Sandra Faire
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Sandra Faire | |
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| Born | Sandra Allard |
| Died | 27 February 2019 |
| Alma mater | Carleton University |
| Occupation | Television producer |
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| Children | 1 |
Sandra Faire (née Allard; died February 27, 2019) was a Canadian television producer and philanthropist. She created music specials for Canadian entertainers such as Anne Murray, and was executive producer of So You Think You Can Dance Canada. Her career lasted over four decades.
The daughter of Alice Tonstad and broadcaster Jim Allard, Sandra Allard was born in Edmonton, Alberta. She attended Carleton University before beginning work at television station CJOH in Ottawa, Ontario.[1]
Career
In 1972, Faire began her television-producing career as associate producer for Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour, which was taped in Toronto.[2] From the 1970s into the 1990s, Faire was a producer with CBC Television, where she created and produced variety entertainment programs such as The Joyce Davidson Show, Video Hits, and Comics!. In 1997, she founded and operated her own private production firm, Sandra Faire & Associates, which produced programming primarily for CTV and The Comedy Network.
The company's productions include Comedy Now!, Comedy Inc., The Holmes Show and So You Think You Can Dance Canada,[3] as well as television specials for musicians such as k.d. lang, Rita MacNeil, Bryan Adams, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Corey Hart, The Rankin Family, Amanda Marshall and Anne Murray.[1] The company also produced the feature film My Own Private Oshawa.[4]
In 2008, she received an honorary doctor of laws from York University.[5] In 2012, she was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for culture and the arts.[6]