TORONTO — Corus Entertainment and the Banff World Media Festival announced today the five recipients of this year’s Corus Apprentice Program: Lifestyle Showrunner.
The 2021 recipients of the program are Ashley Da-Lê Duong from Montreal, Ruth Nanda from Vancouver, Heather Seaman from Toronto, Steve Sxwithul’txw from Victoria, and Aren X. Tulchinsky from Vancouver.
“With a purposeful approach to supporting underrepresented voices and perspectives, the 2021 Corus Apprentice Program: Lifestyle Showrunner speaks to Corus’s commitment to diversifying representation behind the camera,” said Colin Bohm, EVP, content and corporate strategy, Corus Entertainment, in a press release. “Our 2021 Program cohort represents talented industry professionals in television production, reality programming and documentary series looking to advance their careers in the lifestyle and unscripted genres, and we’re pleased to facilitate this opportunity for them.”
The 2021 cohort will receive a premium pass to the Banff 2021 virtual conference (being held June 14 to July 16) with access to panels, keynotes, masterclasses and networking opportunities as well as virtual mentorship opportunities with key development executives and complimentary registration and travel to Banff 2022. In addition, each recipient will also benefit from a two-week showrunner internship placement on a Corus-supported lifestyle production between June 2021 and June 2022.
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