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FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting is a non-profit group for citizens who care deeply about Canadian media, journalism, and programming, want to learn more, and seek ways to get involved in their defence. FRIENDS is not affiliated with any broadcaster or political party. An important part of FRIENDS’ mission is to demonstrate the significance of Canadian content on air and online, and to showcase public support for Canadian programming.

Stewardship of FRIENDS' work falls to our Board of Directors. The Board of Directors establishes and oversees a work plan through a combination of in-person meetings and teleconferences. The Board of Directors has also been known as FRIENDS’ ‘Steering Committee’.

FRIENDS’ LEADERSHIP
Executive Director and Spokesperson
Daniel Bernhard
FRIENDS Executive Director and Spokesperson Daniel Bernhard

Daniel Bernhard is FRIENDS' Executive Director and Spokesperson. Daniel has spent his career working to advance the public interest. He comes to FRIENDS from Mushroom Cloud consulting, a Toronto-based leading edge firm he built to meet the strategy, operational and software needs of charities, government and social purpose business clients working in the public benefit sector. Daniel is a first generation Canadian. His parents immigrated to Canada from Chile in the 1970s, when the country was ruled by a military dictatorship. Daniel is fluent in English, French and Spanish.

Chair of the Board
Raymonde Lavoie

Raymonde Lavoie lives in Montréal where her career spanned all the aspects of marketing-communications. She has lead creative and strategic teams inside multinational and local agencies and was co-owner of two agencies. She presides the Québec Assembly of Advertising Standards Canada and taught ‘Strategic and Creative Techniques’ at Université de Montréal. She sits at the Managing Committee of IWF Montréal and on the Boards of Drug-Free Kids Canada and Friends of Canadian Broadcasting.

Board of Directors

Brenda Baker

Daniel Bernhard

Ex-Officio

Ani Hotoyan-Joly

Treasurer

Scot Keith

Raymonde Lavoie

Vice-Chair

Ethan Rabidoux

Raj Shoan

Gregory Taylor

Aritha van Herk

Past Chair
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