Gala Awards Ceremony
Saturday, May 13, 2006
Celebration Awards Ceremony
Friday, May 12, 2006
Westin Bayshore Vancouver


2006 Gala Awards Ceremony Host…

Vicki Gabereau



Vicki Gabereau
With her sharp intellect, quick wit, and genuine interest in people, Vicki Gabereau is one of Canada’s finest talk show hosts and interviewers. After twelve years on CBC radio and eight seasons on CTV, her programs became the standard for quality and Vicki herself a master of the long-format interview and a national treasure.

She has received four LEO AWARDS, a Gemini Award, and three Actra Awards. Recently she was awarded the Bruce Hutchinson Lifetime Achievement Award and the Women in Film and Television Woman of the Year Award.

Vicki currently lives in West Vancouver with her companion Tom Rowe. She is the author of This Won’t Hurt A Bit - her autobiography, as well as Cooking Without Looking - a smorgasbord of recipes by her CBC listeners. For ten years she has been a board member of the Governor General Performing Arts Awards Foundation. She holds Honourary Doctorates from Athabasca University and Okanagan University College. She is the Honourary Fundraising Chair for the Parkinson Society and a board member of the Raymon John Hnatyshyn Foundation. On March 24, 2003, she gained her most important title to date – grandmother, to baby Lucas Arthur Corin Burnett.

2006 Celebration Awards Ceremony Host…

Joan E


Joan E
Robert Kaiser, aka the fabulous Joan E, takes great pride in being a Kindly Canadian Cross-Dresser who in 2003 was awarded the Queen’s (YES, the real Queen) Jubilee Medal of Distinction for her charitable works. As the host of 'Gay Bingo' she has helped raise over $140,000 for Friends For Life and is the recipient of the prestigious Friend Indeed Award. She was one of the leads in the Universal film 'Connie and Carla' was featured in the feature 'Fetching Cody', and was delighted to hear that she had been nominated for a 2006 LEO Award for her performance in 'The Collector'. Her alter ego Robert Kaiser, has been 'out on screen' as well, appearing in projects including 'Da Vinci's Inquest' and 'Shock To The System'.


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Updated on 05/02/2006 11:10 AM by RDC_Media
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