These audio stories, created by members of the Multimedia Storytelling class in spring 2012, are the result of their first assignment of the semester. Stories told through audio slideshows and video will follow.
Constanza, by Jessica Temby

My piece is a story from my Spanish teacher, Constanza Rojas-Primus. She is an incredibly inspiring teacher and I was interested to learn more about her and what’s made her the way she is. She tells a human story: an exploration into how a person gets their lot in life and then takes it on. …

By Mathew Van Deventer and Stu Gallacher

Jeff Groat captures the images and sounds of the 2010 Poverty Olympics, an event held just prior to the opening of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, to draw attention to poverty and related issues in Vancouver.

Take youthful enthusiasm, a love of dance, Vancouver’s SkyTrain and put them together for a special bit of public performance art, captured by Mitch Thompson.