Carmen Bourassa Explained

Carmen Bourassa
Birth Place:Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
Occupation:Television producer

Carmen Bourassa (1942 – 25 December 2021) was a Canadian television producer.[1]

Life and career

Bourassa was born the oldest of seven children in Trois-Rivières in 1942, attended the École normale du Christ-Roi. She began working for the Ministry of Education and Higher Education of Quebec, where she led the movement to introduced educational television programs for children in schools.[2] This effort led to the creation of the program Passe-Partout, for which she contributed to the production of 125 episodes alongside Louise Poliquin and .[2]

He continued producing Passe-Partout into the 1990s, as well as the series .[3] In 2009, she explained to Le Nouvelliste that the series which she produced focused on childhood education.[2] Her later series included on Télé-Québec from 1992 to 1995, on Télé-Quebec from 1993 to 1996, and Toc toc toc on Radio-Canada since 2007.[2] She also produced multiple series for Telefiction.[3]

Bourassa died on 25 December 2021, at the age of 79.[4]

Filmography

Awards

Notes and References

  1. News: Richer. Anne. 22 September 2009. Carmen Bourassa. French. La Presse. 29 December 2021.
  2. News: Corbo. Linda. 3 October 2009. Les enfants d'abord. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140508025359/http://www.lapresse.ca/le-nouvelliste/week-end/200910/01/01-907403-les-enfants-dabord.php. 8 May 2014. French. Le Nouvelliste. 29 December 2021.
  3. Web site: Carmen Bourassa. Les Prix Gémeaux. French. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130119030027/http://www.acct.ca/prixgemeaux/2009/prixspeciaux.php. 19 January 2013.
  4. News: 26 December 2021. La conceptrice d'émissions jeunesse Carmen Bourassa s'est éteinte. French. Radio-Canada. 29 December 2021.
  5. Web site: Carmen Bourassa. 16 December 2012. Ces femmes-là. French.