: A Journal of News, Reviews and Interviews on Community and Conservation.  Galiano B.C. Galiano Conservancy Association.
Frequent contributor and reviewer for Herizons, Winnipeg, Manitoba, including the following:
2002. Review of Eden Robinson’s Monkey Beach.(with Karolle Wall)  Herizons, Winnipeg, Man. Winter, 2002:
2000  Conceptions: An Art of Mothering.  Review Essay for Herizons, Winnipeg, Man. Winter, 2000

Other Publications: A Selected List

Books:
2005 In press: When You Sing It Now, Just Like New: First Nations Poetics,
Voices and Representation (with Robin Ridington) University of Nebraska Press.
1982 People of the Longhouse: How the Iroquoian Tribes Lived. (with Robin
Ridington) Vancouver, BC. Douglas and McIntyre.
1978 People of the Trail: How the Northern Forest Indians Lived  (with Robin
Ridington) Vancouver. Douglas & McIntyre

Reviews and Articles: (selected list)
1997 "Sacred Game." Canadian Literature #154 Fall, 1997 Vancouver, B.C.
University of B.C.
1995. "The Listener: Dreaming the Soundscape with Howard Broomfield." (with
Robin Ridington)  Listening, Playing, Creating: Essays on the Power of Sound.
Carolyn Bereznak Kenny, Ed.  Albany: State University of New York Press.
1985 "Single Parenting in a Wheelchair. What Do You Do With a Sick Kid When You
Can't Afford  an Ambulance and You Can't Walk?" Women and Disability. Special
Issue of Resources for  Feminist Research.V.1 #1.  Toronto. Ontario Institute
for Studies in Education. March,1985
1982  Making Bannock.  Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly. Tallahassee, Florida;
Society for  Humanistic Anthropology.

Monographs: (selected list)
1989 Different Therefore Unequal: Employment and Women with Disabilities.(Monograph)  Vancouver, B.C. Disabled Women's Network (DAWN-Canada)
1989 Beating the Odds: Violence and Women with Disabilities. (Monograph)
Vancouver, B.C.  Disabled Women's  Network (DAWN-Canada)
1989 The Only Parent in the Neighbourhood: Parenting and Women With
Disabilities. (Monograph)  Vancouver, B.C. Disabled Women's Network
(DAWN-Canada)
1989 Who Do We Think We Are? Self-image and Women with Disabilities. (Monograph)
 Vancouver, B.C. the Disabled Women's Network (DAWN-Canada)
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Jillian Ridington has prepared and presented research papers and briefs for the Government of Manitoba, the National Association of Women and the Law, the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, and other
organizations.  A complete list is available on request.

Ongoing  Work With The Dane-Zaa First Nation:
For the past twenty-seven years, Jillian Ridington has been collaborating with Robin Ridington to document the culture of the Dane-zaa First Nation.  This work has resulted in two video documentaries, (one completed and one in production), and in many produced audio pieces.  It has also resulted in a large audio archive, thousands of photographs, and numerous written publications.  More recent work includes scanning a selection of images from the Ridingtons’ large collection of historic photos, and other sources; these images are now available to the Dane-zaa First Nations.  Jillian has also completed work on an extensive genealogy of the Doig River Dane-zaa.  This involved extensive archival research, community interviews and corroboration, data input and consultation with other members of the genealogical team.  This work is now available to the Doig River Dane-zaa First Nation.

Video Documentaries: Resource person, archival consultant, co-editor, interviewer.
2004:  Otter Man’s Story. 30 minute video.  (With Robin Ridington).  Based on Jillian Ridington’s interview with Dane-zaa elder May Apsassin, Otter Man’s story tells about communication between Dane-zaa prophets and how their prophecies affect the lives of Dane-zaa people.
 

2001: Contact the People 50 minute video.  (With Robin Ridington, Stacy Shaak, and Chief Garry Oker)  Through archival photos and audio, interwoven with recent video footage, Contact the People documents the dramatic changes that have occurred to the Dane-zaa people in the past half century.

In production: They Dream About Everything ( With Robin Ridington, Stacy Shaak, and Chief Garry Oker)   This video documentary, for which the Doig River First Nation received a Canada Council Grant, examines the role of prophets and story telling among the Dane-zaa.  It combines material from the Ridington’s archive with recent interviews the Ridingtons engaged in with elders of the Dane-za community.  A draft version of this documentary was shown by Robin and Jillian Ridington at the Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies in Edinburgh in September, 2002.

 Radio Documentaries: Researched and produced (selected list)

Soundman: A Tribute to Howard Broomfield. Jillian and Robin Ridington. Presented
at the  Community Arts Council, Vancouver, July,1987

Gonna Be A Blessing For A Long Time to Come: the 155th Omaha Powwow.  Howard
Broomfield,  Jillian Ridington, Robin Ridington. 1985

Suffering Me Slowly  Howard Broomfield and Jillian Ridington.  CBC Radio, The
Hornby Collection.  1981

Trails of the Dane-zaa: A Suite of Four Radio Pieces.  Howard Broomfield,
Jillian Ridington, Robin  Ridington CBC radio: Our Native Land, 1980
Various documentaries and interviews for CFRO Vancouver.
 

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