Victoria Anderson-Gardner Wins 2020 Glenn Gould Protégé Prize
March 2, 2021
by Ossie Michelin
Photo: Morningstar Derosier
“The first person Victoria Anderson-Gardner told that they had been selected for the 2020 Glenn Gould Protégé Prize was a police officer on the side of the road just outside of Thunder Bay. The award-winning 23-year-old filmmaker from Eagle Lake First Nation was driving when their caller ID displayed an unmistakable name: Alanis Obomsawin. Normally Anderson-Gardner would never think of answering the phone while at the wheel, but it was a near-deserted road and their filmmaking idol was on the line. Without thinking, they answered their phone.”
Read the full piece by Ossie Michelin on canadianart.ca
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