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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April, 2003
Aboriginal
Producer and Entrepreneur Wins
Prestigious Canada's Top 40 Under 40 ™ Award
VANCOUVER - Brenco
Media Inc. is pleased and proud to announce that its founder
and president, Brenda Chambers, has been named as a recipient
of the prestigious Canada's Top 40 Under 40 ™ Award. The
announcement was made in the Globe and Mail today and an article
featuring the Top 40 honourees appears in the May edition of
Report On Business Magazine. Ms Chambers will receive her award
at a ceremony in Toronto on Thursday, May 1, 2003.
"This is an
incredible honour," stated Ms Chambers, a member of the
Champagne and Aishihik First Nation in the Yukon, now residing
in British Columbia.
Since 1997 Ms Chambers
has been a successful independent producer of both corporate
multimedia and television programs. Venturing Forth, a television
series created and produced by Brenco Media Inc. and hosted
by Ms Chambers, explores the economic development of Canada's
First Nations people. The series has recently been nominated
for two Leo Awards recognizing excellence in British Columbia's
film and television industry.
"The recognition
by Canada's Top 40 Under 40 ™ gives me the opportunity
to thank all those people who have supported the growth of the
Venturing Forth series and the development of aboriginal broadcasting
in Canada."
Ms Chambers was instrumental
in the development of both the Aboriginal Peoples Television
Network and its predecessor Television Northern Canada. She
has been actively promoting Aboriginal broadcasting and communications
for 20 years, including appearances as a keynote speaker at
conferences as far away as New Zealand.
"I hope this
award will inspire other aboriginal independent producers who
have dreams of sharing our stories and culture, and continue
the momentum of developing our industry further."
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Read about Venturing Forth in The Province Newspaper
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