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MTCC 107 12:30 p.m. AN OLA SUPER CONFERENCE SPECIAL EVENT The Closing GALA LUNCHEON with DANIEL RICHLER Daniel Richler is the artistic developer of Book Television, the new digital channel about artistic expression in literature. As the Gemini Award-winning host of CBC NewsWorld's Big Life, Richler earned a dazzling reputation for his subjective reports from the underground of culturally and politically divergent lifestyles. Richler served as Creative Head of Arts Programming at TVOntario, where he conceived, hosted and executive-produced the enduring literary series, Imprint, now in its tenth season. And, he created the award winning sci-fi arts series Prisoners of Gravity. He began his broadcast career in radio in 1979, and burst on to the television scene in 1983 as host, then producer, of CityTV's The New Music. In 1987, he became Chief Arts Correspondent for CBC TV's The Journal. Richler's best-selling novel Kicking Tomorrow was named one of the books of the year by the New York Times in 1991. He hosts Reach for the Top on TVOand sees it as a splendid expression of the excellence of which are schools are capable. 64