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Vancouver V5V 3S3
February  10, 1996.

Paul Theberge
Chair, Department Personnel Committee
Communication Studies, BR-111
7141 Sherbrooke St. West
Montreal, Quebec
H4B 1R6

Dear Paul Theberge:
Please accept my application for the faculty appointment in Media
Studies. I am very interested in the position as it combines many of my
skills, experiences and interests. As you can see from my enclosed c.v.,
my  background  parallels your programs approach. I have integrated a
strong practice in media production, and especially video, television,
radio and film, with more critical enquiry through both academic, policy
and other professional research. My current research is concerned with
the ways that groups at the margins are able to find and develop
communications media within the contraints imposed by social, economic
and political conditions. This enquiry draws on many different streams,
including cultural policy (in Canada and internationally) film and
television production, and race, ethnicity and the media, as well as
political economy and gender and the media. Most recently, I have also
begun learning about multi-media production.

I have  worked as an educator in several different capacities. In the
last five years,  I have been an Instructor  at Simon Fraser University
and Langara College  (university transfer program) delivering  seven
different courses ranging from introductory to final year. Among them, I
have taught two courses specifically focused on Communications and
Cultural Policy; as well as developing extensive course components on
Race, Ethnicity and the Media; Film and Television and New Electronic
Media. The volume and variety of work for three different departments, in
two different institutions, has allowed me to develop a number of
professional skills in teaching and administration. Most notably, I have
learned to adapt my courses to two very different, and very diverse,
student populations. My earlier work experiences, as Course Designer,
Instructor, and Training Coordinator, have complemented my formal
teaching. I have worked with a wide variety of different student and
client groups, strengthening my skills as an educator and
cooperative-style manager.

I look forward to speaking with you more about the position. Letters from
my refereees -- Dr. Robert Anderson, Robert Devine, George Hargrave and
Dr. Patricia Howard -- will be forwarded separately.