Participants

Cohort 4 French
Mentees
Andreea Bargoveanu
École nationale de théâtre du Canada
Anna Lee Vienneau
Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne
Anykrystel Coppet
Culture Outaouais
Danika St-Laurent
Terres en vues
Fanny Martin
Art of Festivals
Kasia Basta
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
Marie-Pierre Proulx
Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario
Pilar Hernandez Romero
PAAL Partageons le monde Montréal
Mentors
Alain Pineau
Consultant
Denis Bertrand
Consultant
Denis Pellerin
Consultant/QC
Jérôme Pruneau
Diversité artistique Montréal
Marc Drouin
Consultant
Nathalie Bondil
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
Sylvie Thériault
Regroupement artistique francophone de l’Alberta
Thérèse Boutin
Consultante
Cohort 4 English
Mentees
Andrea Roberts
Dancemakers Centre for Creation
Eunju Yi
London Arts Council
Harmony Johnson Harmer
Northern Sport Culture and Recreation District, Northern Saskatchewan
Kwende Kefentse
City of Ottawa
Lindsay Dober
Music on Main
Lynn Trinh
Nelso Civic Theatre Society
Mimi Mok
The Theatre Centre
Myung Sun Kim
Toronto Biennial of Art
Robyn Adams
Festival du Voyageur
Shelley Fayant
SaskCulture
Winnie Tam
Realwheels Theatre
Mentors
Claire Sakaki
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival
Colleen Smith
Executive Director, Theatre Calgary/AB
Damon Badger Heit
SaskCulture Outreach Consultant and Aboriginal Languages Initiative Fund Program Coordinator/SK
David Plant
Trinity Square Video
Jessa Agilo
ArtsPond
Ken Neufeld
Victoria Theatre Association
Lidia Varbanova
Cultural Consultant Educator
Lori Campbell
Shatitsirótha’ Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre
Lucille Pacey
President, Pacey Group/BC
Sally Lee
Independent Consultant
Terri Brennan
Inclusive Voices Inc.
Cohort 3
Mentees
Ahalya Satkunaratnam
Program Director, Quest University/BC
Aitak Sorahitalab
Executive Director, Airsa Art and Thought Association/ON
Alejandra Coronel
Administrator, SaskCulture/SK
Alexandre Nequado
Coordonnateur Partenariats et Communautés, Festival présence autochtone/QC
Anju 'Singh' Christofferson
Project Manager, Diverse Theatre BC
Aurélie Labrière
Coordonnatrice de projets, Conseil culturel fransaskois/SK
Catherine Blondin
Responsable des communications et directrice de production, Association acadienne des artistes professionnel.le.s du Nouveau-Brunswick/NB
Christine Han
Director, Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festivals Society/BC
Cora-Rae Silk
Artistic Director, Myths and Mirrors Community Arts/ON
Dean Eskich
Manager, Communications & Box Office, Northern Arts and Cultural Centre/NT
France Boily
Directrice administrative du Théâtre de la Vieille 17/ON
Ikram Ben Sassi
Chef de projets Diversité et Relations citoyennes, Société Radio-Canada/QC
Milane Pridmore-Franz
Directrice administrative et Codirectrice générale de L’UniThéâtre/AB
Pamela Gross
Executive Director, Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq – Kitikmeot Heritage Society/NU
Rossana Bruzzone
Instigatrice « Montréal la plus heureuse »/QC
Ruba Al Chaer
Chargée de projets aux opérations internationales, Société Radio-Canada/QC
Samyuktha Punthambekar
Founder, Director Infinite Arts Projects/ON
Sandi Davis
Executive Director, Fort Museum of the North West Mounted Police and First Nations Interpretive Centre/AB
Seraph-Eden Boroditsky
Leadership Fellow, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre/MB
Mentors
Alexandra Hatcher
Heritage Consultant/AB
Alexia McKinnon
Associate Director of Indigenous Leadership, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity/AB
Brian Calliou
Director for The Banff Centre’s Indigenous Leadership program area/AB
Celine Laberge
Consultante, Montréal/QC
Clothilde Cardinal
Directrice de la programmation chez Place des Arts/QC
Damon Badger Heit
SaskCulture Outreach Consultant and Aboriginal Languages Initiative Fund Program Coordinator/SK
David Lavoie
Codirection générale et direction administrative - Festival TransAmériques/QC
Denis Bertrand
Consultant
Denis Pellerin
Consultant/QC
Dianne Lister
The Dianne Lister Group/ON
Frédéric Julien
Director of Research and Development, CAPACOA/ON
Glenn Brown
Theatre Manager, Sanderson Centre City of Brantford/ON
Helen Fotopulos
Conseillère stratégique en facilitation international, interculturelle et interdisciplinaire/QC
Jane Marsland
Consultant/ON
Lidia Varbanova
Cultural Consultant Educator
Reneltta Arluk
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity/AB
Robert Gagné
Directeur administratif, Théâtre français du Centre national des Arts/ON
Sanjay Shahani
Executive Director, Edmonton Arts Council/AB
Tanya Derksen
Executive Director, Regina Symphony Orchestra/SK
Cohort 2 French
Mentees
Aude Gagnon-Raymond
Directrice Soutien aux opérations de tournée, Cirque du Soleil/QC
Benoit Roy
Directeur administratif / codirecteur général, Théâtre du Trillium/ON
Dominique Poulin
Directrice Affaires publiques, Faculté de musique, Université de Montréal/QC
Emmanuelle Pequin
Directrice de la médiation culturelle et de projets, Orchestre symphonique de Québec/QC
Jean-François Packwood
Directeur général, Conseil culturel et artistique francophone de la C.-B
Marie Houde
Directrice générale, Le grand costumier/QC
Marie-Christine André
Directrice administrative, Théâtre de la Pire Espèce/QC
Marie-Claude Ravary
Coordonnatrice, développement philanthropique, et événements, Fondation Héritage Montréal/QC
Martin Choquette
Directeur général, CJE Montréal Centre-Ville/QC
Pierre-David Rodrigue
Coordonnateur Circulation de la musique et diffusion, Conseil québécois de la musique/QC
Sandrine Berger
Directrice générale, Carrousel international du film/QC
Simon Payette
VP Ventes, Édition Chouette/QC
Mentors
Carmelle Pilon
Consultante, Planification stratégique/QC
Claude Trudel
Retraité/QC
Gil Desautels
Retraité/QC
Isolde Lagacé
Directrice générale et artistique, Fondation Arte Musica/Salle Bougie du Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal/QC
Kees vanDraanen
Consultant/QC
Marc Haentjens
Directeur général, Éditions David/QC
Michèle Maheux
Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Toronto International Film Festival/ON
Paule Leduc
Retraitée/QC
Stéphane Hardy
Président, Cinéma Station VU
Sylvie Lessard
Festival Rencontre Théâtre Ados/QC
Yves Lefebvre
Président, Conseil du patrimoine culturel du Québec/QC
Cohort 2 English
Mentees
April Britski
National Executive Director, CARFAC/BC
Dawn Leite
Assistant to the Executive Director, Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge/AB
Dominga Robinson
Arts Administrator & Events, SaskCulture/SK
Emiko Morita
Executive Director, Powell Street Festival Society/BC
Emma Lancaster
Director of Marketing and Business Development, Coastal Jazz and Blues Society/BC
Esther Arbeid
Manager, Adult Arts and Culture, Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre/ON
Jennifer Campbell
Executive Director, Small Halls Inc/PE
Krista Patterson
Executive Director, W. Kootenay Regional Arts Council/BC
Melissa Tsang
Artistic Planning & Operations Manager, Music on Main/BC
Monica Roberts
City Museum Strategy Manager, Edmonton Heritage Council/AB
Nicole Hurtubise
Resource Development Associate, SKETCH/ON
Shayna Goldberg
Music on Main
Mentors
Alexandra Montgomery
Director and CEO of the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art/BC 
Alison Geskin
President & CEO at The Art of Strategy/AB
Anita Gaffney
Executive Director, Stratford Festival/ON
Arden Ryshpan
Executive Director of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association/ON
Colleen Smith
Executive Director, Theatre Calgary/AB
Dawn Brennan
Managing Director, Urban Ink/BC
Doug Riske
Cultural Management Consultant
Kathleen Sharpe
Executive Director of the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund/ON
Kathy Allen
Arts and Grants Consultant for the City of Saskatoon/SK
Rob Gloor
Executive Director of the Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts/BC
Sharilyn Ingram
Director, Assistant Professor, Brock University/ON
Cohort 1
Mentees
Amber Andersen
Director, Estevan Art Gallery and Museum/SK
Andrea Loewen
Director of Marketing and Publicity, Pacific Theatre/BC
Joanne Cripps
Executive Director, DEAF CULTURE CENTRE/ON
Joseph Bardsley
Development Manager, Grants & Proposals Vancouver Opera/BC
Kari Hueber
Director of Audience Engagement, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony/ON
Katherine Stadel
Manager, Events and Audience Services SFU/BC
Maegen Black
Director, Canadian Crafts Federation /NB
Megan Mainwaring
Program Officer, Strategic Initiatives, New Brunswick Museum and Program Coordinator, Stonehammer UNESCO Global Geopark/NB
Melaina Sheldon
Community Arts and Events Coordinator Teslin Tlingit Council Heritage Department/YT
Michael Erwin
Production Manager, Neptune Theatre/NS
Michelle Yeung
Managing Director, The School of Toronto Dance Theatre/ON
Paul Beauchamp
Producer & Operations Manager of The Musical Stage Company
Po Yeh
Director, Community & Corporate Engagement, Honens/AB
Robin Sokoloski
Executive Director, Playwrights Guild of Canada/ON
Sarah Farrell
General Counsel and Director of HR / Soulpepper Theatre Company/ON
Sean McManus
Executive Director, Manitoba Music/MB
Mentors
Anita Gaffney
Executive Director, Stratford Festival/ON
Barbara Nepinak
Elder and Cultural Advisor
Camilla Holland
Executive Director, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre/MB
Cynthia Lickers Sage
General Manager Kaha:wi Dance Theatre /ON
David Abel
Executive Director of Art of Time Ensemble/ON
David Moss
Consultant/ Past Director Culture Days/QC
Glenn Hodgins
President and CEO, Canadian Music Centre/ON
Heather Clark
Director of Advancement, Perimeter Institute/ON
Howard R. Jang
Professor of Professional Practice, School for the Contemporary Arts Director, SFU Woodward’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts /BC
John Ryerson
Past Director of Culture City of Markham/ON
Katherine Carleton
Executive Director, Orchestras Canada/ON
Lucille Pacey
President, Pacey Group/BC
Lynne Skromeda
Executive Director, Winnipeg Folk Festival/MB
Marcus Handman
Executive Director, Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People /ON
Richard Hornsby
Director of Music, University of New Brunswick/NB
Sharon Godwin
Director, Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Susan Chalmers Gauvin
CEO, Atlantic Ballet Theatre Canada/NB
Tricia Baldwin
Director of the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts /ON

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