MEET THE FILMMAKERS

Chaim Andersen is a young Inuk mother from Nain Nunatsiavut, where the story takes place. She was raised in a big family who live an Inuit way of life hunting, fishing, gathering, and living on the land when they are not in the community. A family of leaders who are strong, inspirational, and have shown her what it means to care for the well being of her people, the land and sea, and all other living beings.

Now working as the Community Climate Change Liaison for the Nunatsiavut Government, Chaim is helping to provide opportunities and support for Nunatsiavut communities to build resilience and reduce the impacts of climate change through adaptation and monitoring. She is passionate about protecting the environment and the culture in which she lives.

Kat Frick Miller is a Canadian artist and freelance illustrator. You can find her painting in her Dartmouth, Nova Scotia studio or exploring the rural seaside of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.

Kat is known for her playful work exploring east coast heritage and culture.  She graduated from NSCAD University in 2009 with an interdisciplinary BFA.

She is the illustrator of If I Had an Old House on the East Coast by Wanda Baxter, published by Nimbus Publishing. Her illustrations have been featured in Canadian publications including The Globe and mail, The Walrus, The Narwhal and the Atlantic Salmon Journal.

www.katfrickmiller.com

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Jenn Thornhill Verma is an award-winning investigative journalist and author specializing in the ocean, fisheries and climate change. As Canada’s first Pulitzer Center Ocean Reporting Network fellow, her reporting for The Globe and Mail’s Unsettled series, which examines how Labrador Inuit are adapting to climate change, led the team to gold in Environmental and Climate Change reporting at the 2025 Canadian Association of Journalists awards.

Verma’s other notable projects include The Globe’s “Entangled” series, investigating Canada-U.S. cross-border protections for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale; and her extensive coverage of the collapse of Canada’s east coast cod fishery, which featured in her nonfiction book, “Cod Collapse,” and the animated short film, “Last Fish, First Boat.”

A fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and a Canadian Fellow of The Explorers Club, Jenn is also an alumna of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network and she serves on the board of her alma mater, the University of King’s College, where she is the president of the alumni association.

www.jennthornhillverma.com

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