Redirecting you to the event page
Nous vous dirigeons vers la page d’événement
≈ 45 minutes · No intermission
Sophie Prégent is a familiar face on the small screen. After having charmed young people with her role as Cybelle in La princesse astronaute, she was revealed to the general public thanks to her role as Marielle from 1996 to 2001 in the popular soap opera Le retour. Since graduating from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1990, Sophie Prégent has played several television roles, including Jamais deux sans toi, Scoop, Tribu.com, Catherine and Les tumultueuses aventures de Jack Carter. Her remarkable performances earned her several nominations at the Artis contest and she was chosen best actress in a television series for her role in Nos étés, in 2009.
She has often had the opportunity to perform on the stage of the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde (TNM) with seasoned directors, including Alice Ronfard, in the plays Tristan et Yseult, and Cyrano de Bergerac, where she played the bewitching Roxanne.
On the big screen, she made a notable appearance in director André Turpin's Un crabe dans la tête, in addition to brilliantly playing the angry boss in François Bouvier's TV movie Miss météo.
Sophie has also dabbled in radio hosting, co-hosting the daily show Tout un retour on Montreal's CKOI station from 2009 to 2011.
Sophie Prégent has been the president of Union des artistes since 2013. In addition to her duties as president, she is also a delegate to the International Federation of Actors and president of the board of directors of the Fonds d'investissement de la culture et des communications.
As president of the UDA, she is involved in a number of issues, including accessibility to the work of diverse and Aboriginal Indigenous artists, in addition to making political representations, notably for Bill C-11, which aims to regulate digital giants, and the revision of the Quebec Status of the Artist Act.
Gideon Arthurs is the outgoing CEO of the National Theatre School of Canada (NTS) and incoming Executive Director of Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto. He currently sits on the Boards of Directors of the Conseil des arts de Montréal and recently served on the Board of Culture Montréal. Before joining NTS, Gideon served as General Manager of Tarragon Theatre and the Executive Director of the Toronto Fringe Festival during a period that saw the development of a second festival presented by the organization, significant growth of the flagship festival, and the creation of a subsidized rehearsal space for independent artists.
Gideon was previously President of La Serre: Arts Vivant, a member of the Canadian Arts Summit Steering Committee, President of the Small Theatre Administrative Facility (STAF), Vice-President of the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA), where he also served as Chair of the Audience Working Group and was a member of the Labour Relations Committee at the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT). He is the founding Artistic Producer of the independent theatre company Groundwater Productions and has worked extensively as a teacher and consultant in the theatrical field.
John M. Lewis was appointed the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees’ (IATSE) Director of Canadian Affairs in 2002 and was elected as an International Vice President in 2007. Previous to the IATSE, he served as Vice Chair to the Ontario Labour Relations Board. An honours graduate of St. Francis Xavier University, with a concentration in Finance, the Montreal-born Lewis is also a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School.
Early in his legal career, Mr. Lewis represented a number of trade unions and provided assistance in the negotiation of various collective agreements. He served as the General Counsel and Business Manager for Local No. 675, Drywall, Acoustic, Lathing and Insulation Workers for approximately five years. In addition, Lewis sat as a private mediator and arbitrator and practiced union-side labour law in Toronto with Jesin and Watson.
Eleanor Noble is the National President of the Association of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA). She is also Vice President of ACTRA Montreal and Chair of the ACTRA National Women’s Committee. Eleanor is actively committed to creating safe sets across Canada and broadening diversity in all aspects of our industry. She is the creator of the Casting Standards Committee in Montreal, which works with industry partners to improve the casting process. Eleanor oversaw the adaptation of ACTRA National’s guide for Best Practices for Scenes Involving Nudity, Intimacy, Simulated Sex and Sexual Violence. Eleanor’s screen credits include Incendo’s Seasoned with Love, CBC’s Detectives, I.D.’s Fatal Vows and APTN’s Mohawk Girls. Her voice performance credits include the popular series Arthur, Disney’s Trulli Tales, Netflix’s Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends and video games such as Assassin’s Creed, Splinter Cell, Prince of Persia. Eleanor is a graduate of the Professional Theatre Program (The Dome) at Dawson College in Montreal.
Arden R. Ryshpan has worked in the industry for over 40 years in a variety of capacities, with production credits on over 30 feature films and televisions projects. Ryshpan was on the Board of Directors of the Dome Theatre of Dawson College and was a faculty member in the drama department. After some years at the Association of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists as Eastern Regional Executive Director and the National Film Board of Canada as Assistant Director General – English Program, she moved to Toronto to become the Executive in Charge of Directors Affairs for the Directors Guild of Canada, where she was responsible for negotiations, lobbying and international representation for Canada’s film and television directors. She has been Executive Director of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association since 2007 where she is chief negotiator, responsible for lobbying and advocacy activities as well as the day to day operations of the organization.