Thank You to the 2025 WIE CAN Mentorship Participants

2025 Mentors

Neishaw Ali

CEO
SPIN VFX

Jocelyn Hamilton

President, Television
Lionsgate Canada

Christina Jennings

Chairman & President
Shaftesbury

Carlyn Klebuc

General Manager, Original Programming
Bell Media

Laurie May

Co-Founder and Co-President
Elevation Pictures

Barbara Williams

Executive Vice-President
CBC

2025 Instructors

Valerie Creighton, C.M., S.O.M.

President & CEO
Canada Media Fund (CMF)

Samantha De France

Senior Production Executive
Amazon MGM Studios

Anita Lee

Chief Programming Officer
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

Margaret Lewis

Senior Relationship Manager, Media & Entertainment
RBC

Alicia Petrusa

Senior Relationship Manager, Media & Entertainment
RBC

Julie Roy

Executive Director and CEO
Telefilm Canada

Tara Woodbury

Director, Content – Canada
Netflix

Danielle Woodrow

Director, Content – Canada
Netflix

2025 Mentees

Jessica Commanda

Innisfil, Ontario

Aman Kaur Khangura

Toronto, Ontario

Julisa Marcel

Toronto, Ontario

Kipola Wakilongo

Montreal, Quebec

Olivia Weatherall

Oshawa, Ontario

Dianne Wulf

Vancouver, British Columbia