Patrick Scott moved North in 1975 just prior to the beginning of the Berger Inquiry on an 11 month contract with CBC. He never left. He married Gabrielle Mackenzie in 1977. They have raised 8 children. His career in the North has been eclectic, varying from his initial work as a camerman to being a contract plumber, a journalist, a negotiator, to managing a national community development program in First Nation communities across Canada for a NGO.
He graduated from Ryerson University in 1973 in Photographic Arts with a Motion Picture major. He is currently working on a PhD at the University of Dundee in Scotland.
“Our reality is that this is our land, that we are a nation of people and that we want to live our own ways.”
Stephen Kakfwi
“Having the pipe go through our land is like driving a steel pipe through our hearts”
Fred Martin
Click on the play button to hear a some clips from the community hearings.
The Edzo Institute is pleased to announce the release (in August) of *Stories Told, stories and images of the Berger inquiry* by Patrick Scott. This anthology brings forward the incredible stories told to Judge Thomas Berger 30 years ago about the land and the people who have occupied since time immemorial. Carefully interwoven with these historic stories are his own reflections of the events as he followed Berger from community to community as the CBC cameraman. Scott connects this historic event to the current debate on the Mackenzie Gas Project and wades into the controversial proposal with a thoughtful discussion on some of the issues that have been left on the back burner to simmer.
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Note from the author: Malaria kills 1 million people every year. A child dies every 30 seconds from malaria. A donation of $1.00 from the sale of each copy of Stories Told will be donated to Red Cross Canada to assist them in their fight against malaria