
Peter Verner
Senior Communications Advisor Medical Care Technologies Inc.
- Halifax, Canada Area NS
Former award-winning CBC Television Host and Documentary Film Maker, very active in politics, now has sights set on business in China.
Social
Biography
Producer/Writer/Director with CTV's "Thrill of a Lifetime."
Writer for TV Drama classics including "King of Kensington" & "The Littlest Hobo".
Playwright-in Residence at Tarragon Theatre, Toronto. Recipient of Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council grants.
Director of Communications, Liberal Caucus, Government of Nova Scotia and provincial election candidate.
Owner/Operator of The Edge Communications (ON & NS) a private full service PR agency.
Currently Senior Communications Advisor at Medical Care Technologies Inc, the first Western Co. to open private family health clinics across China.
Industry Expertise
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
Documentary Producer, CBC Television
Wrote, produced and directed over 80 TV documentaries during a 20-year career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Also hosted and produced the nationally-broadcast Documentary Series "Land and Sea" for 12 years. Spent time in the Arctic as Executive Producer of CBC's Northern Service, managing TV news programs in 7 native languages. Recipient of numerous national and international awards for excellence in documentary writing and film making.
Director of Communications, Opposition Caucus, Government of Nova Scotia
Obtained significant insider knowledge of politics and power in Canada.
Ran as candidate in the 2006 provincial election.
Education
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Leadership
1971
Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, UK
N/A
Leadership
1971
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, England
N/A
Military Leadership
1971
Two year intensive course leading to Commission as 2nd Lieutenant in British Regular Army
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
BA (Hons)
English Literature
1980
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (UK)
N/A
Leadership
1971
Affiliations
- Canadian Public Relations Society International Association of Business Communicators