Avi Lewis
Gemini Award-Winning Broadcaster and Host of CBC's The Big Picture with Avi Lewis
Style
Quick on his feet and quick with opinions, Avi is confident, intelligent, respectful and in your face. Good entertainment!
Profile
Avi Lewis has carved out a place in the Canadian consciousness, much like other members of his well-known family. Starting at Citytv where a young, funky, guerrilla-TV format encourages on-air staff to make quick connections with personal flair, he went on to host and produce The New Music. Avi was also responsible for a one-hour weekly magazine, interviewing celebrities such as David Bowie. He later hosted Too Much for Much, a live youth culture talk show, and was MuchMusic''s political specialist for five years, covering two federal elections and the 1995 referendum on Quebec separation. Avi then became host of CBC TV''s Counterspin, which grew into a one-hour news and current affairs program aimed at young Canadian thinkers keen to witness debate among their peers on controversial issues. Avi is recently completed a two-part documentary about new forms of direct democracy in Argentina and South Africa. In the fall of 2006 Avi began his new television program, The Big Picture with Avi Lewis, screening docs, debating issues and pushing boundaries. When addressing corporate audiences Avi’s focus may be Canada and the Global Economy, Canada’s complex relationship with the U.S. or Canada – How others see us. Avi’s vast experience as a television host and producer makes him a perfect panel moderator, emcee and facilitator.
Quick on his feet and quick with his opinions, Avi is confident, intelligent, respectful and right in your face … in the nicest possible way. Good entertainment.
Clients Comments
"Avi Lewis, the passionate and knowledgeable host brought his show's Town Hall style of spirited exchange..." Banff Television Festival
Topics
- CANADA AND THE U.S.
- CANADA'S ROLE IN THE WORLD
- CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE END OF OIL
- CROSS-GENERATIONAL TRANSFER: ONE FAMILY'S STRATEGIES FOR SEEKING SOCIAL CHANGE
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A discussion between father and son, Stephen and Avi Lewis, on how tactics for achieving social change get passed down from generation to generation, and how Avi and his father have influenced each others’ view of this process. Stephen Lewis, who was leader of the Ontario NDP in the mid-1970s, is now the United Nations Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. Stephen’s son Avi, as the consummately modern left-leaning individual is the latest public face of a remarkable political family.