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MEDIA PERSONALITY, ENTREPRENEUR AND SPEAKER

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Kevin Bourne, also known as "KB The Boss" or simply "KB", is a Toronto-based arts and culture journalist, media personality, and branding and marketing strategist. As CEO and Creative Director of the content marketing, communications and branding firm SHIFTER Agency Inc., KB has worked with everyone from New Balance to CBC.

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The former political staffer is quickly becoming a staple in Canada's cultural landscape as both a commentator and freelancer, writing and commenting on music, film/television, fashion, and politics. He has appeared nationally as a correspondent on CBC News Network and on CBC Music as one of the hosts of the national Polaris Prize radio series "The Ten". He has also appeared locally on CTV, CBC Radio, CityNews, Newstalk 1010 and ByBlacks.com, as well as a TV commentator in the United States on Fox's Black digital TV network, Fox Soul.

 

Doubling as editor-in-chief of the online magazine SHIFTER, Kevin has covered some of Canada's top red carpet events, from the Juno Awards to the Canadian Screen Awards and has interviewed everyone from Kevin Hart and Fast and the Furious star Tyrese Gibson to Howie Mandel, Lilly Singh, and Orange Is The New Black star Dascha Polanco. More recently, he was named one of only 310 international voters for the upcoming 81st Golden Globe Awards. and a Tomatometer-Approved Critic by Rotten Tomatoes.

 

During his time in Ottawa, he was the host of CBC's digital series In The Loop, a former music columnist on CBC Radio One, the co-producer of the SHIFTER x CBC mini-doc series OT Rising, writer for the Ottawa Citizen and Ottawa Business Journal, and a part-time TV Broadcasting professor at Algonquin College. His work as a journalist and community leader eventually landed on Ottawa Life Magazine's 2020 Best of Ottawa: Activists and Changemakers list and then as a TEDx speaker in 2021.

 

Now back home in Toronto, KB is poised to continue to be a champion for Black entertainment and culture alongside his wife and business partner, Koliah.

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SHORT BIO

 

Kevin Bourne, also known as KB The Boss, or simply KB, is a Toronto-based entertainment journalist, TEDx speaker, and diversity marketing strategist. As the founder and Creative Director of SHIFTER Agency, he has worked with everyone from CBC and New Balance to York University. Also sharing his time as the founder/editor-in-chief of the online media platform SHIFTER, he covers music, film and television, and has interviewed everyone from Kevin Hart, Fast and the Furious star Tyrese Gibson, and recording artists like Lola Brooke, Muni Long, Roy Woods, and Smiley to Howie Mandel and Lilly Singh. More recently, KB was named one of 310 international voters for the 81st Golden Globe Awards by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and a Tomatometer-Approved Critic by Rotten Tomatoes.

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ABOUT KB

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• International Voter for the 81st Golden Globe Awards 

• Tomatometer-Approved Critic, Rotten Tomaotoes

• Prism Prize Juror (2022)

• TEDx speaker (2021)

• Former host/producer of the hip-hop morning show The Morning Shift on CHUO 89.1FM

• Former stylist at Nordstrom

• Media topics: Music, Film/TV, Fashion, Sports, Business/entrepreneurship, Politics

• Speaking topics: Personal branding, Entrepreneurship, Ownership, Faith & Culture, Black business

• Bilingual (English-French)

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (York University)

• Bilingual Certificate in Public Administration & Public Policy (York University)

• Available for speaking and media opportunities in Canada, United States, U.K., Caribbean

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