User:SusanKennard

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Susan Kennard is Director & Executive Producer of The Banff New Media Institute (BNMI) where from 1998 to 2005 she acted as Executive Producer. Prior to this, Susan worked in television as an associate producer for the “International Hour,” “CBC Newsworld,” and “Dateline NBC.” Her radio career roles were writer/broadcaster for CBC Radio Calgary, station manager for CKIZ Community Radio Pincher Creek and working with the Campus/Community Radio sector for over a decade both on the national association board and at radio stations in Regina and Montreal and Pincher Creek. Susan has extensive experience in policy development, training, and advocacy for the not-for-profit community radio sector across Canada; she is the co-founder of radio90.fm, a hybrid net/fm radio station. In June 2005, Susan concluded a master's degree in Communication for Development from the University of Malmo, Sweden, on the relationship between contemporary art practice, social change and civil society in post-war Sarajevo. Presently, Susan is a member of the Culture.ca Editorial Advisory Committee, the Jury Chair for the Interactive category of the Banff World Television Festival Awards and a board member of the Banff YWCA.