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Brian Tobin, former minister of Industry Canada, has taken a non-voting, advisory position on the board of directors of the Canadian Recording Industry Association for a term of at least one year.Wmode, a wireless ecom clearinghouse, has appointed Brian Josling to the company’s board of directors. Josling has previously served as the western division founding president of Rogers Cantel Inc., and as a senior executive in the music entertainment industry, including at CBS Records and Capitol EMI. He is currently president of Fuel Cells Canada, an industry association. A reorganization of CanWest Global Communications Corp. has resulted in two new senior executive appointments. Richard Camilleri is appointed COO and Tom Strike to the new position of COO, corporate. Prior to joining CanWest, Camilleri was president of Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) from 1993-2000, and then president/CEO of Arius3D Inc. Strike served previously as CanWest’s COO before accepting his new title. Mijin Kim is the newest addition to the National Library of Canada’s multicultural resources and services division. She comes to the library through the Treasury Board of Canada’s Interchange Canada program for a one-year period starting April 1/02 from her position as manager of member services at the Canadian Library Association. Suzanne Chapman has been named as executive producer of Collideascope Digital Productions. Previously, she was VP of television production at Alliance Atlantis in Toronto. Also at Collideascope, Mark Campbell takes on the role of VP production. He was previously senior production executive at the Independent Film Channel Canada. Rachelle Frenette joins the Canadian Cable Television Association as counsel, public law. Frenette joins the CCTA from Johnston & Buchan, where her practice as an associate focused on broadcasting regulatory and copyright law. Lori Assheton-Smith has been promoted to SVP and general counsel. Long-time conference organizer Christiane Thompson and assistant Debbie Elson have left the association after many years of valuable contribution.

CNM People

Broadcast | June 26, 2002

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