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Monica Kidd
A practising family physician and poet, Monica Kidd grew up in the farming town of Elnora, Alberta, where her family ran the local general store. She went on to study ecology and zoology, and later obtained an MSc in evolutionary biology, working as a seabird biologist on the Labrador coast and then as a reporter for CBC Radio. She has authored seven books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction; her most recent title is Chance Encounters with Wild Animals, a poetry collection published in 2019 by Gaspereau Press.
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La tempêteMonica Kidd 2021 4 minÀ la fois médecin et cinéaste, Monica Kidd voit poindre une lueur d’espoir dans l’univers incertain de la pandémie. Fruit d’une collaboration de la réalisatrice avec l’animateur Duncan Major, La tempête s’interroge, au moyen d’images d’une élégante sobriété, sur le sens que revêt la naissance d’un bébé dans un monde frappé par une crise sanitaire. -
The StormMonica Kidd 2021 4 minA doctor as well as a filmmaker, Monica Kidd finds signs of hope in an uncertain pandemic universe. With The Storm, she collaborates with animator Duncan Major, employing sparsely elegant imagery to reflect on what it means to bring a baby into a world gripped by a global health crisis.
