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James Goodman – Producer

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James Goodman

In 1989 James was involved with “the Coming Out Show” on Vancouver’s Co-op radio and produced promotional segments for Celebration ’90 which were sent to LGBT radio show’s around the world.

At the turn of the century when digital video was readily available, James started using it for work and for over ten years to produce trailers for Vancouver’s Queer Film Festival. He has volunteered on independent film productions and was cinematographer for a Transgender Documentary produced for OutTV.

As a retired consulting engineer James brings his organizational and technical skills to OutlookTV as a Producer, Webmaster, cameraperson and editor.

His advice to all ages of the LGBTQ community is to Volunteer, get involved and rewards will come .

Mike Keeping – Producer

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Mike has been working in broadcast media all his career from camera through post production to producing. Mike was the Rogers TV producer for the launch of OutLook TV in the early 90’s and was a senior producer with Shaw TV for over 20 years including overseeing OutLook TV and other community TV shows produced at Shaw TV.

Mike has been the Producer and Director providing coverage of the Vancouver Pride Parade since 1996 and in recent years extended this to live coverage of the Parade via the web.

Mike is a Foley artist providing his services to the Movie and TV Industry

In 2017 when Shaw TV closed down community television in Vancouver, Mike brought his broadcast skills and knowledge to assist the volunteer group in keeping OutLook TV in production and on air with OUTtv and OUTtvGO.

 

Rebecca Whyman

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Rebecca Whyman

Rebecca Whyman, a former Ontarian, has lived in Vancouver since the ’90s.  Rebecca co-hosted the original Outlook TV for several years and is thrilled to be back in the co-host role with such a dedicated and talented group of volunteers on the current Outlook TV.  Thanks Mike and Fred for getting the old band back together!

Rebecca plays softball in Vancouver’s Mabel league and used to run marathons before she discovered craft beer. Please visit her beer blog at becksbeerblog.blogspot.com

To learn more about beer be sure to tune into CBC every other Tuesday at 5:50pm and listen to Rebecca talk craft beer on, On The Coast.

Angus Praught

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Angus Praught

Angus Praught, a well-known public business figure in Vancouver, has been actively promoting the Vancouver region and Canada, as gay-friendly travel destinations on the world stage since 1996. In November 1999, Praught registered the URL www.gayvan.com online and in January 2003, launched Gayvan.com Travel Marketing. Gayvan.com offers an LGBT-specific interactive web portal, hotel booking engine, annual print and digital publications, as well as event production and consulting services.

In addition to serving two full two-year terms on the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) Board of Directors, Praught served five years on the Vancouver GLBA Board of Directors. He also partnered in a Vancouver gay hotel and bar, the Royal Hotel, from 1998 – 2001, and was the organizing chairperson for both the February 2000 IGLTA Vancouver Symposium and the May 2004 IGLTA Vancouver Convention. With over 25 years experience in the hospitality and travel industry on senior management levels, he has been a long standing member of regional and international tourism organizations and works closely with Tourism Vancouver as a marketing liaison for the LGBT travel segment. Praught also represents the destination on behalf of Tourism Vancouver and the Vancouver, Coast and Mountains Tourism Region, at various LGBT-focused events in the USA.

Recipient of Xtra West’s HERO Community Achievement Awards as Business Citizen of the Year, in both the 2002 and 2004, Praught is also the recipient of the Tourism Industry Leadership Award at the Travel Gay Canada conference in October 2012.

Oli Salvas

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Oli Salvas

Originally from Montreal, Oli is an artist who uses abstract painting, photography and various media to deliver his stance on social causes and to foster conversations about identity and arts education.

Oli works as an artographer, where he combines his occupations of artist, teacher and researcher. Oli’s areas of research and of creation are inspired by graffiti art, street art, urban culture and contemporary artists from Les Automatistes in Quebec.

Oli is the artistic director of La Maison Create|IV (www.createiiv.com) , where he publishes his visual work, artistic magazines and education articles as well as the work of other local artists.

Oli joined Outlook TV in 2018 and he is very thankful to use this platform to showcase the LTBTQ2s+ artists and activists across Canada, reporting on stories mainly from Vancouver and Montreal.

Oli is regularly heard on the French language station http://ici.radio-canada.ca

You can follow Oli on Instagram at @createiiv .

Fancy Pants

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Fancy Pants

Spreading JOY wherever she goes, Fancy has been an active member of the Vancouver queer community since 2015. She is a former Sister of Perpetual Indulgence and past Ms. Gay Vancouver 40. Her ministry of volunteerism, fundraising and philanthropy led her to volunteer with Outlook TV in 2018.

Representation matters to Fancy so her stories lean towards smaller non-profits and organisations, and marginalised individuals plus groups in an already marginalised community, that need promotion. She has reported on stories in BC, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec.

She is very excited to be the new Co-host for Outlook TV.

Patrick Masse

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Patrick Masse

Patrick Masse is an amplifier and activist for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and any underrepresented or marginalized person.

Since his debut album came out in 1998 he’s released five studio albums.  He hosted and produced the first ever  Songbird North Pride edition and was an active member of the diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism committee at the Songwriters Association of Canada.
A few years ago he went on the other side of the camera for Outlook TV, where he focuses on the Artist interviewing the Artist. He’s also a regular on the CTV News Channel.
For more information on Patrick go to www.patrickmasse.com

Emily Anne Fraser

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Emily Anne Fraser

Emily Anne Fraser has been a Vancouverite since she was just five years old. She and her family

moved here from Toronto Canada in 1995. One of her first memories was walking the sea wall at Stanley Park, and it was then she knew she could never leave this city. Growing up, she took a liking to theatre as early as grade 8 at Vancouver Technical Secondary, and has gone right through to post education earning her a degree in film production, two acting certificates, and several awards for her achievements in acting.

Emily has been a reporter for OutLook TV and is now one of our hosts.
She continues to work behind the scenes for various television shows such as The Flash, Supergirl, and Riverdale to name a few.
To see Emily on screen, you can catch her on “The Switch”. All episodes are on OutTV Go.

Kelly Legge

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Kelly Legge

Kelly Legge (she/her) joined Outlook TV in 2018 and reports in and around Victoria, Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ territories. You might also spy her more handsome alter-ego, Drag King Persi Flage, Victoria’s silly, nostalgic, dance dance revolutionary anti-hero (Insta: persi.flage).

Kelly has a passion for community building. She co-founded Staches and Lashes Collective, a group of drag performers who host queer arts events, privileging LGBTQ2* programming for kids and youth. She is also co-founder of the King for King Collective, a group to network and build skills for local Kings. Kelly also sits on the Victoria Pride Society Board as Chair of Youth Initiatives.

Kelly has a diploma in film making and loves her day job at a non-profit where she gets to create educational videos. Queer story-telling is her jam, and she is thrilled to be part of the Outlook TV family!

Brandon Bent

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Brandon Bent

Brandon Bent is a blogger, film-maker and writer, who reports for us from Toronto.

He currently writes a popular blog “Brandon Bent’s Blog”  (http://www.brandonbent.com)

He also is owner of Bent Magazine (http://www.bentmag.com/), which is a queer arts and entertainment magazine that will be in full production by mid-2018.

Brandon is an established video and film producer. He has produced documentaries, music videos, and commercials, just to name a few. His focus is on the LGBTQ community and he hopes to produce a number of films in the future documenting LGBTQ history. He feels that there are so many important stories that need to be told from which we all can learn.

Conni Smudge

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Conni Smudge

Chris Bolton has yearned for the spotlight ever since he was a boy. He would often put on shows in the living room after the big Family Sunday Dinner. Belting out the Commercial “Wonderful, Wonderful Wonder Bra-aw-aww” was his Fave. Later he attended Gastown Actors Studio where he was inspired under the tootle age of the phenomenal Jessica Van Der Veen. Developing a character named Conni Smudge has been a twenty year journey and it has been his most rewarding to date. “She” has taken him all over the Globe. Conni’s wit, charm and approachable nature has afforded her the honour of performing in the most unlikely of places. From the Biker Bars of Nanaimo to the Grand Theatres of Europe, Mz Smudge has done them all. Chris/Conni adores being a reporter with Outlook TV. It gives “Her” the ability to show the World what an amazingly Inclusive, Loving, Entertaining city Vancouver is!

Garry Wolfater

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Garry Wolfater

Garry is a retired Vancouver school teacher who originally hailed from Saskatchewan. He was a founding member of the Gay and Lesbian Educators of BC and continues to take a keen interest in current LGBTQ events.

Garry has been involved with Vancouver LGBTQ organisations over the years including leading Kayaking trips off the coast of Vancouver Island, hiking, skiing etc. He is a lover of gardening and a member of Vancouver’s Green Streets program. Garry is an avid reader and a member of a gay book club.

Originally Garry volunteered as a camera assist with OutLookTV and now has added reporting to his skills. He has covered many events including local LGBTplays, LGBT organisations, Whistler Pride and bringing news from LGBT organisations in Europe.

Barb Snelgrove

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Barb Snelgrove

Barb Snelgrove is Promotions Director Roundhouse Radio 98.3  and is a reporter for OutlookTV and OUTtv nationally. She has written for numerous local media outlets as well as on-line publications such as The Huffington Post and SheWired.com. Barb also runs the Vancouver based LGBTQ communications firm megamouthmedia consulting.

A long time community advocate, Barb has been awarded the Vancouver Pride Society Outstanding Community Member Award, has been named as one of OutTV’s “Top Queers of the Year” and was named to the GayVancouver.net Annual List of “Ten People Making a Difference in Vancouver”. She has been a Van Pride Parade Grand Marshal (Local Hero Category), was awarded the 2013 TELUS Pride Legacy Award as Community Superstar, nominated for the 2014 City of Vancouver Award of Excellence Award (under Gender & Inclusion) and was inducted into the Canadian Queer Hall of Fame in Toronto alongside Jane Rule and Jack Layton last Fall.

Fred Kamperman – Reporter

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Having started a successful comedy troupe, “Some people’s children…” in Japan, Fred Kamperman then moved to New York City to formally study acting, directing and improv at Herbert Berghof Studios. When he moved to Vancouver, he joined OutLookTV as the “Sporty Shorts” reporter and soon became a producer. After a hiatus, he came back as the Executive Community  Producer for the OutGamesTV which was broadcast across Canada.  Working with community partners like HIM( Health Initiative for Men) with ShawTV and OutTV,  he took the legacy from the games,  and put together a crew of volunteer reporters, camera operators and editors to recreate OutLookTV, a weekly GBLTQI  life style magazine show.

Laura Shaw

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Laura Shaw

After spending some time out east, Laura Shaw has come back home and is ready to re-discover the beautiful city of Vancouver and everything queer that it has to offer.

Laura’s background is in writing and reporting where she has covered many LGBTQ historical and political events.

Laura is looking forward to reporting from all the hottest gay gatherings around town!When not reporting and editing, Laura’s passion is sports and she has coached and competed on many LGBTQ sports teams including the Montreal Phoques Fantastiques and the Toronto Triggerfish with whom she won a Bronze Medal at the 2009 Outgames in Copenhagen. Currently she is playing softball for the Mabel League on Team Sway!

Laura is looking forward to reporting from all the hottest gay gatherings around town!

Gareth C.J. Wee

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Gareth C.J. Wee

Gareth mostly reports on issues that tackle social justice, creativity, and LGBT and youth empowerment. He is very passionate about helping people with disabilities, promoting a healthy and safe environment and including people who feel left out. He is also very welcoming of new comers to Vancouver, having moved here back in 2006.

He has volunteered for many organizations that aid people locally and internationally. Outside of reporting and editing for Outlook TV, Gareth is the co-writer and one of the colouring artists for an LGBT webcomic adaptation of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake www.princeandswan.com . He loves learning new languages, singing, hiking and training at the Vancouver Circus School.

Gareth Cj. Wee graduated from Simon Fraser University specializing in design and wearable technology. He currently works as a designer for a quasi-government organization.