Focus Montreal introduces you to people who are shaping our community, bringing their stories into Focus. It airs on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and midnight.
Take a look at who Jamie Orchard is meeting this week on Focus Montreal.
Sugar Sammy
We catch up with comedian Sugar Sammy. This week Sammy became the first English comedian ever to win an Olivier Award, and he did it in style taking the top two awards at the very popular French Gala. Sammy tells us about his shock at winning “Show of the Year” and the “Olivier de L’Annee”, and tells us what’s next for this very funny Montreal comic.
C2-MTL
We tee up the C2-MTL conference with VP content Nadia Lakhdari. C2-MTL comes to town next week and brings together the biggest names in the business community with some of the top artistic minds in the world. This year’s edition features presentations by Richard Branson and Blake Mycoskie, among many others. Global will be live-blogging from the event, which you can follow here.
Hereditary Breast-Ovarian Cancer Foundation
In the wake of Angelina Jolie’s stunning revelation about her preventive double mastectomy we meet the woman behind Montreal’s Hereditary Breast-Ovarian Cancer Foundation, Joanne Miller-Eisman. Joanne recounts her own struggle with coming to terms with carrying the BRCA gene, and explains how Jolie’s public disclosure of her battle will make a difference right here at home.
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