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Emily Mills is passionate about her career in media and communications. Through her work and volunteerism, she has contributed to exciting projects
and events related to cultural diversity,
youth and the music industry for over a decade.
Media and communications:
- currently senior communications
officer at
CBC,
helping Canada's national public broadcaster connect with
local audiences and diverse communities
- previously, the media relations and communications specialist
for the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council
(TRIEC), an organization that works to better include skilled immigrants into the local labour
market
- past assistant diversity producer
at
CTV News, supporting the
network's efforts to better reflect the diversity of Toronto
by broadcasting stories about people of various ethnicities,
faiths, abilities and sexual identities
Music and the arts:
- former freelance music journalist - interviews with R&B and hip hop stars
including Mary J. Blige, K'naan, Jill Scott, Kardinal Offishall, Boyz
II Men and Lil X, and in-depth coverage of major events
from the East Coast Music Awards to the Essence Music Festival
- worked behind the scenes at many signature events in the
city from the MuchMusic Video Awards to
Honey Jam
- former marketing coordinator for the Urban Music
Association of Canada, a national industry organization
Community involvement:
- founded the
Northern Secondary School Triumph Award in 1999,
which offers an annual bursary to a graduating high school
student who has overcome personal hardships
- volunteers with projects that benefit Caribbean and African-Canadian youth and coordinated a summer drop-in for young women in Parkdale
- ongoing organizer of networking receptions and grassroots
fundraisers
- frequent public speaker and MC for events across the city
- from Hart House to Harbourfront Centre - and has been a
facilitator for media workshops in Vancouver, Toronto and
Halifax
- served on the executive board of the Canadian Association
of Black Journalists and has strong relationships with ethnic
media
Awards and honours:
- profiled in
Luminato's Mille Femmes,
a photo tribute to 1,000 artistic, creative and inspiring
women from Toronto
- presented with the 2003 Canadian National Griot Award
alongside recipients Austin Clark and Jarome Iginla
Education:
- Bachelor of Journalism degree (Ryerson University)
- Honours Bachelor of Arts degree specializing in music (York
University)
- completing part-time studies towards public relations certificate
(Ryerson University)
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