Discussion 2024: Authentic Speaking, Writing, and Inter-Cultural Communications

With Rita Shelton Deverell, CM, EdD

Dr. Deverell has worked in the Canadian arts and cultural industries and academe: as a theatre artist, television broadcaster/senior executive, independent producer, journalism educator, and author. She cites four awards that remind me of my responsibilities to community and in the world: Gemini Canada, honours excellence in mainstream television programming that reflects the racial and cultural diversity of Canada; Member, Order of Canada, for work at Vision TV and APTN (Aboriginal Peoples TV Network); Black Women’s Civic Engagement Leadership Award; Governor General‘s Performing Arts Award, Lifetime Achievement, Broadcasting. She reminds us that ‘artists do not retire, and currently I am working on four theatre and media projects.’