Christine Moya McGlade was born on August 25,1963 and is a Canadian digital designer and strategist, executive, and professor, as well as a former television producer, and children's television host.
16 Facts About Christine McGlade
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Christine McGlade was with the show from its very beginning as a local television show on Ottawa, Ontario, television station CJOH-TV in 1979 until partway through the 1986 season.
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For nine years, Christine McGlade was the Director of Interactive at Ontario's public educational television network, TVOntario.
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Christine McGlade has worked on social issues as Director of Interactive for Canada's largest volunteer network, getinvolved.
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Christine McGlade was a senior partner at communications firm Q Media Solutions.
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Christine McGlade is the founder and senior partner of Analytical Engine Interactive Inc.
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Christine McGlade became a cast member on You Can't Do That on Television by "accident", according to fansite YCDTOTV.
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When show creator Roger Price held auditions for the show in the fall of 1978, Christine McGlade went to the auditions only to support a friend.
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Christine McGlade had no ambitions in acting or show business, but Price insisted that she either audition or leave.
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Christine McGlade auditioned and was chosen for the show, although her friend was not.
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In later years, after the show was converted into a half-hour program devoted exclusively to comedy, Christine McGlade became the focal point of many of the episodes' story lines.
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Christine McGlade hosted Whatever Turns You On in 1979, which was a half-hour network version of You Can't Do That on Television produced for the full CTV Television Network, without live or local content, and Something Else in 1982 which was a spin-off of You Can't Do That on Television consisting of live local and musical segments that were no longer part of YCDTOTV format.
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Christine McGlade earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts and later a Master of Design from OCAD University, where she now teaches.
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From 1992 to 1999, Christine McGlade worked as a producer, director, and writer for adult current affairs programming at TVOntario and its French-language sister station TFO and then was Director of Interactive and Digital Media at the network from 2005 to 2012.
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Christine McGlade was senior partner at media production company Q Media Solutions from 2012 until 2014.
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Christine McGlade founded her own digital strategy company, Analytical Engine Interactive Inc.