Michelle McCree is an Executive In Charge of Production at CBC Docs—the team commissions broadcast hours, features, and documentary series. Michelle oversees The Passionate Eye, home to an internationally renowned playlist of documentaries from Canada and worldwide. Her most recent doc series is Black Life: Untold Stories. Before joining CBC, Michelle worked across genres as a director, writer, and producer.

As Executive in Charge of Unscripted Development Yasmine works with independent producers to develop factual programming for CBC and CBC Gem. Before joining the CBC she worked within Canada’s independent production sector for 20 years, including a lead development role with factual prodco Cream Productions. Yasmine also served as a content producer for the Banff World Media Festival’s inaugural BANFF Spark Accelerator for Women in the Business of Media.

Paige Murray has worked at the CBC for over twelve years and is currently Executive in Charge of Development, and Drama on the Scripted Content team. In this role, Paige oversees the development of a one-hour drama series and actively looks for creators and stories that reflect the spectrum of the Canadian experience to entertain and enlighten CBC audiences. Previously, she was Executive in Charge of Production, YA Digital Originals, overseeing production and development of short and mid-length series for CBC Gem such as Series Mania Best Short Series winner and SXSW Episodic Jury winner Something Undone, CSA nominated Fakes, CSA Winner Detention Adventure, CSA nominated Decoys, and For Heaven’s Sake. Before this role, she worked with the scripted content team as the Development Manager for Comedy and Drama and was the Canadian Reflections Programmer.

Additionally, Paige currently sits on the board of Regent Park Film Festival and the advisory board of The Future of Film Showcase.

Micah Kernan is the Development Manager for both Drama and Comedy. She coordinates the management, tracking, and distribution of projects. She supports the team by evaluating pitches and being the point of contact for creators to connect with CBC. Micah is the current Programmer for Canada’s longest-running short film showcase, Canadian Reflections. At the CBC, inclusion and representation are a priority. This means Micah works to reflect all regions and the country’s multifaceted nature while programming for Canadian Reflections.

Chloe Sosa-Sims is the Senior Advisor, Unscripted Acquisitions at CBC where she oversees unscripted content planning and evaluation for CBC Gem & TV, which includes international and Canadian one-offs and series for our various slots and thematic collections. She also manages acquired content for the Passionate Eye and the documentary Channel. Prior to her role at CBC, Chloe worked in production spanning both independent documentary and factual television. She also served as the Industry Programmer at the Hot Docs International Film Festival.

Lea Marin is the Director of Development, Drama, for the CBC, and is responsible for driving and overseeing the quality and diversity of the drama development slate including the recently launched productions, Wild Cards and Allegiance. A graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s Producers’ Lab, prior to joining the CBC, Lea was a Senior Producer with the National Film Board of Canada where she developed and produced several documentaries and interactive projects. Some of her credits include Ever Deadly co-created by Tanya Tagaq & Chelsea McMullan, Charles Officer’s Unarmed Verses, Astra Taylor’s What Is Democracy?

Emma Bishop is the Senior Specialist, Acquisitions where she is responsible for the evaluation of scripted content for CBC Gem, including Canadian and international feature films and English and non-English series. Emma has also worked with CBC Films and CBC Scripted Gem Originals. Prior to joining the CBC, Emma worked as an Industry Programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival as well as in casting for scripted series and production for independent film and theatre.

As Executive in Charge of Development for CBC Comedy, Sarah is responsible for developing high quality, impactful original scripted comedy series for the network’s development slate. Prior to joining CBC, she served as Creative Executive at Northwood Entertainment (Anne With An E, The Grizzlies) where she managed their slate of television and feature film projects in development and production. Sarah started her career as a coordinator for independent film and digital series (How to Buy a Baby, Detention Adventure, We are Savvy). She has also volunteered on a number of initiatives including co-facilitating AccessCBC, an initiative for creators with disabilities and as an advocate for the Academy Executive Residency Program.

Drew Mullin is an international award-winning Writer, Director and Producer who joined CBC Kids team as an Executive in Charge of Production in 2016. At CBC, Drew has overseen several broadcast and digital series including Dot, Kingdom Force, Big Blue, Dino Ranch, Mitten & Pants, Addison, Napkin Man, Game Savers, Let's Go Bananas, and Snapshots (2018 International Emmy winner). Drew also executive produces the recent relaunch of CBC Street Cents on TikTok.

It has been a wild ride (in a good way) working in Kids content for the past 25 years. At CBC Kids, I am lucky enough to work on some classic award winning series both in live action and animation. Most recently, as Executive in Charge of Production on Macy Murdoch (you read that right, William Murdoch has a great, great, great granddaughter), the super sweet 3D/2D animated preschool series, Dylan (launching April 1,2024) and Dino Ranch 2&3 (airing now).

Swin Chang is the Executive in Charge of Development and Production for CBC Kids. She works with the independent production community to seek out, create and curate preschool and tween content for CBC TV and CBC Gem. In this role, she focuses on development and acquisitions, and oversees production of selected projects with independent producers as well as in-house preschool series.

Prior to that, Chang was Director of Development for Alibi Pivotal Kids, and the Director of Development for Entertainment One Family. She began her career at Family Channel, Disney XD and Disney Jr (Astral Media networks) where she worked in collaboration with independent producers on many hit shows such as Life With Derek, Radio Free Roscoe, The Latest Buzz, Wingin’ It, Stella and Sam and Justin Time.

Marie's career in children's media began at TVOntario as a writer/producer where she helped create Gisele's Big Backyard and included a stint at CBC in the early 2000s where she launched the in-house kids’ programming brand then known as Kids’ CBC. Since taking the lead at CBC Kids in 2017, Marie and her team have launched the award-winning in-house flagship preschool series Studio K and Gary's Magic Fort. CBC Kids has championed homegrown animated and live action originals such as Dino Ranch, Mittens and Pants and Detention Adventure, and featured bespoke acquisitions from around the globe such as Paddington Bear and Hello Kitty Superstyle on the CBC Kids national morning television block and CBC Gem streaming service. CBC Kids’ array of original daily games, activities and news content on award-winning cbckids.ca and cbckidsnews.ca websites have become a popular staple for school kids across the country. CBC Street Cents, the reboot of CBC's iconic financial literacy series, is helping teens and Gen Zs make money stuff make sense daily on TikTok and YouTube.

Jessica oversees development of original content and formats in the genres of factual, entertainment and documentary series at CBC and CBC Gem. She is responsible for sourcing the best new formats from around the world, and working with the independent production community in Canada to bring their ideas to life. Since joining the Unscripted team in 2011, Jessica has led development on popular and award-winning series including Stuff the British Stole, Race Against the Tide, Best In Miniature, Canada’s Ultimate Challenge, You Can’t Ask That, Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down and original paranormal series Ghosting.