Kristine Collins currently holds the position of Director, Education and Institutional Markets at the National Film Board of Canada. Through her involvement in a range of initiatives and activities—including hands-on education workshops, virtual classrooms, professional development sessions for teachers and speaking engagements at conferences—Kristine has been an ardent advocate for media education. She has tirelessly sought ways to encourage young people to participate in media production and to think critically about their media consumption. Kristine played a central role at the NFB Mediatheque, where she led the development of the hands-on workshop program and forged partnerships with organizations such as VANOC, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the Canadian Opera Company, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Department of Canadian Heritage and many local, national and international film festivals. Kristine and her team are responsible for educational resource and new product development for the education sector, non-theatrical distribution, and educational workshops across Canada. When she’s not busy learning about what students and teachers are up to in the classroom, she spends her time teaching her young daughter to box out on the basketball court.