Carmen Bourassa

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

Carmen Bourassa
Born1942 (1942)
Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
Died (aged 79)
NationalityCanadian
OccupationTelevision producer

Life and career

Bourassa was born the oldest of seven children in Trois-Rivières in 1942. She attended the École normale du Christ-Roi and began working for the Ministry of Education and Higher Education of Quebec. There, she led the movement to allow educational television programs for children in schools.[2] Subsequently, the program Passe-Partout was created, and she participated in the production of 125 episodes alongside Louise Poliquin and Laurent Lachance.[2]

He continued with the production of Passe-Partout into the 1990s as well as that of Tandem.[3] In 2009, she explained to Le Nouvelliste that the series which she produced centered around childhood education.[2] Her later series included Graffiti on Télé-Québec from 1992 to 1995, Zap 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
  • Passe-Partout (1977–1991)
  • Zap (1993–1996)
  • Pin-Pon (1996–2000)
  • Cornemuse (1999–2003)
  • Ayoye! (2001–2003)
  • Toc toc toc (2007–2014)
  • 1, 2, 3 Géants (2014–2021)
  • Salmigondis (2015–2021)

Awards

References
  1. Richer, Anne (22 September 2009). "Carmen Bourassa". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  2. Corbo, Linda (3 October 2009). "Les enfants d'abord". Le Nouvelliste (in French). Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  3. "Carmen Bourassa". Les Prix Gémeaux (in French). Archived from the original on 19 January 2013.
  4. "La conceptrice d'émissions jeunesse Carmen Bourassa s'est éteinte". Radio-Canada (in French). 26 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  5. "Carmen Bourassa". Ces femmes-là (in French). 16 December 2012.
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