PRODUCTIONS MAJ
From 2002, until production
ceased in late 2018, researched
and wrote the hit television
series How It’s Made.
Narrated the show from 2002
to 2004. The program aired in
182 countries, amassing an international
viewership of 100+ million.
PBS (USA)
Quebec content researcher and
location coordinator for documentary
Why Trains Crash,
which aired on PBS’ flagship
science program, NOVA. (2016)
AVIS DE RECHERCHE TV
Anchor and writer of All Points
Bulletin, a “wanted suspects”
newscast which aired daily on
Montreal’s CTV News. (2006)
CBC TV
THE HEALTH SHOW
(1996-1997)
Montreal correspondent filing
7- to 10- minute reports for
the network’s flagship
national health and medicine
show.
TV NEWS, MONTREAL
(1988-1996)
Award-winning news and current
affairs reporter for CBC-TV
Montreal (6 & 11 p.m. newscasts).
Frequent contributor to the
network’s flagship newscast
The National and to The Medicine
File on CBC Newsworld (currently
CBC News Network).
NATIONAL TV NEWS, PARLIAMENT
HILL BUREAU, OTTAWA
(November-December 1991)
Parliamentary reporter, replacing
reporter on maternity leave.
TV NEWS, NEW BRUNSWICK
(1984-1988)
News and current affairs reporter
in Fredericton newsroom and
Moncton bureau.
DISCOVERY
CHANNEL CANADA
Produced French version of documentary
on the history of Canada’s
space program, in association
with the Canadian Space Agency.
(2000)
Researched, produced, wrote
and edited report on hydroelectric
upgrades since the infamous
ice storm of 1998, for Discovery’s
nightly science program @discovery.ca
(1999)
Researched, produced, wrote
and edited report on the use
of beetles to control ragweed
for @discovery.ca (1998)
Field-produced interviews at
Canadian Space Agency for @discovery.ca
(2000)
KAOS FILMS
WORLDWIDE
Research, logistical arrangements
and field production of Australian
shoot for documentary film Ten
Seconds of Eternity: The Sprint
for Olympic Gold, which aired
on NHK Japan and CBC. (2000)
Researcher for Our Grieving
Hearts, a documentary about
parents dealing with the death
of their child. The film aired
on CBC’s documentary program,
Witness, Radio-Canada’s
documentary program Zone Libre,
and Women’s Television
Network (WTN). (2001)
CMJ PRODUCTIONS
Writer for Beyond Belief, a
half-hour travel and adventure
program on CTV Travel and Outdoor
Life Network (2002-2003)
WHALLEY
ABBEY MEDIA
Interviewer and writer for Her
Money, a women’s financial
series on Women’s Television
Network (WTN) (2001-2002)
BEHIND
THE APRON PRODUCTIONS
Associate-producer and researcher
for three Montreal episodes
of Loving Spoonfuls, an award-winning
program on Women’s Television
Network (WTN) (2001)
MERIT MOTION
PICTURES
Research for Drug Deals: The
Brave New World of Prescription
Drugs, a documentary film about
drug safety, co-produced with
The National Film Board of Canada
for CBC’s The Nature of
Things (2000)
ALAN HANDEL
PRODUCTIONS
Researcher for Is Love Enough?,
a documentary film about mentally
disabled adults raising children.
Aired on CBC-TV’s documentary
program, Witness. (1998-1999)
VERITÉ
FILMS – MIND’S EYE
PICTURES
Montreal story editor for four
seasons of Incredible Story
Studio, a children’s series
on YTV.
(1998 – 2001)
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On-air host for half-hour
documentary on clinical depression,
produced by Sogestalt 2001 for
pharmaceutical giant SmithKline
Beecham.
Narrator for corporate training
videos for Birks, MD Anderson
Cancer Center.
Wrote website copy for stickK.com,
Credo Bags, Nancy Kosik Academy
of International Protocol and
Etiquette, Summit-Tech Multimedia
Communications, Lighting Concept
Wrote video narration for Le
Roc Fleuri Condominiums, One
x One Foundation.
Wrote promotional material
for Pharmacia, Fire Monitoring
of Canada, ADT Security Systems,
Larus, Hilton Hotels Canada,
McGill University Centre for
Continuing Education.
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As a CBC journalist,14 awards
for special reports and documentaries,
including:
1995 New York International
Film and Television Festival
• Bronze Medal for The
Ilizarov Technique: a documentary
about a dwarf who has his limbs
stretched, in hope of one day
leading a normal life.
1994 Canadian Nurses”
Association National Health
Reporting Competition for the
Media
• Certificate of Merit
for A Question of Life or Death:
a documentary about the agonizing
wait for donor organs, and strategies
to increase organ donation.
1993 Columbus International
Film and Video Festival
• Bronze Plaque (2nd Prize)
for A Tragedy of Errors, an
investigative documentary about
the Quebec Public Curator’s
tragic bungling of an elderly
woman’s case. This report
prompted a government investigation.
1992 Columbus International
Film and Video Festival
• Bronze Plaque (2nd Prize)
for Sound Effects, a documentary
about a controversial treatment
for autism.
1991 New York International
Film and Video Festival
• Finalist Award for Struggle
for Power, a five-part documentary
series about the Cree of James
Bay and their fight against
further hydroelectric development.
1988 Atlantic Journalism
Awards
• Citation of Merit for
investigative report on a German
businessman’s shady dealings
in New Brunswick.
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