Ann MacKeigan

Three decades at CBC

At CBC, Ann MacKeigan led creative teams, developed national programs and trained on-air talent — news, arts and entertainment. She created the “Global Village” program, described as ground-breaking, and was the executive producer of the broadcaster's flagship national arts programs: Q with Tom Power and Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud.

CompassMedia

Her firm, CompassMedia, offers communication and performance coaching and training “for anyone who takes to a stage and faces a microphone or a camera”. Her clientele: broadcasters, performing artists and executives. On her official site, Tom Power testifies — “Ann MacKeigan is the reason I have a career in broadcasting” — as does Nahlah Ayed, host of Ideas on CBC.

Passing it on

A guest of Folk Canada's Refolkus podcast (episode 84, “Mastering the Media with Ann MacKeigan”, July 29, 2026), she shares her art of preparing for interviews, structuring your message like a song and finding the human connection in every story. In March 2026, she led a “Media & Performance Readiness” workshop for the Batuki Music Society, to help artists approach media and the stage.

Mentor at the Mentor Café — Mundial Montréal 2026

Mentor at the Mentor Café of Mundial Montréal — the networking workshop of the festival's 16th edition (November 17 to 21, 2026) — on Tuesday, November 17, 2026, from 2:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m., at Centre Sanaaq in Montreal, mentoring artists and professionals on: media and storytelling — interview preparation, public speaking and stage presence.

Highlights

• CompassMedia — founder — communication and performance coaching and training (Toronto)
• CBC — more than three decades — creative team leadership, national programs, talent training
• “Global Village” — creator of the program (CBC)
• Q and Commotion — executive producer of CBC's national arts programs
• Mentor Café — Mundial Montréal 2026 — mentor, November 17, 2026, Centre Sanaaq