Beverly Milligan

Previous to joining MEDIAC INC. in 2009, Beverley was President for responseTV™, a CRTC digital broadcast licensed and start-up company designed to collect data using television as a market research tool. Beverley was involved in recruiting partnerships spanning from large market research firms to broadcast distribution and television undertakings. She worked with an Advisory Board, Operational Board, and management team to run the day-to-day tasks involved in launching the category 2 specialty channel.

Beverley conceptualized the responseTV business model from the work she did as the Development Executive at Ryerson University from May 1998 Dec 2001. She was one of 5 founding members of IBDG, a two-year research project. Beverley worked with others to create the white paper that received a 1.2 million dollar grant from the province of Ontario to seed fund interactive content prototype research in partnership with the private sector. This was studied to upgrade curriculum; create and fund state-of-the-art technical test bed environments; disseminate knowledge in digital broadcasting and content development; and stimulate growth in Ontario's new media industry. Beverley oversaw all external relations, both national and international, along with all business partnership. Additionally, Beverley created and executed the strategic plans for growth inclusive of all promotions, business and technology positioning.

From 1992 to 1998 Beverley conceptualized and founded Canada Captions Inc., a charitable organization designed to underwrite costs associated with closed captioning through social marketing. Specifically, Beverley invented the business model which is now widely recognized on-air as "closed captioning brought to you by ... ". The success of this model required Beverley to develop sophisticated real-time and off-line captioning software which decreased the costs associated with captioning; various marketing campaigns including Captioning Awareness Week; and, selling airtime to sponsors/advertisers for national and regional broadcasters. For her efforts, Beverley was the first and only non-broadcaster to receive the Canadian Association of Broadcaster's prestigious Gold Ribbon Award in 1998 for "Outstanding Contribution to the Broadcast Industry."

Her work in broadcasting, however, does not stop there. Beverley mentored the creation of Renegadz. Renegadz was the winner of CAB's 2000 dot.com showdown and was picked up by CBC. She was the Company Publicist for CHCH TV and enjoyed four years of employment with TVOntario working in various capacities including: Corporate publicist, event manager and editor of "The Org".

Stoney Baker

Stoney Baker is a fourth year student, studying Peace and Conflict Studies and Political Science at the University of Toronto. She has performed research on a variety of topics related to accessibility, most recently on standards of accommodation in private businesses in Canada and internationally. She has also worked as a research assistant for a local community organizations and international NGOs. She intends to begin studying law in September 2010.

Sarah Allen Eagen

Sarah Allen Eagen is a student at the University of Toronto. She has worked for The Economist, collecting empirical data on the cost of living in Toronto for the past five years. She has also contributed to various academic papers as a research assistant through Ryerson University and as the Youth Leader of the International Action Network on Small Arms.

Research Papers and Publications:

• W. Cukier, S. Rodrigues, S. Eagen, "The Political Economy of Guns: Globalization and Resistance", Critical Management Studies Research Workshop pre-Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, August 7-8, 2008 (Refereed)
• S. Eagen, "The Development and Implementation of the International Youth Action Network on Small Arms" Investment and Citizenship: Toward a Transdisciplinary Dialogue on Child and Youth Rights Conference, St. Catharines, Brock University, July 21, 2005 (Refereed)
• The Galapagos Islands: A Video Essay part of the Inspired by Massive Change Exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 2006
• The Small Arms Process: A Video Essay at the United Nations Small Arms Conference in 2005: Conducted interviews with key individuals in the small arms movement.