Welcome to the Snowden Program
Don Snowden was a pioneer in Canadian and international participatory video. He had a passion for enabling communities to define their own needs and lead their own processes of social and environmental change. Snowden’s legacy includes his work with the National Film Board of Canada’s Challenge for Change series. The Snowden Program aims to create awareness, action and scholarship on the role of media in change processes in remote and rural areas of Canada and the world. The Snowden Program is located in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph.
Latest News
Media Lab
The Snowden Program has a new multi-media lab for rural and remote communication for development research and teaching activities. This lab is funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation. Click here for information about the lab.

