About the Session
This panel brings together professionals from motion picture industry to explore how health and safety is a collective responsibility. Through diverse perspectives and real-world experiences, panelists will discuss how collaboration, communication, and accountability across departments contribute to safer workplaces for everyone on set and behind the scenes.
Katharine Pavoni
Deputy Director, BC Film Commission
MODERATOR
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Katharine Pavoni is the BC Film Commission at Creative BC’s Deputy Director and is responsible for oversight and delivery of the film commission’s operations and services relevant to BC’s major strategic initiatives including, but not limited to, Reel Green, Creative Pathways and Regional Initiatives. She supports the stewardship of industry engagement and meaningful progress in green standards, inclusive practices and professionalism throughout the industry and stands in as the Acting BC Film Commissioner when required in their absence.
Katharine has more than 15 years of film and television production experience across a variety of roles and functions, and other recent roles have included Director of Industry Programs and Services with Actsafe, the entertainment industry’s health and safety association, and as a key creatives’ agent with Meridian Artists.
Dugald McLaren
Executive Producer
PANELIST
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Dugald holds a First-Class Honours degree in Linguistics, Anthropology, and Film, and graduated with an award for Outstanding Achievement in Philosophy. He is a graduate of the Producer's program at the National Screen Institute in Winnipeg. His professional career began at a young age on feature film sets and big television series where he worked in many departments including Locations, Art, and even stunts. After a few years he transitioned to primarily television and became a PM, then Producer, and eventually VP of Production at Ocean Entertainment where he worked for more than a decade. During that time Dugald was part of the development team, was a Series Director, and Produced almost 200 hours of quality television. Genres included food, ob-doc, reality, renovation, documentary, crime, travel/adventure, and recreation. He has travelled to over 50 countries and filmed in most of them. Many of his projects have won and been nominated for awards, including a Gemini nom for Dugald himself on a Food Network special that he wrote, produced, and directed called A Chateau Dinner. It was also up for a prestigious James Beard Award in New York City. In 2008 Dugald made a foray into the commercial world and enjoyed producing large and small commercials. He also directed spots for Toyota, NSGEU, Sodexo, Craft Brewers of Ontario, political parties, and more. In 2015 he moved to the mountains of British Columbia, where he continues to grow and work as a Executive Producer of the acclaimed award-winning series Highway Thru Hell for Discovery Network.
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Production Safety Manager
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DOP
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Construction Department
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Stunt Coordinator
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