Sid Bobb
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Sid Bobb | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Bobb in 2014 | |
| Occupations |
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| Mother | Lee Maracle |
| Relatives | Columpa Bobb (sister) |
| Awards | Gemini Award (2009) |
| Website | https://www.aanmitaagzi.net/about/ |
Sid Bobb is a Canadian actor and television presenter. He is the co-artistic director at Aanmitaagzi in North Bay, Ontario and an instructor at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre. From 2007 to 2016, he, along with Patty Sullivan, hosted the programming block Kids' CBC.[1] Bobb is of Coast Salish ancestry and has family roots in the Sto:lo First Nations.[1]
Bobb is originally from the Vancouver Island area located in British Columbia.[1] Bobb is the child of Raymond Bobb and Indigenous author Lee Maracle.[2] Other notable members of his family are his sister, actress Columpa Bobb, his aunt, politician Joan Phillip, and his great-grandfather, Tsleil-Waututh Nation Chief and actor Dan George.[3]
Bobb is a graduate of the University of Toronto's sociology and drama programs (2001) and attended the Second City school of training, the Banff Centre for the Arts' Aboriginal Dance Project and the Centre for Indigenous Theatre.[4]
Bobb is currently based in North Bay, Ontario, and the father of two children.[1]
