"Cameron Bailey" is a Canada/Canadian film critic and festival programmer, who has been the artistic director of the Toronto International Film Festival since 2012.

Born in London, England to parents from Barbados, he spent his early childhood in St. James, Barbados/St. James, Barbados before moving to Canada with his family at age eight. Educated at the University of Western Ontario, he worked as a film reviewer for Now (newspaper)/Now, Canada AM, CBC Radio One, Take One (Canadian magazine)/Take One and other publications before joining TIFF as a programmer.

He also cowrote the screenplay for the 1997 film The Planet of Junior Brown with Clement Virgo, and wrote and directed the short film Hotel Saudade.

He is participating in the 2015 edition of Canada Reads, where he will be advocating for Kim Thúy's novel Ru (novel)/Ru.

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It gives kids who may not excel in other activities a chance to shine.

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This is so radically different from the news porn we're used to seeing. The filmmaker is constantly navigating her place there because she's looked upon as an outsider.

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I can pick and choose who I play ball with and that adds to the longevity of teams and the league.

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He reaches into my holster and pulls my gun out. I'm looking in the barrel of my own gun - he's got it in both hands one foot away from my stomach.

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We look for creative ways to get them in step with fitness.

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