Leesa Levinson
The Firecracker Department - The Blaze Sessions Season 02
English - November 10, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 47.7 MBTV & Film Arts actor conversation creative filmmaker interview women womeninfilm Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Our guest on the show this week is Toronto-based actor, producer and advocate LEESA LEVINSON! She is a graduate of Wexford Collegiate’s prestigious Performing Arts Musical Theatre Program where Leesa began displaying strange neurological symptoms at 16. At 19, she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Leesa continued to pursue her passion at Fanshawe College and attended Ryerson University’s Radio and Television Arts program. Some of Leesa’s credits include CBC and The CW’s CORONER and CTV’s JEFF LIMITED. She has been on the board of the OMDC, now ONTARIO CREATES, she was public adjudicator with the CANADIAN BROADCASTS STANDARDS COUNCIL. She has consulted for the CRTC, and the BBC, along with the Media Access Office of Hollywood and the Screen Actors’ Guild Disabilities Committee. Leesa is on the DIVERSITY & INCLUSION COMMITTEE at ACTRA Toronto, as an advocate for performers with disabilities and focuses on promoting the inclusion of talent with disabilities in mainstream arts and media.
Leesa Levinson
Twitter @llevisnson1
Leesa would like to extend a huge thanks and gratitude for all the funders and collaborators who made Lights Camera Access a huge success.
The DIVERSITY & INCLUSION COMMITTEE at ACTRA TORONTO.
https://www.actratoronto.com/committees/diversity-inclusion/
Firecracker Script Department Event November 14, 2021
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/firecracker-script-dept-reading-november-tickets-164661475907
Podcast Team
Head Poducer: Winnie Wong @wonder_wong
Editor: Shayne Stolz @shaynestolz
Graphic: Vicki Brier @brier2019
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