The production team

Director

Ron Duquette

Ron Duquette is a retired corporate and documentary filmmaker and event producer. For 30 years his company, Ad-Venture Sight & Sound Ltd., enhanced the audio-visual production scene in the GTA, supporting many Fortune 500 companies and their marketing and communications requirements. During those years the company garnered over 30 international awards.

He has been actively involved in the Mississauga community for over 50 years. Early in Hazel McCallion’s political career, when she was Mayor of Streetsville, they discovered that both were born not far from each other in the Gaspé region of Quebec. That bond forged a friendship lasting 51 years, and Mr. Duquette captured McCallion’s life in several documentary film projects throughout her career.

He was a member of the Mayor’s Gala organizing committee for twenty-four years and is a recipient of the Mississauga Citizen of the Year award, a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow, and a Heritage Mississauga President’s Award recipient. Most recently he was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal for his commitment to public service.

He has served on a variety of boards and committees over the years including the Living Arts Centre, the Mississauga International Children’s Festival, Interim Place, Community Living Mississauga and the Mississauga Celebration Square Events Committee. He currently sits on the Heritage Mississauga, Southside Shuffle Blues & Jazz Festival and Tourism Mississauga boards, and is President of the Mississauga Arts Council. Most recently he founded Legends Row, Mississauga’s Walk of Fame, and is President of that organization.

Executive Producer

Jake Dheer

Jake Dheer recently retired from a senior leadership role after nearly three decades of an accomplished career with Rogers Sports and Media. During his tenure he led several diverse teams managing television operations, including studio and on-site mobile productions and news gathering operations, publicity and promotions, community relations, social media, sales and sponsorship, as well as supervising producers of local and national content — daily news, sports, entertainment, award-winning documentaries and special programming initiatives. He also held the regulatory file on the national OMNI Advisory Councils, OMNI Scholarships and OMNI independent productions.

Jake produced the longest-running show on Rogers TV: the very popular, live, one-hour Mayor’s Hour, airing every Thursday at 9 p.m.. Hosted by Mayor McCallion herself, long before social media, Mayor McCallion took the opportunity to inform Mississaugans of what’s going on in the city and what matters to them, and then would open up the phone lines to take their calls live — an amazing dedication and commitment to keeping her citizens informed.

A much sought-after host, MC and auctioneer for many events in Mississauga, Jake continues to contribute in a leadership capacity on the boards of several organizations including the Mississauga Chinese Business Association, Trillium Health Partners Foundation Campaign Cabinet, Heritage Mississauga, Mississauga Sports Council, the PRP Chief’s Advisory Resource Council and the International Film Festival of South Asia.

Jake has been honoured with numerous awards in the broadcast industry and for his 40+ years of volunteer engagement, including the Senate Sesquicentennial Medal for outstanding service to Canada, Mississauga’s 2005 Citizen of the Year, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal, the King’s Coronation Medal, a Paul Harris Fellowship from Rotary International and a Melvin Jones Fellowship from Lions International.

Screenwriter

Mike Douglas

During a long career in documentary film, television and corporate production, Mike has enjoyed success in each genre.

His documentary work includes Does Your Vote Count?, a three-part, one-hour miniseries following leading MPs across the country on campaigns and on Parliament Hill for Global Television and PBS; The Trans Canada Trail, a 90-minute documentary hosted by Lloyd Robertson for CTV; Breathing Easy with Allergies and Asthma for Global TV; and three directing and co-writing assignments on National Geographic’s Mayday.

His docudramas include Workers at Risk, a 90-minute film on health and safety consequences for young workers which won an Ohio State Award for Educational Television, and Managing Performance Problems, which won Best Corporate Film in North America at Houston. The Garage Gazette, a feature-length children’s drama in five parts, won the Children’s Broadcast Institute Award for Best Network Series.

In drama, Mike directed two episodes of Degrassi Junior High and was assistant director on ten more for CBC and PBS, and directed two episodes of Top Cops for CBS. Other credits include Retail Smarts for TVO, Commitment to Life for CTV affiliates, and Come Alive for CBC Alberta.

Mike was also briefly a public affairs executive producer with IChannel, and co-founded and edited Mississauga Life Magazine. He is currently the Executive Director of the Mississauga Arts Council and has helped grow that institution into one of the most impactful arts service charities in Canada.

In 2025 Mr. Douglas was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal for his commitment to public service in Canada.

Narrator

Ted Woloshyn

Ted Woloshyn has been a dominant force in Canadian broadcasting since 1974, with over 50 years on radio and television — including a decade-long run on CFRB-AM mornings and 11 years on Newstalk 1010. He has also hosted programs on CFNY, The Spirit of Radio, and Q-107.

His television credits include hosting CBC’s Off the Wol and It’s Only Rock 'n Roll, as well as contributing to Midday and The Journal. Ted has been nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Writing on The NHL Awards, and for a Juno Award for his comedy LP It’s Not The Heat, It’s The Humility.

He was a monthly columnist for the Toronto Sun and has voiced hundreds of commercials, along with narrating numerous documentaries including The Crazy Canucks and Hurricane Warning — The Life & Times of Hazel McCallion. A great friend of Hazel’s, Ted hosted many of her fundraising galas over the years.

Today he channels his signature warmth and natural interview style into the Ted Woloshyn Podcast, where he hosts captivating conversations with film stars, musicians, authors and compelling personalities.