{"id":2750,"date":"2025-06-11T10:22:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/?post_type=cu_story&#038;p=2750"},"modified":"2025-06-12T11:23:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:23:30","slug":"mj-rheault-kihara","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/story\/mj-rheault-kihara\/","title":{"rendered":"MJ Rheault-Kihara: Bachelor of Media Production and Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n        \n        \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-cu-black-50 pt-10 pb-12\" style=\"\">\n\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-cu-black-800 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        MJ Rheault-Kihara: Bachelor of Media Production and Design\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                    \n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Mj-Rheault-Kihara-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of BPAPM student, Mj Rheault-Kihara\" class=\"wp-image-2796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Mj-Rheault-Kihara-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Mj-Rheault-Kihara-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Mj-Rheault-Kihara-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Mj-Rheault-Kihara-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Mj-Rheault-Kihara-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Mj-Rheault-Kihara-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Mj-Rheault-Kihara-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Mj-Rheault-Kihara-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MJ Rheault-Kihara enrolled in the Media Production and Design program with a passion for photography \u2014 but also with some uncertainty about where that interest might lead. Four years later, the program has empowered them to experiment with multimedia storytelling.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMPAD really aligned with my goals because it\u2019s so broad: we were able to explore photography, graphic design, audio, and video, which helped me develop a well-rounded skill set and grow creatively,\u201d says Rheault-Kihara, who is described as one of the program\u2019s most talented video editors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it went beyond technical skills, as Rheault-Kihara began to explore her creative mission.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe most important thing is knowing your own value and your reason for creating,\u201d she explains. \u201cIt\u2019s not just about expressing yourself\u2014it\u2019s about helping others share their stories, too.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In Rheault-Kihara\u2019s case, the message has reflected progressive politics. She partnered with Communication and Media Studies Professor Chris Russill for her fourth-year capstone project. It featured a documentary and social campaign to educate people about greenwashing, one of the issues discussed in Russill\u2019s Re:Climate project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collaborating with others has been one of the highlights of the program for Rheault-Kihara. They are continuing to work on video documentaries; the next one will profile the pro-Palestinian community in Ottawa.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MJ Rheault-Kihara enrolled in the Media Production and Design program with a passion for photography \u2014 but also with some uncertainty about where that interest might lead. 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