Jeremie Saunders is a Canadian actor and podcaster, who has been a two-time winner of the Gemini/Canadian Screen Award for Best Host in a Pre-School, Children's or Youth Program or Series, winning at the 26th Gemini Awards in 2011 and at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013, as host of the children's television series Artzooka!.[1]
He has also been a host of the podcasts Sickboy, about his life with cystic fibrosis,[2] and Turn Me On, about his polyamorous relationship with his wife Bryde MacLean.[3] In 2017, he was the subject of a documentary film by Andrew MacCormack about his work on Sickboy.[4]
In 2020, he was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal for his work educating listeners about chronic disease through Sickboy.[5]
Originally from Prince Edward Island, he is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[4]