Final b2B Event for 2011-2012 Academic Year:
"Three Things:" Alumni Share Their Top 3 Secrets to Success
Students of Cinema Studies, English, History, and Political Science are invited to an evening of networking and inspiration. Alumni keynote speakers will share their three secrets or building blocks to success. Also alumni guests from a variety of professions will be there. There will be opportunities to mix, mingle and ask questions. Free appetizers and a cash bar.
Keynote Speakers:
Tassie Cameron has a Bachelor’s degree from the Department of English at the University of Toronto, a Masters degree in film from New York University, and is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto. She is a Gemini Award-winning screenwriter who has contributed to numerous television series and films, including CTV’s
Degrassi: The Next Generation, the prime-time drama
The Eleventh Hour, an adaptation of
The Robber Bride, and the acclaimed mini-series
Would be Kings. Co-executive producer on Season One of the CTV/CBS series
Flashpoint, Tassie is now executive producer, co-creator and showrunner on ABC/Global's new hit series,
Rookie Blue.
Miguel Gallego's passion for movies led him away from pre-med courses to earn a B.A. in Cinema Studies from the University of Toronto. He started his film career on the Canadian TV nature series Lorne Greene’s
New Wilderness. He later graduated from the Producer’s Program at the prestigious American Film Institute in Los Angeles. Since the mid-1990s, when Miguel joined the Directors Guild of Canada, he has worked steadily as an Assistant Director on many feature films, movies of the week, television series, and short films. In 2002 Miguel started Crypt Club Productions Inc. to make his award-winning short horror drama
The Crypt Club. In 2008 Miguel released DVD Volume 1 of the short indie horror film collection
AAAAAH!! Indie Horror Hits. In 2011 Miguel worked on the first 100% Canadian 3-D feature film,
Dead Before Dawn. When he’s not working on set or developing his own film projects, Miguel consults on screenplays and provides script breakdowns and schedules for film budgeting. He is still wildly passionate about movies.
Caroline Mandell completed an Honours B.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies including several courses in History before graduating in 2001. While at U of T, she was one of the founders of Peace by PEACE, a not-for-profit organization that teaches conflict resolution to grade 5 students across Toronto. Caroline received her combined J.D./M.A. in International Relations from U of T in 2004, and completed her articles by clerking for the justices of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. Following her call to the bar in 2005, Caroline joined the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, working in the areas of civil and family justice policy. In 2007, Caroline returned to the Court of Appeal as counsel. Some of her responsibilities include: offering opinions on motions for leave to appeal; providing legal research in complex civil and criminal appeals; editing judgments; and screening upcoming appeals to ensure they are properly before the court. Caroline also oversees the Court of Appeal's amicus curiae ("friend of the Court") program for unrepresented appellants who have been found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder under the Criminal Code. Caroline is married and has two daughters, ages 4 and 1.
and more (TBD)
