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 Sophie
Grégoire-Trudeau
Correspondent
CTV’s eTalk
Sophisticated, intelligent and passionate, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau
has a unique ability to get to the heart of every story, and easily
identifies with the human side of every person that she interviews.
As eTalk's Quebec Correspondent, Grégoire-Trudeau
provides comprehensive coverage of Quebec-based celebrities and
stories, but also takes interest in the social causes celebrities
take on.
Fluently bilingual, Sophie was an entertainment reporter for the
daily Showbiz segment on LCN. She also contributed to entertainment
segments on Salut Bonjour Weekend, and Clin D'Oeil
and Bec et Museau for TVA. As well, she co-hosted Escales
de Rêves on Canal évasion and hosted Canal Z's
Teksho, a series about the interaction of show business and technology.
She also co-hosted morning shows on CKMF Radio and contributed to
the daily program Coup de Pouce on Radio-Canada.
Grégoire-Trudeau studied Commerce at McGill University and
attended the Université de Montréal, earning a B.A.
in Communications. She then worked for three years in advertising,
sales and public relations before studying radio and television.
Sometimes the subject of entertainment headlines herself, Sophie
has adjusted to the spotlight gracefully since she married Justin
Trudeau in 2005. In 2006, Sophie made headlines again when she visited
Ethiopia on behalf of WaterCan with her mother-in-law and WaterCan’s
honourary president, Margaret Trudeau. Their journey was documented
in the CTV special, A Window Opens: Margaret and Sophie in Ethiopia.
Sophie is also a spokesperson for the BACA Foundation, which supports
the BACA eating disorder clinic in Quebec. An idealist and an optimist,
she wants to change the world one day at a time.
 Sarah
Taylor
VJ
MuchMusic
Bio coming soon!
 Peter
Bregg
Photographer/Photo Editor
HELLO! Magazine
Over the past four decades, internationally-renowned photojournalist
Peter Bregg has travelled to more than 65 countries and captured
some of the world’s most compelling stories on film.
Prior to his current post as photo editor at HELLO! Magazine,
Mr. Bregg served as chief photographer at Maclean’s
for 17 years. He has also worked as a photographer and editor with
the Canadian Press and the Associated Press in London, New York,
and Washington, DC, and was the official photographer to Prime Minister
Brian Mulroney in 1984-85.
His assignments have included eight Olympic Games, Stanley Cups,
World Series, Presidential trips, Vietnam in 1973, the Iran hostage
crisis in 1979-80, and the imposition of martial law on the Solidarity
movement in Poland in 1981. He was also in New York to cover the
9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre in 2001.
Mr. Bregg has been an active member of PhotoSensitive - a photo
collective that uses photography to support charitable causes -
since its founding in 1990. To date, he has travelled with PhotoSensitive
to Mozambique and Rwanda, as well as Zambia, where photos he took
for CARE Canada on the AIDS crisis have been travelling as an exhibition
since 2002. In 2006, Mr. Bregg accompanied WaterCan to Ethiopia,
where he documented the visit of Margaret Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire
to several of WaterCan’s clean water and sanitation project
sites.
Peter Bregg has won numerous awards including a World Press Photo
Award, NPPA Regional Photographer of the Year, Canadian Press Photo
of the Year, Eastern Canada News Photographers Association Awards,
a Canadian National Newspaper Award, and White House News Photographers
Association Awards.
 Clarissa
Brocklehurst
Chief of Water & Environmental Sanitation
UNICEF
Clarissa Brocklehurst is the Chief of Water & Environmental
Sanitation Programmes for UNICEF, and a leading international advocate
for the need for clean water and sanitation in the developing world.
Prior to joining UNICEF, she worked with a of variety of organizations
including the World Bank, the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP),
the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Building Partnerships
for Development (BPD), and WaterAid.
Ms. Brocklehurst started her career with research into the water
and sanitation needs of aboriginal communities in Canada. She was
a public health engineering consultant with Cowater International
Inc. in Ottawa, Canada between 1986 and 1987 and then worked overseas
as a Technical Advisor for Small Sanitation Projects on a CIDA-financed
rural water and sanitation project in Togo from 1987 to 1989. She
returned to Cowater International between 1989 and 1996, and during
that time, was posted to Sri Lanka for two years on a project to
plan rural water and sanitation investments. In 1997 she was appointed
the Country Representative for WaterAid in Bangladesh, serving in
that country for two and a half years, working on a mix of rural
and urban programmes. Ms. Brocklehurst then became the Regional
Urban Specialist for the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) at their
Regional Office for South Asia in New Delhi, India, before returning
to Canada in August 2001.
Ms. Brocklehurst is a national of Canada and Great Britain. She
studied Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto (1979-1985),
where she received her Bachelor’s Degree in 1983 and Master’s
Degree in 1985.
 Gordon
Henderson
Executive Producer
90th Parallel Productions Ltd.
Gordon Henderson has directed, written or produced hundreds of documentaries
and current affairs programs over the past thirty-three years.
Current projects include "Museum," a feature documentary
following Daniel Liebskind’s renovation of the Royal Ontario
Museum with the National Film Board of Canada and CBC, a series
of news documentaries for Global TV and "The Adventurers,"
a co-production with CBC's Nature of Things.
Recently, with the NFB, 90th produced "Faith Without Fear"
for the acclaimed PBS series "America at a Crossroads."
In Canada it aired on Global TV. "Light at the Edge of the
World," a four part series with National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence
Wade Davis ran on National Geographic International, History Television
and Smithsonian Network. Both projects received Gemini award nominations.
Henderson was the senior series producer of the celebrated thirty-two
hour CBC/Radio-Canada series "Canada: A People s History."
Last year he was in Afghanistan with Canadian troops producing,
directing and writing the documentary "The Crazy Eights"
for CBC. The Globe and Mail called the show "must-see TV."
 Joyce
Magala Mpalanyi
Country Advisor – Uganda
WaterCan
Joyce Magala Mpalanyi has spent the past twelve years
as an international development consultant in Africa, helping governments,
organizations, and communities identify best practices for providing
access to clean water, basic sanitation, and hygiene education.
With particular expertise in advocacy and capacity-building, she
plays a key role in providing project management support to WaterCan’s
partner organizations working in Uganda.
In addition to her work with WaterCan, Ms. Mpalanyi provides professional
advisory services to a diverse array of international groups and
organizations, including UNICEF, the World Bank, WaterAid, USAID,
and the IRC. Her work as a researcher, consultant, and workshop
facilitator has taken her to Kenya, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Mali,
and Ghana.
Ms. Mpalanyi holds a Master’s degree in Development Studies
from Holy Ghost College, Kimmage Manor, in Dublin, Ireland, and
a Bachelor’s degree from Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda.
First inspired to enter the field of international development out
of a desire to contribute to positive social change in her home
country of Uganda, she remains a passionate advocate for improving
the lives of the world’s poorest people.
 Beverley
McKee
Executive Director
VideoFACT
Beverley McKee joined VideoFACT, the ground-breaking music video
production fund funded entirely by MuchMusic, MusiquePlus and MuchMoreMusic,
as program director in January, 1997, after stints with Warner/Chappell
Music Canada and SOCAN. Hugely passionate about music and with an
eye for developing Canadian talent, she maintains an artist-friendly
environment at VideoFACT and has been involved in the careers of
some of Canada’s top directors and musicians.
Since joining VideoFACT, she has overseen the expansion of the foundation,
which has grown significantly with the launch of MuchMoreMusic,
MuchLoud and MuchVibe. She also developed and launched PromoFACT,
a fund sponsored exclusively by MuchMoreMusic, which provides production
grants towards web sites and EPKs. In 2005 Beverley was promoted
to the position of Executive Director, VideoFACT and PromoFACT.
Outside of the office, Beverley holds a 2nd degree black belt in
shotokan karate and volunteers as an instructor and team coach at
S.K.I.F. Toronto Karate and Fitness Institute. She also volunteers
in fundraising and communications roles for the Shotokan Karate
International Federation (S.K.I.F.) Canadian team.
While attending university in Ottawa in the mid-80s, she was the
keyboard player in an independent rock band. She eventually graduated
from Carleton University with a B.A. in English Language and Literature.
 Dr.
David Brooks
Senior Advisor – Fresh Water
Friends of the Earth Canada
David Brooks serves as Senior Advisor - Fresh Water for Friends
of the Earth Canada. Prior to that position, he served in several
capacities, including Acting Director for Environment and Natural
Resources Management, at Canada's International Development Research
Centre, and, somewhat earlier, as the Founding Director of the Office
of Energy Conservation at Energy, Mines & Resources Canada.
Mr. Brooks is also an elected member of the International Water
Academy. David Brooks was educated in geology at MIT (SB-1955) and
California Institute of Technology (MS- 1956), and in economics
at the University of Colorado (PhD-1963). With this background,
his main professional interests have followed the border between
natural and social sciences, with principal focus on ways to reduce
the demand for minerals, energy and water both to resolve supply-demand
problems and to avoid environmental degradation. He was born in
the United States but immigrated to Canada with his family in 1970.
Since then, Brooks has worked in many developing countries but,
in recent years, has concentrated on water problems in the Middle
East.
David Brooks has authored or co-authored several books, including
“Zero Energy Growth For Canada”, “Watershed: The
Role of Fresh Water in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict”, and
“Water: Local Level Management”. During the Oslo Phase
of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he served as special adviser
to Foreign Affairs Canada and attended most of themeetings of the
Water Resources and the Environment Working Groups.
David Brooks lives in Ottawa with his wife, Toby.
 Dave
Guenette
Founder
District Six Music
Dave Guenette, Founder of District Six Music [www.districtsixmusic.com],
has spent the last four years gaining considerable ground in the
Canadian music industry. He works with progressively innovative
artists ranging from the up and coming to established veterans,
guiding them through production, promotions, marketing and nation-wide
and international tours.
Dave’s understanding of both the music industry and potential
audiences has allowed him to expose a number of high-profile, local,
and international artists. His talents stretch beyond mainstream
music and underground stereotypes.
Acclaimed for introducing North America to some of Africa’s
hottest musicians, Dave is revolutionizing the face of the Canadian
music scene. Recently, he has been the tour manager for Bedouin
Soundclash, acted as the North American representative for South
African hip hop outfit Tumi and the Volume, and is the music supervisor
for Charles Officer’s first feature film, Nurse.Fighter.Boy.
District Six also manages Zaki Ibrahim on a full time basis.
Dave held the position of Product Manager at Track and Field Productions,
a Toronto based production company responsible for the creation
of K’naan’s album. During his time there, Dave was responsible
for the nation-wide release of K’naan’s debut album ‘The
Dusty Foot Philosopher’ which received the Canadian Urban Music
Award for ‘Hip-hop Album of the Year’.
Dave was most recently hired as the executive director for Beatz
to da Streetz, a youth-led arts program that aims to provide a safe
and supportive space for youth ages 16-24. The program leverages
the powerful connection between young people and music to promote
opportunities for creative expression and self-discovery, building
life skills opening access to professional mentorship, education
and income generation for marginalized youth ages 16-24 (www.b2ds.ca).
Dave holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queens University under
Development Studies.
 Vicki
Gryspeerdt
Video & Film Producer/ Consultant
HJC New Media
Vicki began working in the film and video industry
in 1995 and during the span of a decade produced Much Music Video
Award-winning videos for Our Lady Peace and David Usher and had
the pleasure of producing music videos for dozens of artists including
Choclair, Jellystone, Holly McNarland and Great Big Sea. Vicki has
also produced two internationally distributed feature length films
‘Have Mercy’ and ‘On Their Knees’ and has collaborated
with top tier Canadian artists both on and off screen from Jackie
Burroughs, Carlo Rota to k.d. lang.
As a professor at Seneca College in the Independent Music Production
program, Vicki worked with young artists and helped them to create
videos for their music and share them online.
Committed to making a difference, Vicki brought her production skills
to the nonprofit sector in 2006 and is a Fundraising Innovation
Consultant at Hewitt and Johnston Consultants (HJC). From DRTV spots,
Social Network Fundraising Events and No-go Online Galas, clients
such World Food Programme (WFP), Alzheimer Society of Canada, WaterCan/EauVive,
WSPA, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and the Pat Marsden
Foundation, Vicki works internationally with organizations she believes
in and strives to help them engage supporters more effectively in
the online environment.
 Tim
Joyce
Vice President / Producer
Sound Venture Productions
Tim Joyce's career with Sound Venture Productions began in 1982
as an Assistant Audio Producer/Engineer, and later as Chief Sound
Designer and Audio Producer. Tim honed his sound design skills and
produced many award-winning radio commercials for Ottawa's local
market as well as national public service radio campaigns.
In 1989, with a growing list of clients, Sound Venture expanded
their framework and became Ottawa's first full-service audio and
video post-production facility. Along with this development, a new
partnership was created, and Tim became one-third owner of Sound
Venture Productions along with Neil Bregman and Katherine Jeans.
As Sound Venture began producing and developing its own television
programs, Tim acquired an impressive run of broadcast credits in
sound design. The pinnacle of this leg of his career came in 1996,
when Tim won a coveted GEMINI Award for Best Sound for "Angels
of Mercy", Sound Venture's documentary on Canada's nursing
sisters, produced for Global Television Network.
A career shift to producer for corporate and government clients,
was a natural step. Over the years, Tim amassed a long and impressive
list of clientele, and considerably increased the volume of Sound
Venture's portfolio. Drawing on his background in sound design,
Tim supervised the post-production work on a number of broadcast
animation series, including Lynn Johnston's television version of
her famous comic strip, "For Better or For Worse".
2004 began with Tim's successful bid at winning the prestigious
Canadian War Museum contract for Sound Venture - to produce all
the audio and video exhibition components for the new museum. Then
in the fall of 2004, Tim piloted Sound Venture to yet another successful
tenure on the PWGSC Standing Offer.
It is Tim's wealth of experience and solid reputation - along with
that of his production team - that has firmly established Sound
Venture as a leader in the field of corporate and government production.
From concept to completion, Tim has delivered results that have
kept his clients coming back again and again.
 George
Yap
Program Director
WaterCan
George Yap is an international development worker and natural resource
management specialist with more than 15 years experience in project/program
planning, monitoring and evaluation, developing local capacity-building
initiatives, and supporting organizational development processes.
He has worked with Canadian, British, African, and Asian non-governmental
organizations (NGOs).
Mr. Yap serves as Program Director for WaterCan, a Canadian charity
dedicated to ending poverty by helping the world’s poorest
people gain access to clean water, basic sanitation, and hygiene
education. Working with partner organizations in Africa, WaterCan
supports small-scale, community-driven projects that dramatically
improve the quality of life of vulnerable people living in rural
and urban communities.
Prior to joining WaterCan in 2001, Mr. Yap worked for various international
development NGOs including Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief,
West Nusa Tenggara Development Studies Centre in Indonesia, Concern
Universal, and CARE Canada. Mr. Yap also served as advisor to the
Canadian government delegations attending the 12th and 13th sessions
of the Commission on Sustainable Development (Water, Sanitation
and Human Settlements) at the United Nations in New York. More recently,
he was an invited expert to speak at a special Global Water Issues
Roundtable convened by Foreign Affairs Canada (March 2006), and
the Human Right to Water Seminar organized by Foreign Affairs and
International Trade and the UN Association in Canada (March 2007).
Mr. Yap also acts as coordinator for Sanitation and Water Action
Network (SWAN) Canada, a newly-formed and growing coalition of Canadian
NGOs united in the belief that improving global access to safe,
affordable, and sustainable water supply and sanitation services
must be a foreign aid priority for the Canadian government.
Mr. Yap holds a B.Sc. in International Development Studies (Resource
Management) from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Environmental
Studies in Geography from Wilfrid Laurier University. He and his
wife live near Ottawa with their two children.
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