Vocal Age Range: 55 +         Ottawa Agency Representation: www.firststage.ca          US Representation: Lau Lapides Company, MCVO                  Non-union    

ACHIEVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS

• For COHM, telephony voice for Rogers Canada (including Fido and Shaw), National Gallery of Canada, Canada Post, President’s Choice Financial Mastercard, The Shopper’s Choice (TSC) channel, Ottawa International Airport, Chateau Whistler Resort, plus many others for 34+ years;

• Online coach 2020-2024 and writer / teacher “Becoming a Voice Actor” privately – 2011 and 2020; 

• Wrote script - Natural Resources Canada program “Geomapping for Energy & Minerals” recruitment video;

• Wrote English script and produced English and French radio Public Service Announcements for the Aboriginal Treaties” Exhibition – Library and Archives Canada;

• Wrote and narrated two television commercials for a hi-tech training company, and a Halifax law firm;

• Wrote videos for National Capital Commission, Canadian Tire, and Royal Bank;

• E-learning Voice Actor - Progressive Muscle Relaxation & Stress Response - National Defence, Continental Productions;

• Narrated two ACTRA award-winning radio programs – "The Romance Novel" – CBC “Ideas” and “The Plague” – CHEZ-FM.​

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FREELANCE VOICE ACTING, WRITING, ON-CAMERA AND PRESENTATION WORK

 

• 1991 – Present - Virtual Receptionist – Voicemail and On-hold services, COHM Technologies. Clients include Rogers Canada, The Shopper’s Choice channel (TSC), PC Financial/Mastercard, Canada Post, Chapters Indigo, Chateau Whistler Resort, National Gallery of Canada plus many more across North America, Bermuda, Barbados and Brazil.

2025 - Voice Actor – Overdub - French Canadian Army Veteran – In their Own Voices      Canadian War Museum, Ottawa

• Three characters  – Cologne Board of Examinations videos                                               Sounds Fresh GMBH, Germany

• Overdubs - Three French videos - Retro – Popular Music in Canada From the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s Canadian Museum of                                                                                                                                                                          History

• Overdub – Grandmother – Amplifon Canada                                                                          Bravagante Studios, Italy

• Voice Actor - 10-year Corporate Anniversary video – Pharma co. Maxam Video Toronto                             Vocal Dynamo  

• Voice Actor / Producer – Five :15 sec. Spotify ads,       Shenkman Arts Centre    City of Ottawa  & Vocal Dynamo                                                                                                                                                                           Productions

2024 - Voice Actor / Producer - :30 & :60 sec. English & French PSAs - Ottawa Afrikan Festival                   Vocal Dynamo

• Voice Actor - Video - In-show & Web - "Green Leaves - Discoveries from the Drawings Vault"                                                                                                                                                        National Gallery of Canada, Bartmart Audio

• Voice Actor – Video – English overdub for three Francophone Canadian Army Veterans - " Stories From Canadian                                                    Veterans and Their Loved ones” - Canadian War Museum Canadian Museum of History

• Voice Actor - Commercial - Toronto only - Voiceforenergy.ca - Acart Advertisingv                                 Bartmart Audio

• Virtual Receptionist - On-hold - Airex Services                                                                                      Vocal Dynamo Productions Voice Actor - Podcast Commercial - Gemco Diamonds                                                          Vocal Dynamo Productions and COHM Workshop Designer/Presenter – “Speaking & Breathing: Sounds Easy, Right?” (2) 90-min. presentations to Priority Management staff, worldwide

• Voice Actor/Producer - Medical Training Video - "Dr. Anna" - Symbicort, Vocal Dynamo Productions and Rival Animation                                                                                                                                                                London, U.K.

2023 Radio - Public Service Announcement – Ottawa African Festival  Pan Afrikaan Coalition  Vocal Dynamo Productions

• Animated Videos – Voice Actor – Four Mental Health Videos – Gordon Group                        Vocal Dynamo Productions

2022 Explainer – Short Film - Voice Actor – Voice #2 – The Ring                                            Vocal Dynamo Productions

2021 Radio Ads Voice Actor/Writer/Producer – English/French Ottawa Virtual African Festival 2021       

                                                                                                                                     Vocal Dynamo Productions

• E-learning - Voice Actor - Retirement Home Registration Authority Compliance Assistance Module on Infection Prevention                                                                                                                                    and Control, Bartmart Audio

• Web Explainers - Voice Actor - Nine Election 2021 Voter Information Explainer Videos – Elections.ca

                                                                                                         General Assembly Productions Centre (G.A.P.C.)

2020 E-learning - Voice Actor - Intimate Partner Violence course - Military Family Resource Centre Continental Productions

• Web Explainers - Voice Actor - Nine Election 2019 Voter Information Explainer Videos - Elections Canada Website - G.A.P.C.

• TV Documentary Voice Actor - “Magdalena” – “Skindigenous - Columbia” – Aboriginal People's   Television, Affinity Studios

• E-learning Voice Actor - Progressive Muscle Relaxation & Stress Response – Dept. of National Defence (DND)                                                                                                                                                               Continental Productions

• E-learning Voice Actor – Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority, Behaviour Management Bartmart

• Audio Telephony - Producer/Voice Actor - Majestic Marble Concord, Ontario                             Vocal Dynamo Productions

2019 E-learning Voice Actor – Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority, Compliance Assistance Module on Emergency                                                                                                                                                           Planning, Bartmart

• Radio PSAs Voice Actor / Producer Toronto and Ottawa African Music Festivals     Vocal Dynamo Productions

• Web Explainers - Voice Actor - Nine vignettes - Elections Canada 2019 Voter Information                             G.A.P.C.

• Web Video - Voice Actor – What is the Canadian Technology Accelerator? Global Affairs Canada R&D Creative - G.A.P.C.

• Web Video - Voice Actor - Walking Tour -                                                                       Canadian Museum of History

• Web Video - Voice Actor - How to Expunge Your Record - Parole Board of Canada - R&D Creative -     G.A.P.C.

2018 Video Voice Actor / Producer – Sivic Animation Video                                                    Vocal Dynamo Productions

• Web Explainer - Voice Actor - Elections Canada Voter Information Campaign (Test)                                          G.A.P.C.

• Radio - Voice Actor - Ottawa African Festival 2018                                                              Vocal Dynamo Productions

• Training Video Voice Actor - Firefighter Evaluators – Dept. of National Defence                       Vocal Dynamo Productions

• Video - Voice Actor - OneGC - Three videos - Treasury Board of Canada                                                            G.A.P.C.

2017 Workshop Creator / Facilitator – ‘Your Voiceover Launch’ half-day workshop                              Fat Dog Productions

• Designer / Presenter – “Presenting…YOU! For IM Professionals” Workshop ARMA 2017 Conference Verney Event Mngmnt.  E-learning Voice Actor - Integrated Management System (IMS) 2017           Transport Canada - Fat Dog Productions

• Telephony Virtual Receptionist – Airex and Octacom                                                                                          BluArc

• Video On-Camera – Nurse – Physician-Patient Communication Course   Canadian Medical Protective Association (C.M.PA.)

• Recipient Biographies Announcer - Prime Minister's Awards for Teaching Excellence - 2017 & 2016  General Assembly                                                                                                                                              Production Centre (G.A.P.C.)

2016 Animated Web Video Voice Actor for Online Mail and Mobile App                                 Canada Revenue Agency

                                                                                        (CRA) - Stick Mom on YouTube and the CRA website Bartmart

2015 Video Voice Actor - Customs declarations upon returning to Canada - Canada Border Services Agency                G.A.P.C.

• Web Video Voice Actor– International Anti-Cartel Day - Competition Bureau - R&D Creative                              Bartmart

• 2014 Video Producer – Military Personnel Management Capability Transformation (MPMCT) / Guardian

                                                                                                                                  Dept. of National Defence (DND)

• Webinar - Voice Actor – Fall 2014 Webinar – “MPMCT: Changing the Way we do Business”                                      DND

• E-learning Voice Actor – Four 'callers' with varying accents – Service Canada                                  Webvoicer Productions

• Video Voice Actor – “Welcome to Canada” – Canada Border Services Agency – R&D Creative                            Bartmart

2007 – January 2024 Various Communications Positions – Canadian Federal Government, Ottawa

Sept. 2011 – Present & 2014 - 2020 “Becoming a Voice Actor” course – COHM, Fat Dog Productions and                                                                                                                                               online privately

2006 – Present - Owner – Vocal Dynamo Productions, Ottawa 

Sept. 12 – June 14 - Instructor – “Becoming a Voice Actor” course – COHM and Algonquin College Sept. 2010 – May 2012

(Part-time) Nov. 03 – May 06 A/Talent Agent – First Stage Talent & Casting Agency, Ottawa (On-call, and full-time)

Feb. 91 – Aug. 94 Traffic Commentator – CBO Radio, Ottawa May 84 – June 89 Swing Announcer / Host – CHIM-FM, Kelowna, B.C. (Incl. hosting a Classical music show.) Feb. 81 – Nov. 83 Swing Announcer / Host – CKQR, Castlegar, B.C. (First female radio announcer in Castlegar) Aug. 79 – Feb. 81

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Digital, Radio / TV / print production

• Adobe Audition, Audacity, Source Connect Standard, bodalgoCall, ConnectionOpen, Advanced M365,         especially PowerPoint and Word, MS Office 2016

• EDUCATION Diploma Broadcast Communications (Radio) - B.C. Institute of Technology - Burnaby, B.C.

EXTENDED EDUCATION

• Voice Coaches: James Alburger, Deb Munro, Liz Atherton, Anne Ganguzza, Marc Cashman, Larry Hudson – Audacity and Adobe Audition training, Lau Lapides (Agent and Talent Audition Preparation and showcase, former member – Global Voice Acting Academy; coached with Joyce Castellano, Libby Clearfield, Tanya Buchanan, Steven Reisberg; Tony Alacantar – Gen. Am. dialect coaching, Anne Ganguzza - Marketing for VAs, Audio Book Week – The Voiceover Network.

MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS / GIVING BACK

• Auxiliary of Hillel Lodge Long Term Care Centre - Volunteer – Communications and lead, Raffle and Silent Auction – Great Games Event 2023-24, Communications, 2025

• M.C. -  Arc-en-ciel Interfashion Show February 2017

• M.C. ‘Mediterranean Melodies’ – Fundraiser – Wrote script & co- hosted

• Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee and Employee Satisfaction Committee – Iron Horse Group 2005-06

• Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (A.C.T.R.A.) - 1984- 91

• Grade 8 Piano – Royal Conservatory of Music

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