CAB Stakeholder Forum on the Presence, Portrayal,
and Participation of Persons with Disabilities
in Television Programming

Participants – Disability Non-Governmental Organizations

Jihan Abbas – Canadian Association of Independent Living Centres
Richard Lavigne – Confédération des personnes handicapées du Québec
Gary Malkowski – Canadian Hearing Society
Constance McNight – National Network on Mental Health
Teresa Penafiel – Association multiethnique pour l'intégration des personnes handicapées
John Rae – Council of Canadians with Disabilities
Rachael Ross – National Educational Association of Disabled Students
Jim Sanders – Canadian National Institute for the Blind
Rob Sleath – Advocates for Sight Impaired Consumers
Diane Sullivan –Learning Disabilities Association of Canada
Devon Wilkins – Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians
Paul Young – People First of Canada

Participants – Broadcaster and Related Industry Representatives

Sarah Crawford – CHUM Limited et Pr ésidente du Comité directeur de l ’ACR
Jean-Pierre Laurendeau – Canal D
Leesa Levinson – ACTRA
Don Peuramaki – Fireweed Media Productions
Terry Scott – RTNDA
Fiona Sterling – Bell Globemedia Inc.
Bonita Siegel – Corus Entertainment Inc.
Renato Zane – OMNI Television Inc.

Observers –Disability Non-Governmental Organizations

Shelley Rattai – People First of Canada
Amanda Scott – Office for Disability Issues
Chloe Serradori – Confédération des personnes handicapées du Québec

Observers – Outreach Committee

Gavin Lumsden – Rogers Television
Janus Raudkivi – Journalist
Enza Ronaldi – Accessibility Advisory Council of Ontario
Patrick Tanguay – Canadian Space Agency

Observers – CAB Members

Kent Brown – APTN
Kim Carter – Alliance Atlantis
Melanie Farrell – OMNI
Mary Kramolc – CHUM Limited
Jon Medline – Global Television Network
Mark Prasuhn – VisionTV
Ruth Schreier – CORUS Entertainment Inc.

Observers – Other

Marie-Claude Mentor – CRTC
Martine Vallée – CRTC

Project Managers

Richard Cavanagh, Connectus Consulting
Lil Kristic, Connectus Consulting
Nancy Steele, Connectus Consulting
Susan Wheeler , CAB

ASL Interpreters

Cindy Carey
Laura Henry
Leslie Roach

French Interpreters

Wendy Greene
André Moreau
Barbara Reynolds-Debruyne