Jeremie Saunders

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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]

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