Jeremie Saunders Explained

Jeremie Saunders is a Canadian actor and podcaster, who has been a two-time winner of the Gemini/Canadian Screen Award for Best Host in a Pre-School, Children's or Youth Program or Series, winning at the 26th Gemini Awards in 2011 and at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013, as host of the children's television series Artzooka!.^[1]

He has also been a host of the podcasts Sickboy,^[2] and Turn Me On, with his ex-wife Bryde MacLean.^[3] In 2017, he was the subject of a documentary film by Andrew MacCormack about his work on Sickboy.^[4]

In 2020, he was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal for his work educating listeners about chronic disease through Sickboy.^[5]

Originally from Prince Edward Island, he is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-s-rick-mercer-report-snags-3-canadian-screen-awards-1.1336431 "CBC's Rick Mercer Report snags 3 Canadian Screen Awards"
2. Hillary Gillis, "Meet Sickboy: The Halifax Podcast Normalizing Death Through Dark Laughs" . Vice, July 26, 2017.
3. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/nowornever/let-s-talk-about-sex-1.4997920/how-this-polyamorous-couple-makes-their-marriage-work-1.5002027 "How this polyamorous couple makes their marriage work"
4. Tim Arsenault, "Sickboy, a film by Andrew MacCormack about Jeremie Saunders and his podcasts premiered last night" . SaltWire Network, October 16, 2017.
5. "Gov. Gen Julie Payette honours Canadians for bravery, volunteer service". Canadian Press, July 1, 2020.