Sarah Gaby-Trotz
Artist Sarah Gaby-Trotz interviewed at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (July 2014)
Ness Lee
Illustrator Ness Lee speaks to Shannon about her unique art featuring sumo wrestlers, on location at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.
Karen Taylor
Artist Karen Taylor talks about her paintings on location at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. Site: https://karentaylorart.com/
Lisa Ridout
Jewelry designer, Lisa Ridout, chats with Shannon about her line at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.
Deborah Baker
Artist Deborah Baker speaks with Shannon at Artfest in the Distillery District about her colourful and "happy" feeling art.
Linda Varekamp
Fashion designer, Linda Varekamp, discusses her cool line of clothing and textiles and her business success, and overcoming breast cancer at an early age.
Lindsay Zier-Vogel
Creator, Love Lettering Campaign, Lindsay Zier-Vogel discusses why she felt Toronto needed more love and what the Love Lettering Campaign is all about. Filmed at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.
Fay Athari
Owner/Director, Arta Gallery, a popular art gallery in Toronto, Fay Athari chats about the challenges she faces owning an art gallery, her inspirations, notable female artists and life in Canada as an Iranian.
Jane Corkin
Director, Corkin Gallery, Jane Corkin is a visionary art entrepreneur who was pioneer in making photography an accepted art in Toronto
Sarah Fisher
Actress & singer/songwriter, Sarah Fisher, talks about her role on Degrassi and what inspires her songwriting, and why she's an advocate.
Mariel Hemingway
Actress and healthy living advocate, Mariel Hemingway, discusses her latest documentary film, "Running From Crazy," why health and wellness is important to her and how to achieve it.
Kate Taylor
Artist and director of The Artists' Network, Kate Taylor speaks about turning art into a business.
Julie Himel
Artist Julie Himel discusses the challenges artists face, and how she used her art to get through an illness.
Jenn Goodwin
Dance artist Jenn Goodwin interview on Extraordinary Women TV with Shannon Skinner
Tricia Lee
Horror filmmaker, Tricia Lee, is a Woman to Watch - find out why we think so...
Robyn Dell’Unto
Singer/songwriter & producer, Robyn Dell'Unto, chats about growing into her career and about her newly released, feel great album, "Little Lines."
Karen King
Founder, Productions Without Borders (PWB), an online community dedicated to supporting the film and TV content industry in reaping the benefits of diversity and inclusion.
Kelley Armstrong
Best-selling author, Kelley Armstrong, discusses her urban fantasy books, how her book "Bitten" got made into a TV series, and her writing process.
Liona Boyd
Legendary classical guitarist, Liona Boyd, talks about her amazing career, branching out into singing, and her recently released album, The Return... To Canada With Love, on which she was joined by many famous friends.
Meredith Shaw
Musician & radio host, Meredith Shaw, talks about her latest album and what she is doing to inspire young women to follow their dreams.
Tajja Isen
Singer/Voice Actor, Tajja Isen, chats about her journey from being the voice of Atomic Betty and other popular animated characters in TV series for kids, to her rising career as a singer.
Nimisha Murkerji
Film director Nimisha Mukerji discusses the challenges of a women as a film director and what it takes to be successful in this male-dominated industry
Part 2: Debbie Travis
Debbie discusses her life's "next chapter" - her retreat for women at her medieval home in Tuscany.
Part 1: Debbie Travis
TV personality Debbie Travis discusses how she got her start as an entrepreneur and in television.
Kaitlyn Regehr
Women's sexuality & burlesque historian, Kaitlyn Regehr, discusses the importance of self-love and body image, and her documentary film on the Queen of Burlesque, Tempest Storm.
Simone Osborne
Soprano, Simone Osborne talks about her career success with the Canadian Opera Company and why opera is such a technically difficult genre for singers
Basia Bulat
Singer/songwriter, Basia Bulat, best known for slinging an autoharp, discusses her unique folk sound and why she draws from deep personal challenges in her music writing.
Melissa-Jane Shaw
Actor, MJ Shaw, talks about her long career as a performing artist, her role on TVO's Hard Rock Medical, and why she founded Seventh Stage Productions, which is dedicated to telling women's stories by women and for women.
Tina Petrova
Award-winning filmmaker, Tina Petrova, is also a motivational speaker and advocate of healing chronic pain.
Sandra Roberts
CEO, Pie Media Group and publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Pie Magazine, and fashion show producer, Sandra Roberts talks about her unique luxury publication.
Gloria Green
Oncology dietician and artist, Gloria Green has been working at SickKids Hospital for 18 years, whose work with children has reflected her artwork, bringing raw emotion and sentiment to her art.
Heather Hartt-Sussman
Former host on E! Entertainment in the US, children's author, Heather Hartt-Sussman, discusses the power of saying "no" -- and her lovable "Nana" series (Nana's Getting Married, Here Comes Hortense! and Nana's Summer Surprise) and "Noni" series (Noni Says No and Noni is Nervous). She is the former host of the daily series The Gossip Show on E! Entertainment Television in the United States.
Victoria Dickenson
Director/CEO, McMichael gallery, Victoria Dickenson talks about her career as head of one of Canada's most prestigious cultural institutions.
Jully Black
Queen of R&B, Jully Black, discusses her stellar career as a singer/songwriters and artists, and why she is actively involved in charitable initiatives with Heart & Stroke, and others.
Ingrid Johannson Khoury
Film director/photographer, Ingrid Johannson Khoury, AKA Ms Monday, talks about her sailing films, life as a band photographer, and her latest venture, an online pet dating service.
Lisa Chin Quee
Founder/Editor-in-Chief of LisaLiving.ca, Lisa Chin Quee discusses the importance of women's online magazines, and how she got hers off the ground.
Lisa Charleyboy
Blogger Lisa Charleyboy talks about her popular blog, Urban Native Girl, about pop-culture with an indigenous twist.
Gwen Elliot
TV host, Gwen Elliot, discusses how she got her television show, Start Something Big, off the ground, airing on Rogers TV.
Gloria Martin
Entertainment Editor at 680 News and Rogers Radio National, Gloria Martin, discusses her long career in entertainment and gives us some insight into some of the celebrities she has interviewed...like Oprah.
Kalista Zackhariyas
Actor and founder of The Youth Code, Kalista Zachkariyas discusses her non-profit organization that helps children who have been sexually abused.
Carrie Mullings
Canada's Ambassador for Reggae and Canada's most awarded female reggae DJ, Carrie Mullings sat down with host Shannon Skinner to discuss her love for the music and her success as a radio DJ and host.
Anna Cyzon
Recording artist and former MTV and eTalk host, Anna Cyzon, sat down with Shannon to discuss her latest EP album and what inspires her music.
Patricia Bebia Mawa
Host/Producer and President, Planet Africa, Patricia Bebia Mawa talks about her diverse media company, which includes the Planet Africa brand and Diversity magazine, among others.
Claudja Barry
Disco Queen Claudja Barry discusses her long-standing career as a singer, with hits as "Boogie Woogie Dancin' Shoes,"and her recent film about Jamaican Dance Hall music.
Vivian Reiss
Artist Vivian Reiss discusses her vivacious art and how to live life joyfully.