Jeffrey Remedios

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Jeffrey Remedios
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NationalityCanadian
Alma mater McMaster University
OccupationMusic executive
Years active2003-present
SpouseLucia Graca
Children2

Jeffrey Remedios is the Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Canada. He also founded Arts & Crafts Records, [1] and chairs the Toronto International Film Festival. He has appeared multiple times on the Billboard list of international power players (most recently in 2023), [2] [3] and was named by Toronto Life as one of Toronto's 50 most influential people. [4]

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Career

Remedios began his post-school career in music at Virgin Music Canada (later EMI Music Canada), holding various posts, including Media & Artist Relations, Digital Marketing, and Director of National Promotion.

Arts & Crafts

In 2003, Remedios left EMI and launched Arts & Crafts Productions with Kevin Drew. [5] The goal of the new label was to create a vehicle to release and promote content from Drew's band, Broken Social Scene. [6] Under Remedios' leadership, artists working under Arts & Crafts have collected 21 Juno wins. [7] In 2013, with Arts & Crafts, Remedios co-founded the annual Field Trip Music & Arts Festival in Toronto. [8] [9]

Universal Music Canada

On September 21, 2015, Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge appointed Remedios as President and CEO of Universal Music Canada. [7] He oversaw the creation of Universal's new office in Liberty Village, Toronto, which opened in 2022 and includes 80A recording studios and a performance venue. [10] [11]

Professional associations

On November 29, 2021, Remedios was named chairman of the Toronto International Film Festival, after previously spending five years on the board. [12] [13] He also serves on the board of directors of Arts & Crafts, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, [14] Music Canada, and MusiCounts. [15]

Education

Remedios graduated from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1998 with a degree in commerce and a minor in music. [16] Jeffrey served as Music Director at CFMU FM from 1994-1996. McMaster presented Remedios with its Alumni Gallery Award in 2013. [17]

Personal life

Remedios grew up in Scarborough, Ontario, the son of Macau-born parents and the youngest of three brothers. [18] In 2015 he married Lucia Graca [19] at a ceremony in Burl's Creek Event Grounds, site of the Wayhome and Boots And Hearts music festivals. Their wedding reception included musical performances by several artists from the Arts & Crafts label. They live in Toronto and have two children. [20] Toronto Life magazine named the couple among the city's Best Dressed in 2016. [21] Remedios delivered the keynote address at Canadian Music Week on June 8, 2022. [22]

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