Jeremie Saunders
Jeremie Saunders is a Canadian actor and podcaster, who has been a two-time winner of the Gemini/Canadian Screen Award for Best Host in a Pre-School, Children's or Youth Program or Series, winning at the 26th Gemini Awards in 2011 and at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013, as host of the children's television series Artzooka!.[1]
He has also been a host of the podcasts Sickboy, about his life with cystic fibrosis,[2] and Turn Me On, about his polyamorous relationship with his wife Bryde MacLean.[3] In 2017, he was the subject of a documentary film by Andrew MacCormack about his work on Sickboy.[4]
In 2020, he was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal for his work educating listeners about chronic disease through Sickboy.[5]
Originally from Prince Edward Island, he is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "CBC's Rick Mercer Report snags 3 Canadian Screen Awards" Archived 2014-02-28 at the Wayback Machine. CBC News, February 28, 2013.
- ^ Hillary Gillis, "Meet Sickboy: The Halifax Podcast Normalizing Death Through Dark Laughs" Archived 2024-03-06 at the Wayback Machine. Vice, July 26, 2017.
- ^ "How this polyamorous couple makes their marriage work" Archived 2024-06-01 at the Wayback Machine. Now or Never, February 1, 2019.
- ^ a b Tim Arsenault, "Sickboy, a film by Andrew MacCormack about Jeremie Saunders and his podcasts premiered last night" Archived 2024-06-01 at the Wayback Machine. SaltWire Network, October 16, 2017.
- ^ "Gov. Gen Julie Payette honours Canadians for bravery, volunteer service". Canadian Press, July 1, 2020.