Pamela Post (Ggol'gm Hana'ack)

BIO:
Pamela Post is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, educator and filmmaker based in Coast Salish territory (Vancouver, Canada).

In the summer of 2023, she was gifted the Sm'algyax name Ggol'gm Hana'ack - 'Cloudberry Woman' to wear by Ts'msyen cultural leader Ahl'lidaaw Gitnack'angeak, president of the Tsimshian Tribal Association in Ketchikan, Alaska in a traditional community naming ceremony.

She is an acclaimed storyteller, journalist and broadcaster of Ts'msyen and German-Canadian ancestry who recently produced her latest one-hour documentary 'A Tale of Two Metlakatlas: my Matriarchs, the Missionaries and Me' for CBC IDEAS (premiered: May 29, 2023; re-aired in June, July and Oct. 2023), accompanied by a CBC First Person online article Pamela wrote to accompany the doc - www.cbc.ca/news/canada/returni…ena-river-1.6883123 - and preceded by her earlier IDEAS documentary 'Passaggio' (premiered: Dec. 2021 and re-aired Jan 2022/Dec. 2023)- a story of transition, identity and love that followed her son's gender transition through a mother-son, musical and Indigenous lens.

She has a short animated film in pre-production with award-winning Michif stop-motion animator Amanda Strong and Spotted Fawn Productions, titled 'Haboolm Ksinaalgat (SOUL CATCHER) -- a powerful cinematic tale inspired by stories from her Ts'msyen father, John Post, with generous support and funding from the First Peoples Cultural Council, the Canada Council for the Arts (Creating, Knowing and Sharing) Indigenous Arts stream, the ISO (Indigenous Screen Office) and other supporters.
Pamela also has the support of the First Peoples Cultural Council and the Canada Council for the Arts in the development of her Ts'msyen aunt Barbara Post's powerful diaries, written in the mid 20th century from her bed in a TB sanatorium, into a work of art with mentorship from Sliammon actor, playwright and physician Dr. Evan Adams and SFU lecturer Dr. Alix Shield, a specialist in the writings of Indigenous women in the 20th century.

She is well-known for her award-winning CBC investigative news reporting and currently, regular CBC network radio documentaries. She is also a creative writer, having written an opera libretto and art songs who teaches and guest lectures on journalism, storytelling, Indigenous media misrepresentation and decolonization issues at colleges and universities.

(CLICK ON THE PHOTO accompanying each track to open up each documentary description and to listen to Pamela's award-winning audio stories) Wayi wah!