Vancouver production company's new series 'Dr. Savannah: Wild Rose Vet' gets air date

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Dr. Savannah Howse\u002DSmith is the star of the upcoming TV docuseries that will be aired in both Cree and English on APTN

New episodes will air every Wednesday for the docuseries that follows

, a Métis veterinarian who runs Rocky Rapids Veterinary Service in the Drayton Valley area in rural Alberta.is on a mission to keep rural Alberta’s pet and animal population healthy, while also making time to embrace and explore her cultural identity as a Métis woman. “Authentic Indigenous representation is at the heart of our mission at Wapanatahk Media,” said a statement from company co-founders Tania Koenig-Gauchier and Shirley McLean. “We aim to provide a platform for new Indigenous voices, and we are proud to debut Dr. Savannah: Wild Rose Vet, and highlight the incredible lived experiences, successes — and challenges — of a young Métis woman living in rural Alberta.

According to Women in View’s 2021 On Screen Report, Indigenous women continue to remain sorely underrepresented in media. For example, of the 43% of women in key creative TV roles in 2019, only 6.44% were Black women & Women of Colour and 0.94% were Indigenous women, and though 50% of all TV directors were women, only 12% were Black women & Women of Colour and less than 1% were Indigenous women.

The Dr. Savannah production is going a long way to improve those numbers as the series, that has already been renewed for a second season, employs seven Indigenous women currently in editing, writing, and producing roles.

 

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