ABOUT US

Sean Holman (producer, director, writer and editor)

Sean Holman is an assistant professor of journalism at Mount Royal University and the founding editor of the pioneering online investigative political news service Public Eye. A former syndicated columnist, he also worked as a legislative reporter for 24 hours Vancouver and The Vancouver Sun. In 2004, Holman won the Jack Webster Award for a five month investigation into what became known as the Doug Walls affair. In addition to teaching at the University of Victoria, he previously hosted a talk show on CFAX 1070, Victoria’s most listened to radio station, and provided a weekly political commentary for Vancouver’s News 1130. A former government communications advisor, his coverage has also appeared in the Huffington Post, The Globe and Mail, the Times Colonist, the Toronto Star, The Tyee and Dow Jones News Service. He can be reached at this .

Daniel Hogg (editor)

A Victoria native, Daniel Hogg has been writing, directing, and producing short films for over a decade and mentoring film students for the past eight years. As a director of photography on over 35 short films and award-winning music videos, his work has broadcast nationally on Much Music and its affiliate channels, screened in festivals across North America and been represented in several regional award-winners and nominees. Hogg recently directed the final three episodes of web series Freshman’s Wharf and completed the University of Southern California’s professional program in screenwriting.

Damien Gillis (director of photography)

Damien Gillis is a Vancouver-based filmmaker with a focus on environmental and social justice issues - especially relating to water, energy, and saving Canada’s wild salmon. He is co-founder of the online publication the Common Sense Canadian and is presently filming a documentary about natural gas development in northeastern British Columbia called Fractured Land.

Daniel Parfit (sound editor, composer)

David Parfit, the owner of Seaside Sound, has composed music, as well as edited and designed sounds, for film and television programs. Parfit’s credits include the documentary The Whale, the Vision TV series Apocalypse When?, the Animal Planet Canada series K9 Mounties and the award-winning Web series Freshman’s Wharf. He has a master’s degree in music technology from New York University and a computer science degree from the University of Montana.

Herb Lainchbury (database development)

Herb Lainchbury is a strategist in open data, technology, information management and privacy. He is the chief executive officer and founder of Dynamic Solutions Inc., a firm providing Web consulting, design and delivery services to private and public sector clients. Lainchbury was a part of the organizing team for the first conference on open government in British Columbia and has since founded OpenDataBC, a grassroots community dedicated to promoting the understanding and use of open data in the province. Over the course of his 25+ year career, he has served the province of British Columbia both as a government employee and as an engaged citizen and public service advocate.

Cliff Haman (design and Website development)

Cliff Haman is a sessional instructor and digital media technician at the University of Victoria. After studying an array of subjects at the University of Calgary and the University of British Columbia, he joined the world of Canadian independent book publishing and spent many years learning the nuances of that that industry. Haman then segued to the computer games industry in Vancouver where he contributed to a variety of projects with Radical Entertainment.