Ronald G. Cameron-Lewis, BA, AGSM

Consultant

International Palliative Care Leadership Development Initiative

Mr. Cameron-Lewis is a communications consultant, coaching others in presentation skills for leadership roles, public speaking events and media interviews. In addition to his work with IPCLDI, Mr. Cameron-Lewis works with CBC TV in Canada, coaching senior executives and others in the medical, academic and business world.

Ron worked as voice coach for emerging photojournalists with CTV and was text coach for the 2009 Gemini-award winning production of Othello for CBC TV and radio. He has conducted seminars for Bell Canada and CKLN Radio at Ryerson University addressing distance education and telecommunications.

Retiring as Professor Emeritus from Sheridan Institute in 2009, Ron is an experienced professor of theatre, director, writer, adjudicator, and workshop leader. He taught voice and acting at the Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Oakville, Canada for 38 years. He began with the Music Theatre Department in its initial year, and was coordinator during its most expansive decade including phasing in the joint Theatre and Drama Studies program with the University of Toronto at Mississauga. The Music Theatre Department is now the largest theatre school in Canada with four programs under its umbrella.

Ron’s textbook Acting Skills for Life is in its third edition with The Dundurn Group. Other literary projects include a dozen original scripts and contribution as associate editor/copy editor with Simon and Pierre Publishers. He has adjudicated some 2,500 productions throughout Ontario and in the USA at American State, Regional, National and International theatre festivals, and is currently teaching adjudication in Canada and the USA.

Ron has directed nearly 100 productions for educational, community and regional theatres, such as Huron Country Playhouse, the Lighthouse Festival Theatre and the Arts and Culture Centre in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He conducted Master Classes and was an acting coach at the Charlottetown Festival in Prince Edward Island for two seasons.

Educated at the University of Western Ontario, he studied theatre at the Banff Centre, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, UK, and the University of London. He received a 2009 Award from the National Institute for Staff & Organizational Development (NISOD) in Austin, Texas, the President’s Award of Excellence for his teaching at Sheridan and the 2004 Maggie Bassett Award from Theatre Ontario for sustained commitment to the development of theatre throughout the province.