# Jeremie Saunders

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{{Short description|Canadian actor and podcaster}}
'''Jeremie Saunders''' is a [Canadian](/source/Canada) actor and podcaster, who has been a two-time winner of the [Gemini](/source/Gemini_Awards)/[Canadian Screen Award](/source/Canadian_Screen_Awards) for Best Host in a Pre-School, Children's or Youth Program or Series, winning at the [26th Gemini Awards](/source/26th_Gemini_Awards) in 2011 and at the [1st Canadian Screen Awards](/source/1st_Canadian_Screen_Awards) in 2013, as host of the children's television series ''[Artzooka!](/source/Artzooka!)''.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-s-rick-mercer-report-snags-3-canadian-screen-awards-1.1336431 "CBC's Rick Mercer Report snags 3 Canadian Screen Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228031336/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-s-rick-mercer-report-snags-3-canadian-screen-awards-1.1336431 |date=2014-02-28 }}. [CBC News](/source/CBC_News), February 28, 2013.</ref>

He has also been a host of the podcasts ''Sickboy'',<ref>Hillary Gillis, [https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-sickboy-the-halifax-podcast-normalizing-death-through-dark-laughs/ "Meet Sickboy: The Halifax Podcast Normalizing Death Through Dark Laughs"] . ''[Vice](/source/Vice_(magazine))'', July 26, 2017.</ref> and ''Turn Me On'', with his ex-wife Bryde MacLean.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/nowornever/let-s-talk-about-sex-1.4997920/how-this-polyamorous-couple-makes-their-marriage-work-1.5002027 "How this polyamorous couple makes their marriage work"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601145834/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/nowornever/let-s-talk-about-sex-1.4997920/how-this-polyamorous-couple-makes-their-marriage-work-1.5002027 |date=2024-06-01 }}. ''[Now or Never](/source/Now_or_Never_(radio_show))'', February 1, 2019.</ref> In 2017, he was the subject of a documentary film by Andrew MacCormack about his work on ''Sickboy''.<ref name=saltwire>Tim Arsenault, [https://www.saltwire.com/prince-edward-island/lifestyles/sickboy-a-film-by-andrew-maccormack-about-jeremie-saunders-and-his-podcasts-premiered-last-night-155913/ "Sickboy, a film by Andrew MacCormack about Jeremie Saunders and his podcasts premiered last night"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601145834/https://www.saltwire.com/prince-edward-island/lifestyles/sickboy-a-film-by-andrew-maccormack-about-jeremie-saunders-and-his-podcasts-premiered-last-night-155913/ |date=2024-06-01 }}. ''[SaltWire Network](/source/SaltWire_Network)'', October 16, 2017.</ref>

In 2020, he was awarded a [Meritorious Service Medal](/source/Meritorious_Service_Medal_(Canada)) for his work educating listeners about chronic disease through ''Sickboy''.<ref>"Gov. Gen Julie Payette honours Canadians for bravery, volunteer service". [Canadian Press](/source/Canadian_Press), July 1, 2020.</ref>

Originally from [St. John's, Newfoundland](/source/St._John's%2C_Newfoundland), he is based in [Halifax](/source/Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia), [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia).<ref name=saltwire/>

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Canadian Screen Award winners
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Category:Male actors from Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Category:People with cystic fibrosis
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