Raymond, Webb elected; Fraser appointed Chair For Immediate Release Tuesday May 17, 2011 Toronto, ON - WIFT-T is pleased to announce the election of its 2011 Board of Directors and the appointment of Prentiss Fraser, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Acquisitions at Entertainment One, as Board Chair for the upcoming term. Fraser will replace outgoing Chair Susan Ross, [...]
2011 Annual General Meeting Susan Annis is Executive Director of the Cultural Human Resources Council, a national not-for-profit arts organization/sector council with a mandate to address HR issues in the cultural sector. In this capacity, she has overseen many projects designed to strengthen the cultural labour force through training and HR management in cultural industries and [...]
Thursday May 12 at Deluxe Postproduction Studios.
Annual General Meeting | Board of Directors As Senior VP Programming at CTV, Joanna Webb oversees the network’s family of cable channels, including Bravo!, The Comedy Network, SPACE, and Star!, playing an integral role in CTV’s conventional and specialty cross-channel program synergies and scheduling strategies. Prior to joining CTV, Joanna was VP Head of Programming and Production [...]
Annual General Meeting | Board of Directors Jade Raymond is Managing Director and studio head of Ubisoft Toronto, where she is building a multi-title AAA game studio that is expected to go from zero to 800 employees within the next ten years. As Managing Director, Jade is responsible for studio strategy, executive management and production oversight. Jade [...]
WIFT-T is pleased to present our 2009 Annual Report released in preparation for the Annual General Meeting (AGM), which took place on Thursday, April 8, 2010 at the National Film Board of Canada. The election for the 2010-2011 Board of Directors took place at the AGM, followed by a presentation from keynote speaker Francesca Accinelli, Director, [...]
Francesca holds the position of Director, English Market for the CMF Program Administrator at Telefilm Canada. Previously, Francesca was Deputy Director of the Television Business Unit at Telefilm Canada. Before joining the organization, Francesca was the Manager of Operations and Business Analyst for the Canadian Television Fund where she started in 2001. Francesca began her career [...]
For Immediate Release March 25, 2010 Toronto, ON – The Women in Film & Television – Toronto (WIFT-T) Board of Directors is pleased to support the nomination of the following candidates for election to the Board: Victoria Ha Partner & Producer, Stitch Media Samantha McWilliams Legal Counsel, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Edith Myers Managing Director, Pinewood Toronto Studios *Please see below for [...]
Back to the 2010 Board of Directors Nomination Slate Edith is Managing Director of Pinewood Toronto Studios, Canada’s largest studio complex providing facilities for film, television and commercial production. Previously, Edith was the Chief Operating Officer for the Scott Group of Companies owned by film directors Ridley Scott and Tony Scott. The Scott Group includes [...]
Back to the 2010 Board of Directors Nomination Slate Samantha joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as Legal Counsel in 2006. She is part of the transactional team at CBC with a focus on contract negotiation. She works with CBC Sports on both amateur and professional sports rights acquisition and enforcement, and is an officer with [...]
Back to the 2010 Board of Directors Nomination Slate Stitch Media partner Victoria Ha has extensive production experience in media with a background that includes coordinating international news events, editing, and production management for a large scale, award winning alternate reality game and several award winning international documentaries. In 2008, she spearheaded a new media [...]