Media Training - Level Up with Fennella Bruce
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Workshop Host: Fennella Bruce
A veteran television producer and writer, Fennella Bruce is now at the helm of FKB Media Solutions and FKB Media Productions Inc – a media consulting business and a media production house.
Having worked in the field of journalism for over 20 years, Fennella has produced both of Canada’s national morning shows – Your Morning and Canada AM. She has been the senior writer or producer at numerous major market television stations including CTV News Channel, CTV National, CP24, CityTv, Toronto 1 and BET.
For six years, Fennella taught Media Literacy Theory at Centennial College and has also served on journalism boards and on many critique juries, including the Canadian Screen Awards, The New York Festivals International TV Broadcasting Awards and the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for the Juno Awards. She has her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto and her Bachelor of Applied Arts in Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University, formerly Ryerson University.
Fennella is currently the Chair of the Foundation Board of Women in Film and Television - Toronto (WIFT-T). She served as Vice-President of the Board of Dr. Roz’s Healing Place – a centre that aids women and children escaping from violent situations. She is the Past President of the Canadian Association of Black Journalists and past Board Member of Tropicana Community Services.
This year, Fennella is Reel World’s Visionary Award recipient as well as the recipient of the University of Toronto Scarborough Alumni’s Inclusive Excellence Award. She was named the 2023 IABC/Rogers Communicator of the Year, 2022 Businesswoman of the Year by the Women Empowerment Awards and is one of 2020’s 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women.
Level Up Series
Join us this fall for our Level Up series generously supported by Elina Chow. This program includes skills development, mentorship, literacy, and more. Start-ups, faculty, and researchers can enter at any stage and learn the skills to progress: 1) Ideation and Design 2) Formation and Solidify 3) Grow and Scale and 4) Getting Seed Funding Ready
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Sam Ibrahim Centre (SICIEEIL)
We are the Sam Ibrahim Centre for Inclusive Excellence in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Leadership (SICIEEIL). Our centre was created through the generous investment of $25 million from proud Scarborough entrepreneur and UTSC alum, Sam Ibrahim. SICIEEIL will expand on UTSC’s innovation services and provide them to an even wider audience.
Note: The Hub—UTSC's startup incubator, which has supported over 400 startups and helped generate more than $100 million in combined revenue and investment—has transitioned into SICIEEIL