Join us for a fun conversation as Rob tells about why he got into Canadian show business, the trick to getting your film or TV show funded and why there’s hope for Television.

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Robert Mills – aka “Robbo” – is an award-winning writer, producer, director, puppeteer and FX artist. Founder of Radical Sheep Productions in 1985 – he has produced such popular pre-school series as The Big Comfy Couch, Ruffus The Dog, Panda Bear Daycare, Amigo & me, Land O’ Hands and more. Rob has performed for Jim Henson’s Muppets in Fraggle Rock, Labyrinth, The Jim Henson Hour, Dinosaurs and other productions. He was the executive producer for Kids CBC, Puppets Who Kill (Season 1) and numerous other shows. In 2002 he left Radical and is currently freelancing as writer & director in television while producing & consulting on several original web series and developing independent digital feature projects.

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Join Ken as he talks about his on the ground experience of the Haitian earthquake, what’s wrong with CIDA and his thoughts about the future of child sponsorship.

Ken is a CA and the president of Speroway – an organization in partnership with caring Canadians, responding to the needs of children and their families, in Canada and around the world, by providing food, medicine, education and other essentials with love, compassion and integrity.

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Rob has plenty to say. He’s a policy wonk, a PhD candidate and a guy who knows a lot about everything. You’ll want to hear what he has to say about Canadians Politics, religious freedom and a whole lot of other important stuff.

Robert Joustra is the Editor of Cardus Policy in Public and a senior editor of Comment.

He is editor, with Senior Fellow Jonathan Chaplin, of God and Global Order: The Power of Religion in American Foreign Policy (Baylor University Press, 2010). He teaches international politics at Redeemer University College, and is studying for a doctorate in religious freedom and international relations at the University Of Bath (UK) with Scott Thomas.

His articles and reviews appear in The Globe and Mail, The National Post, the Review of Faith and International Affairs, Books & Culture, and more.

Follow him on Twitter @rjoustra.

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You’ll want to hear Paul talk about generosity, gender and reconciliation.

Paul is the 18 million bestselling author of The Shack. Paul was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada, but the majority of his first decade was lived with his missionary parents in the highlands of Netherlands New Guinea (West Papua), among the Dani, a technologically stone age tribal people. He’s a writer, husband, father and lover of life.

The Shack is a novel by Canadian author William P. Young, a former office manager and hotel night clerk, published in 2007. The novel was self-published but became a USA Todaybestseller, having sold 1 million copies as of June 8, 2008.

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Join Jason as he tells us why he acts, what’s important in his life and why stories make all the difference.

Part storyteller, part creative catalyst—Jason works extensively as an actor, producer, filmmaker and communication coach.

For the past 15 years, Jason has partnered with theatre and film companies, organizations and educational institutions as an artist/coach around the world. He is most recognized for his acclaimed solo performances: BLUE LIKE JAZZ // LIVE (based on Donald Miller’s New York Times best-selling book of the same name), THE PRODIGAL TRILOGY, LIFE OF DAVID and KINGDOM OF HEROD.

Along with touring his solo repertoire, Jason is currently acting in a Canadian touring production of the hilarious and poignant two-man show FISH EYES. FE is produced under the umbrella of the newly formed Canadian national theatre company The Arts Engine.

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David is a seasoned business owner and management professional with 30 years experience. He started his first business while still a teenager and has been focused on entrepreneurship, sales and management since that time. David is the executive producer and host of BiZ TV Canada, a business show available on the internet and designed for SME business owners. Biz TV Canada is shown on Air Canada’s In Flight Entertainment, Streams daily on Financial Post Entrepreneur and will launch on the CHCH television network on April 6, 2013. Star Media also licenses Biz TV Canada videos to support it’s small business on line portal. David is also the host and co-producer of Rogers TV IN-BUSINESS, a cable television show, now in its fifth season.

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Maureen Littlejohn is a journalist working in Swaziland currently on Gender Based Violence. Listen in as she talks about cross-cultural effectiveness, moral high ground and how she still feels like she is making a difference.

Maureen Littlejohn is a Canadian journalist and communications specialist who currently resides in Swaziland. As communications officer with Swaziland Action Group Against Abuse (SWAGAA), Maureen has worked on numerous advocacy campaigns including International Day of the GIrl Child, 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence and International Women’s Day. She also works with local press on a daily basis to reinforce SWAGAA’s “prevention of GBV” message and to let survivors know where they can go for care and support.

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You’ll want to hear Shane’s passion shine through as he speaks about poverty, social justice and holy disobedience.

Shane Claiborne graduated from Eastern University and did graduate work at Princeton Seminary. In 2010, he received an Honorary Doctorate from Eastern. His adventures have taken him from the streets of Calcutta where he worked with Mother Teresa to the wealthy suburbs of Chicago where he served at the influential mega-church Willow Creek. As a peacemaker, his journeys have taken him to some of the most troubled regions of the world – from Rwanda to the West Bank – and he’s been on peace delegations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Shane is the visionary leader of The Simple Way, a faith community in inner city Philadelphia that has helped birth and connect radical faith communities around the world. He is married to Katie Jo, a North Carolina girl who also fell in love with the city (and with Shane). They were wed in St. Edwards church, the formerly abandoned cathedral into which homeless families relocated in 1995, launching the beginning of the Simple Way community and a new phase of faith-based justice making. where everything started back in 1995.

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A once in a lifetime interview with a Cambodian who survived 30 years of war, starvation and genocide. He is currently a guide at the Siem Reap war museum in Siem Reap Cambodia. Listen to his moving and compelling story. Join Face2Face as he talks openly about his family, his desire to tell the truth and what it felt like to meet his mother again after having been separated by civil war for so many years.

Soun is a 51 year old man that spent several years serving in the national Cambodian army as well as the Khmer Rouge in the 1970’s. He lives in Siem Reap Cambodia and spends his days at the museum telling visitors his story. He is a survivor of two civil wars, losing his leg to a landmine during the Khmer Rouge period. Soun is a passionate and committed man who wants to make a difference. Please visit him if you find yourselves travelling through Cambodia.

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