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IIC Canada Directors

National Chapters play a vital role in the life of the IIC, providing an important local focus and contact point for members in their country. The IIC has National Chapters around the world. IIC Canada’s Board of Directors oversees the activities of the Canadian Chapter.

President
Grant Buchanan
Counsel
McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Vice President
Sylvie Courtemanche
Chair
Canadian Broadcast Standards Council

Treasurer
Paul Beaudry
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
Cogeco Communications Inc.

Secretary
Katherine Winchester
Vice President, Operations
Canadian Telecommunications Association

Amy Awad
Director General, Digital and Creative Marketplace Frameworks branch
Canadian Heritage, Government of Canada

Monique McAlister
Partner
Goodmans LLP

Leslie Milton
Partner
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Jim Patrick
Principal
Montcalm Management Group

Scott Shortliffe
Executive Director, Broadcasting
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Peggy Tabet
Vice-President, Regulatory and Environmental Affairs
Québecor Média inc.

Bryan Tramont
Managing Partner
Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP

Tandy Yull
Vice-President, Policy and Regulatory Affairs
Canadian Association of Broadcasters

Lenore Gibson
Assistant General Counsel
Bell Canada

Kristina Milbourn
Managing Counsel, Litigation
Rogers Communications Inc.

Bill Abbott
Director, Regulatory Law
Telus Communications Inc.

International Institute of Communications (IIC)

The Canadian Chapter of the International Institute of Communications was established in 1988. Today IIC Canada operates as a not-for-profit public-private forum bringing together the communications industry, government, and academia to analyze and debate Canadian and international trends in broadcasting, telecommunications, digital policy, and media production. Our parent organization, the International Institute of Communications (IIC), established in Ditchley Park, UK, in 1969, provides senior professionals across the communications industry with the prospect of intellectually open and thought-provoking debate within a forum that analyzes market and policy developments around the world. As a leading independent membership organization focused on global telecommunications, media and digital media policy and regulation, and their impact on business and society, the IIC offers the opportunity to share experiences between practicing communications professionals, policymakers, regulators and academics.

With a worldwide membership, coordinated through a London-based Secretariat, Members of the IIC – both corporate and individual – are drawn from across the communications community and include policymakers, academics, industry representatives and regulatory affairs agencies. Membership in the IIC provides access to a rich and diverse network of professionals around the world.

Further information about the benefits and services that are offered to categories of IIC membership is available at: www.iicom.org.