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Dr Clown Media Coverage 2003 -2004
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Newspapers
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The Montreal Gazette
December 26, 2002, p. A-6
Journalist: Jessica Howard
Interview with Olivier-Hugues Terreault, Executive Director, and Melissa Holland, Program Director. download the pdf
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The Suburban
June 11, 2003, p. A-1 of the Health section
Journalist: Marlene Eisner
Interview with Olivier-Hugues Terreault, Executive Director, and Melissa Holland, Program Director. Description of a Dr Clown visit with a child and his family.
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Le Devoir
November 22, 2003
Journalist: Isabelle Paré
Full-page article in the Health section of the Saturday edition. Interview with Olivier-Hugues Terreault, Executive Director, and Florence Vinit, Psychosocial Director. Several quotations from staff members at the Sainte-Justine Hospital and at the Montreal Children’s Hospital. download the pdf
May, 2003
Journalist: Pauline Gravel
Short article on a presentation given by Florence Vinit, Psychosocial Director, at the ACFAS conference (Association francophone pour le savoir), on the subject of therapeutic clowns.
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Magazines
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Québec Science
December 2004 - January 2005
Article on Dr Clown.
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Enfants Québec
May 2004
Journalist: Sophie-Andrée Blondin
Profile of a therapeutic clown from the Dr Clown team: Jocelyn Caron, alias Dr Super Bill Boquet.
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L'Actualité Médicale
February 4, 2004
Journalist: France Lajoie
Interviews with Dr Jean-Guy Mongeau, retired pediatrician and Member of the Dr Clown Board of Directors; Germaine Gibara, President of the Dr Clown Board of Directors; Martine Legault, Head Nurse of the Sainte-Justine Hospital unit where Dr Clown visits; some parents and children in the unit; and members of the Dr Clown management team: Florence Vinit, Olivier-Hugues Terreault, and Melissa Holland. download the pdf
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Les Diplômés (magazine published by the Université de Montréal)
May 2003
Brief mention of Dr Clown in an article on the benefits of laughter.
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Television
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SRC
December 14, 2004 - 37 5
Interview with Olivier-Hugues Terreault.
Airing scheduled for 2005 on The New VI - "I Clown for Youhoo!"
Documentary in tribute to the art of therapeutic clowning, filmed across Canada
and in San Francisco (a Red Letter Films production).
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CFCF
September 1, 2004 - 6:00 p.m. News
Journalist: Tara Schwartz
Dr Fifi and Dr Pouding visit with dialysis patients at the Jewish General Hospital. Short interview with Melissa Holland, Program Director.
January 23, 2003 – 11:30 p.m. News
Journalist: Tanya Krywiak
Report on Dr Clown at the Montreal Children’s Hospital. Scene with Dr Fifi Se-Pense-Bien, Dr L'Air de Rien, and two young patients, who were also interviewed. Short interviews with Olivier-Hugues Terreault, Executive Director, and Melissa Holland, Program Director, without their make-up.
June 22, 2002 – 11:30 p.m. News
Journalist: Caroline Van Vlaardigen
Report on the Child Life Department of the Montreal Children’s Hospital. Short scene with Dr Fifi Se-Pense-Bien and Dr L'Air de Rien with a young patient called Geneviève.
April 13, 2002 – 11:30 p.m. News
Journalist: Bob Benedetti
Dr L'Air de Rien and Dr Fifi Se-Pense-Bien win first prize ($5000) from the Fondation du maire de Montréal pour la jeunesse and Youth Employment Services for the Dr Clown business plan. Short interview with Olivier-Hugues Terreault, Executive Director, and Melissa Holland, Program Director.
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Canal Vie
February 12, 2003 (first broadcast) – "Jeux de société"
Three-minute interview with Olivier-Hugues Terreault, Executive Director, and Melissa Holland, Program Director. Dr l'Air de Rien and Dr Fifi Se-Pense-Bien prepare for their day of visits. Visit with a child. Total time: 15 minutes.
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TQS
December 7, 2003 – "Téléthon pour la recherche sur les maladies infantiles"
Short interview by Charles Lafortune with Jocelyn Caron (Dr Bill Boquet) and Melissa Holland (Dr Fifi Se-Pense-Bien), as their clown characters. Two and a half minutes of scenes of Dr Clown’s work with patients at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, featuring Olivier-Hugues Terreault and Melissa Holland.
June 6, 2003 – "Grand Journal"
Journalist: Isabelle Maire
Interview with Olivier-Hugues Terreault, Executive Director, and Florence Vinit, Psychosocial Director. Short scene with Dr L'Air de Rien, Dr Fifi Se-Pense-Bien, and two small children.
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TVA
February 25, 2004 – "Dans la mire "
Interview with Olivier-Hugues Terreault, Executive Director.
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The Health Channel
Filmed October 30, 2003, to be broadcast in September, 2004
“Laughter,” part of a series of 4 programs called “The Human Response”
Scenes and interviews with Olivier-Hugues Terreault and Melissa Holland, as their clown characters.
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CBC
December 15, 2003 - 6:30 p.m. News
Journalist: Gerry Barrer
Visits filmed at the Jewish General Hospital and short interviews with patients, staff, and Melissa Holland, Program Director, about offering therapeutic clown services to adult patients.
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Radio
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CJAD
November 11, 2004 – “Holder
Tonight “
Interview with Melissa Holland, Program Director.
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CJAD
February 27, 2004 – “Levée
de fonds pour l'Hôpital
de Montréal pour enfants“
Interview with Melissa Holland,
Program Director.
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Société Radio-Canada / Saskatchewan
December 10, 2003 – “Jour de plein“
Interview with Olivier-Hugues Terreault, Executive Director.
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CKMF
November 27, 2003 – “Labelle et McLeod“
Short, live telephone interview by the hosts with Olivier-Hugues Terreault, Executive Director.
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Société Radio-Canada
June 6, 2003 – “Sans frontières“
Journalist: Sophie Payeur
Interview with Olivier-Hugues Terreault, Executive Director, and Florence Vinit, Psychosocial Director.
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Internet
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