Happy Family Day, Ontario! 
Jamelie Hassan often includes family history in her work. Take a look at The Oblivion Seekers, which combines news and family film footage from the 1955 Islamic convention in London, Ontario.
Jamelie Hassan&amp;#8217;s The Oblivion Seekers (1985, excerpted 2008). Colour video (6:10 minutes). Originally commissioned by the Music Gallery, Toronto. Collection of the artist.
As a child of immigrant parents growing up in the southern Ontario city of London, Hassan was keenly conscious of her Arab and Muslim identity. In 1955 the first Islamic convention in Canada took place in London and the local media played a significant role in capturing Hassan&rsquo;s memory of dancing on this newsworthy occasion. 
Like much of her work from the mid-1980s The Oblivion Seekers makes use of family archives. The film juxtaposes news and family film footage of celebratory dancing and singing, moving between sites in Canada,&nbsp;the United States,&nbsp;Lebanon and Egypt. In doing so, the footage situates autobiography against the backdrop of geopolitical tensions.&nbsp; 
You can check out this work in person in Jamelie Hassan: At the Far Edge of Words, on now at CUAG until March 17.