Sheldon Kennedy skated for three teams in his eight-year NHL career and played for Canada’s gold-medal winning team in the 1988 World Junior Hockey Championships. He was also captain of the Memorial Cup winning Swift Current Broncos in 1989. He is best known for his courageous decision to charge his Major Junior Hockey league coach with sexual assault for the abuse he suffered over a five year period while a teenager under his coach’s care. Sheldon’s subsequent decision to go public with the charges shocked the hockey world and thrust him into the media spotlight, where he became an unofficial spokesperson for millions of abuse survivors in North America.

His life story was made into an award winning television movie and he has appeared on Oprah, ABC’s Dateline, W-5, The Fifth Estate and was nominated as Peter Jennings’ Man of the Week. After retiring from the NHL, Sheldon successfully in-line skated across Canada to raise awareness of sexual abuse issues. His Foundation raised over $ 1.0M which was donated to the Canadian Red Cross in furtherance of their Respected program; abuse prevention education which is delivered to youth in classrooms across Canada.

In 2006, Sheldon wrote “Why I Didn’t Say Anything; The Sheldon Kennedy Story”, an honest depiction of his experiences and an insightful look at the many realities of
sexual abuse. Sheldon now leads Respect Group Inc., the company he co-founded, which has become North America’s leading on-line education program for the prevention of abuse, neglect, harassment and bullying in sport, schools and the workplace.

Breakfast Television co-host Riaz Meghji wakes Vancouverites up each and every morning with charm, humour and style!

Growing up in North Delta, Riaz graduated from Simon Fraser University with a degree in Finance. Upon beginning his career path in the financial world, he always felt like something was missing. Entertaining an audience has always been a great passion for Riaz and so he made a decision to take a chance on pursuing a career in the entertainment world – and he flourished! Riaz worked in radio at Z953FM before making the shift into television working for MTV Canada interviewing A-List celebrities like Matthew McConaughey, Pink, and Kevin Smith. He joined CTV News as a weathercaster on their evening news and after moved to Ontario to anchor an entertainment show on SUN TV before joining the Citytv family in 2008 as co-host on Breakfast Television in Vancouver.

Aside from his man dates at the movies with BT Entertainment Reporter Thor Diakow, Riaz loves that his job allows him to contribute to several charities throughout the year, including the Aga Khan Foundation and Free the Children. Outside of work Riaz is writing his own screenplay, he enjoys to read, travel and get pummeled at the gym by his personal trainer.