WORK EXPERIENCE
CBC Radio… 1988 to present:
Currently Manager of Radio Audio Systems
March 2007 to November 2007 assigned to “Q” with Jian Ghomeshi… also story editor for the radio drama series Canadia
Created radio series Canadia with Matt Watts Produced/directed several full cast radio plays, including Canadia, Steve the Second, Birth, Worms For Sale, Rabbit Box. Also One Officer’s Experiences, Six Impossible Things, three Faster Than Light pilots, Nora Young’s Next Radio Play writing credits include The Cold Equations, Captain’s Away, Faster Than Light
Engineering credits include recording and mixing the full cast radio plays Steve the First and Second, Barny’s Version, Perfect on Paper, Merchant of Venice, Cherry Docs, Cap Sur L’infini, Away, and over one hundred others.
Other CBC radio technical credits include Q, Morningside, Sunday Morning, As It Happens, Cross Country Check Up, CJBC Express, Writers & Co., The Arts Tonight, and a host of others
Wrote, produced and voiced features for shows such as The Current, The Inside Track, Ontario Morning, Maritime Noon, etc.
Music credits include recording artists such as Loreena Mckennitt, Patrick Watson, Travis, Chris Cornell, Bedouin Soundclash, Matthew Good, Hugh Marsh, Kim Stockwood, Ohbijou, Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor, The Skydiggers and many others
Adept with the Euphonix System 5 and Neve Capricorn Digital Multi-track Consoles, with extensive digital audio editing experience (Pro-Tools, Sonic Solutions, etc.)
Extensive experience broadcasting live, and setting up and operating remote audio broadcasts both live and to tape
Experienced Radio Master Control technician
Related Work Experience
Filmmaker
Director, editor (on a Steenbeck) of 16mm independent film Four of a Kind
Story Editor Kinnip Drumbo (Dir. Glen Schultz) broadcast on CBC Television’s “Reflections”
Story Editor Bobby’s Peace (Dir. Susan Ann Rodgers) broadcast on CBC Television and Bravo
WRITER
Have sold fiction to several publications, including Our Times: Canada’s Independent Labour Magazine, Planet Relish, Air Canada, SDO Fantasy, Horizons SF, The Sword Review, Ennea (Greece), Challenging Destiny, and others
THEATRE
Playwright, Backwoods Players/Pickering Museum Village “Sounds Like Murder” (2005) “The Silver Chalice” (2002) “Lights, Camera, Murder” (2001)
Education
1987 to 1988: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute: Audio Lab Assistant (taught audio to first year students)
1982 to 1987: CJRW Radio; Announcer/Operator
EDUCATION
2003 to 2005 Ecole De Langues La Cite
1993 to 1994: Universite d’Aix-Marseille (Institut d’Etudes Francaises pour Etudiants Etrangers)
Certificate in French Language Studies
1987: Ryerson – Radio & Television Arts
Degree in Bachelor of Applied Arts
1984: St. Francis Xavier University
One year toward Bachelor of Arts
AWARDS
· Honorable Mention, Mark Time Award 2007 Canadia (Producer)
· Winner, Silver Mark Time Award 2006 Steve the Second (Producer)
· Finalist, Aurora Awards Six Impossible Things 2005 (Producer)
· Finalist, Aurora Awards for Radio Play Birth 2005 (Producer)
· Finalist, Aurora Awards for Faster Than Light 2003
Professional Affiliations
Member of SF Canada (Vice-President 2007-2009) (Canada’s National Association for Speculative Fiction Professionals)
Odd Distinctions
I’m a character in Robert J. Sawyer’s novel Rollback, and named in the Forwards of several other books, including Margaret Atwood’s Two Solitudes
