Post-show Careers
A few former Lofters have gone on to successful television gigs, most notably season one's Jennifer Hedger who is now an anchor on TSN's popular SportsCentre (and in this role made an appearance on the sitcom Corner Gas). Also from season one, Mathieu Chantelois has hosted programming for OUTtv, while Sandy Medeiros has appeared as a guest judge on MuchMusic's Video On Trial. Season two's Carolyn Jarvis is now a news anchor for Global's newsmagazine series 16:9, after having worked as an anchor for Global Edmonton, a local television station in Red Deer, and also was an anchor with The Weather Network. Season one's Arisa Cox and season two's Jason Ruta were co-hosts of E! Canada's E! News Weekend; following that show's cancellation Cox went on to become lead entertainment reporter for CBC News.
Season one's Tre (Trevor) Smith became an animal control officer with the City of Toronto.
U8TV co-creator and executive producer Zev Shalev is the creator and senior executive producer of Entertainment Tonight Canada, and was also director of program strategy for E! Canada.
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“So much of the trouble is because I am a woman. To me it seems a very terrible thing to be a woman. There is one crown which perhaps is worth it all—a great love, a quiet home, and children. We all know that is all that is worthwhile, and yet we must peg away, showing off our wares on the market if we have money, or manufacturing careers for ourselves if we haven’t.”
—Ruth Benedict (1887–1948)