Shannon Skinner
Award-winning TV host, producer, speaker, author, travel writer
A lack of direction gnawed at Shannon Skinner until one day a dear friend made a shocking announcement that changed her life forever. He had less than one year to live. This caused Shannon give pause and ask herself: If I had one year to live, what would I do?
Yes, she had asked herself this quality question before. But this time it was different. This time, she felt a sense of urgency, a need to answer the question and follow up with solid action.
Committed to move past all obstacles and naysayers, Shannon launched her BIG dream. In 30 days, she premiered Shannon Skinner’s Extraordinary Women TV ™, a first-of-its-kind, ground-breaking television series (Rogers TV & web) and online platform that inspires the lives of hundreds of thousands through intimate, personal interviews, insights and commentaries. Since Sept. 2010, Shannon has produced 52 episodes of her show for television, and more than 300 webisodes.
In June 2015, Shannon launched her radio show, Shannon Skinner Live on VoiceAmerica Women, as an extension of her television work. Through her shows and media channels, regular columns and articles in several publications, The Huffington Post news site, and personal blog, Shannon is reaching millions, and her featured appearances and keynote talks inspire women around the globe.
While Shannon continues today to tell women’s stories, her passion and initiatives did not begin with these two media projects. She has been interviewing and telling women’s stories for more than two decades in a variety of mediums and projects. Shannon has interviewed hundreds of women from around the globe and from all walks of life.
Her signature book, The Whispering Heart: Your Inner Guide to Creativity, provides how-to guidance to discovering and living your dream. She writes for several publications on travel and lifestyle, including Waterfront Magazine and The Canadian Bazaar. She has written extensively on India as a tourist destination. She also is a guest host and commentator on ThatChannel online television.
Carrying on from a lineage of broadcasters, Shannon has established herself as a pioneer in internet broadcast. She is the recipient of the Alumni of Influence Award 2014 from the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Arts & Science for “being a trailblazer who is inspiring and affecting change for women across Canada and around the world.” She also received the award Iconic Women Empowering the Extraordinary in Every Woman 2016 from ALL Ladies League honoured at the Women Economic Forum in Delhi, India in May 2016. She is a category finalist for the 2023 Global Evolutionary Women Awards from the Global Institute for Evolutionary Women (GIFEW).
Shannon’s other screen credits include a principal acting role in the television series Motives and Murder (as Detective Karen Good) on Investigative Discovery (US) and OWN (Canada), season 3. Her film producing credits include the feature Shadowland, the Legend (After Rain Films); and executive producer (segment), researcher and publicist on the television series Heart & Stroke Show with Dini Petty (Global TV). And publicist credits on various productions, including a documentary by filmmaker Christopher Terry.
Shannon began her career as a public relations professional more than 20 years ago, working in agencies, prior to one time owning her own boutique agency, and has represented many prestigious organizations across a range of fields. She is also a former founding Board Member of the non-profit, Best Buddies Canada.
Shannon has appeared in LIFE magazine, Good Morning America, Rogers TV Daytime, Global TV, Canadian Living, The Canadian Bazaar, Notable.ca, Good News Toronto and Infinity Magazine. Internationally, she has appeared in media from across India to Mexico, including DD News TV Delhi, The Telegraph, among others.
She is a member of Women in Film and Television (WIFT) and the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Toronto. Additionally, she is a former Board Member of Sampradaya Dance Creations, a highly regarded arts organization on the forefront of South Asian dance in Canada, and media expert with The Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies.
Shannon studied creative writing at Oxford University (2007) and received her BA from the University of Saskatchewan (1987). She has also received diplomas in Film Studies (1999) and Public Relations (1990) from Ryerson University. She has received certificates in the Media Leadership Program offered by Schulich School of Business and WIFT, sponsored by Bell Media, and Business Management for Media Professionals (2014) at Humber College/WIFT. She also completed a Wine Specialist certificate program from George Brown College (2016).
Committed to self-development, Shannon has been a student of the Demartini Institute, Concourse of Wisdom, a private research, education and service institution, since 1998 and is a trained facilitator of the Demartini Method® Breakthrough Experience, which she obtained in Paris (2009) to deepen her understanding of this self-development tool to enhance her life. She has studied at CoachVille life coaching program. Shannon occasionally takes acting and improv comedy classes, and travels the world. She has lived in London and is currently based in Toronto.
Today, Shannon has found the heart of an extraordinary woman: a woman who listens to her heart and takes inspired action.
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Shannon Skinner – Short Bio
Shannon Skinner is an inspirational award-winning broadcaster, author, speaker and travel writer. Her ground-breaking television and online program, Extraordinary Women TV, and radio programs, columns, articles, personal blog, featured appearances and inspirational talks are inspiring women around the globe. She is the author of The Whispering Heart: Your Inner Guide to Creativity, and writes about lifestyle and travel. She is based in Toronto.
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