Dr. Chris McLeod
Producer

Dr. Chris McLeod's research focuses on the evaluation of occupational health policies and practices and on the causes and consequences of work-related injury and disease. Current areas of research include an assessment of the effectiveness of occupational health and safety management systems on work injury; and national and international comparative work with jurisdictions in Ontario, Manitoba, Australia, and New Zealand.

More broadly, his research explores how institutional and economic structures across countries affect health and health inequalities over the working life course, using high quality comparable longitudinal data from representative economies to examine the relationship between employment and working conditions and worker health within and across countries.

His work examining the relationship between unemployment and health, supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, has been published in the Annual Review of Public Health and the American Journal of Public Health.

Zachary Rothman
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER

Zachary Rothman was born in Winnipeg, learned to dream in a little town called Gimli on the shores of the inland sea sometimes known as Lake Winnipeg, and delighted in the art of canoeing under the northern lights of a Northwest Ontario sky. He is the grandson of Jewish refugees and a distant cousin to many.  

Zac leads a team called EdTech, made up of passionate, talented, creative, caring and insightful humans at UBC Faculty of Medicine. Together they create films, podcasts, designs and virtual reality experiences. Rothman has a diverse body of work as writer, producer and director – including documentary THE EDGE OF CARE, sci-fi film ALCHEMY and OTHER IMPERFECTIONS, and the biology series NEUROANATOMY.

He is also a husband, a son, an uncle, a father and a storyteller, and currently produces a children’s story podcast (BEDTIME STORIES FOR THE DISCERNING CHILD) with his ten-year-old daughter.  

Stephen Gillis
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER, EDITOR

Stephen Gillis grew up in a small village of 150 people on the shores of Whycocomagh Bay on the traditional lands of the Mi’kmaq on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Growing up with only three TV channels and three older sisters that ruled them, he developed an active imagination leading to a love of performing and storytelling.

That love of storytelling brought him to the unceded and traditional territory of the Musqueam people, which he has been privileged to settle on for the past 25 years. The over 6000km move has led to a very fulfilling and award-winning career as a writer, director, and producer in film and podcasting, which includes the privilege of writing & directing two original feature-length documentaries for national broadcast.  

Stephen is also an accomplished high-performance youth hockey coach, mentoring and leading a diverse group of young women and men on and off the ice.  When not behind a camera or at the rink, Stephen can be found walking his rambunctious dog Chewy with his lovely partner while heading to a farmer’s market or somewhere with delicious snacks.  

Paul Milaire
CINEMATOGRAPHER, EDITOR

Paul Milaire lives with his family in the city of Richmond, located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm peoples. Paul’s grandparents migrated to these lands in the early-to-mid 1900s from various parts of Europe and Asia.  In Paul’s work, he supports teachers and learners with the use of technology for medical education. Paul enjoys spending time with his two young children, playing sports and growing plants in his backyard.

Sam McGuiness
POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Sam McGuiness is a passionate media professional from Vancouver, Canada. Growing up on the unceded territory of the Musqueam people, Sam quickly developed an interest and curiosity in both storytelling and technology. Even starring in a series of embarrassingly bad lip synching videos with his older cousins. 
 
Over the next 15 years – Sam honed and developed his craft, building many friendships and memories along the way. Today – when he’s not involved in projects like this – Sam enjoys spending time with his 4 year old son, Henry – who’s favourite thing to do is to go fast.