Who We Are
Larry MacInnis Mike Occomore Mike Tennant
Advertising pros providing free Public Service Announcements for worthwhile causes and charities.
Who We've Helped
Beginnings
Honorary Members
Honorary Members
At the start of the new millennium, Amnesty International wanted to bring the scourge of torture to the attention of the world.
In Canada, longtime radio pals Mike Tennant, Mike Occomore, Larry MacInnis and Terry O'Reilly formed The Pro Bono Group and pitched in to help.
Since the success of that first campaign 25 years ago, we have dona
At the start of the new millennium, Amnesty International wanted to bring the scourge of torture to the attention of the world.
In Canada, longtime radio pals Mike Tennant, Mike Occomore, Larry MacInnis and Terry O'Reilly formed The Pro Bono Group and pitched in to help.
Since the success of that first campaign 25 years ago, we have donated our writing, directing and production skills — and called upon the generosity of our many contacts in Canada and abroad — to help those who need help the most.
Currently, The Pro Bono Group has radio PSAs airing for The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, Feed Ontario, and hundreds of food banks in towns and cities across Canada.
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Initially, The Pro Bono Group recorded at Pirate Radio and Television, a creative audio production company that Terry co-founded. Today, The Pro Bono Group is proud to have WANTED Sound + Picture as our creative development and audio production partner.
Praised as one of the world’s finest audio, visual and music production companies, WANTED makes its people, resources and Toronto studios available at no charge for all the charities and worthwhile causes we support.
Thank you WANTED. We couldn’t do what we do without you.
Honorary Members
Honorary Members
Honorary Members
* WANTED! Sound + Picture
* The Coach House
* Alex Reinprecht
* Jeff Styga
* John deNottbeck
* Nicole Taylor
* Jeff Wright
* Augusta Brook
* Geddy Lee/Rush
* Donovan Bailey
* ACTRA
* BC Productions
* Rossi Ayres
* Ed Robertson/Barenaked Ladies
* Jason Marks Talent
* Jason Marks
* Maggie Cleary-Mattson
* Chase Madorsky
* Cassie Finley
* Tony Daniels
* Doug Be
* WANTED! Sound + Picture
* The Coach House
* Alex Reinprecht
* Jeff Styga
* John deNottbeck
* Nicole Taylor
* Jeff Wright
* Augusta Brook
* Geddy Lee/Rush
* Donovan Bailey
* ACTRA
* BC Productions
* Rossi Ayres
* Ed Robertson/Barenaked Ladies
* Jason Marks Talent
* Jason Marks
* Maggie Cleary-Mattson
* Chase Madorsky
* Cassie Finley
* Tony Daniels
* Doug Beaumont
* Shane MacInnis
* Braden Occomore
* Marc Jordan
* Molly Johnson
* Ron James
* Julie Khaner
* Kristina Nicoll
* Ruth Marshall
* Paul Bates
* Paul Smith - Edna Talent
* Donna Trimble - The Characters
* James Crammond - Noble Caplan Abrams Talent
* Noelle Jenkinson - AMI Artist Management
* Roberta Romano - Element Artist Management
* Emma Laird - Gary Goddard Agency
* Jeff Glockling - GGA
* Kat Carter
* Tom Goudie
* Corey Burton
* Henry Strozier
* Alexis Vigar
* Paul Miller
* Cameron Kennedy
* Stacey Depass
* Fred Napoli
* Helen King
* Rob Cowan
* Jessica Baker
* Matt Snell/Genesis Sound Inc
* Camilla Scott
* Pat Thornton
* Tracey Hoyt
* Chris Tait
* Bob Bainborough
* Megan Fahlenbock
* Toronto Fire Chief Bill Stewart
* Liz Ramos
* Rolando Giacoman
* Kathy Laskey
* Don Dickinson
* Richard Waugh
* Josh Peace
* David Bolt
* Pirate Radio & Television
* Toronto Police Chief William Blair
* Miranda Edwards
* Ann DeWig
* Linsey Alena
* Dominic Catrambone
* Bert Thomas Morris
* Elenna Stauffer
* Zac Fine
* Marie Westbrook
* Amara Balick-Karrer
* Nicole Balick-Karrer
* Carrie Olsen
* Sara Montgomery
* Beau Stephenson
* Alicia Katz
* Ben Turner Dixon
* Ted Evans
* Gord James
* Damon Papadopoulos
* Glenn Steinbaum
* Mara Junot
* Kiff VandenHeuvel
* Paul Boucher
* Frank Chen
* Jeff Kirkwood
* Adam Karch
* Bob Johnston
* James Dooley
* Ray Kahnert
* Matt Snell
* Craig Smeaton
* Warren Milando
* Ross Davies
* Linda Ballantyne
* Noel Johansen
* Matthew Edison
* Dave Charles
* Cynthia Jimenez-Hicks
* Ray Kahnert
* Doris Kahnert
* Michael Fullan
* Jack Willis
Honorary Members
Honorary Members
Honorary Members
* Radio Connects
Caroline Gianias
Lisa Dillon
* Broadcast Dialogue
Connie Thiessen
* Canadian Association of Broadcasters
* Ontario Association of Broadcasters
* Western Association of Broadcasters
* Target Broadcast Sales
* Canadian Broadcast Sales
* Vista Radio
Bryan Edwards
Joe Gabor
* My Broadcasting Corporation
Jon Pole
Gail Keyes
* Starboard Commun
* Radio Connects
Caroline Gianias
Lisa Dillon
* Broadcast Dialogue
Connie Thiessen
* Canadian Association of Broadcasters
* Ontario Association of Broadcasters
* Western Association of Broadcasters
* Target Broadcast Sales
* Canadian Broadcast Sales
* Vista Radio
Bryan Edwards
Joe Gabor
* My Broadcasting Corporation
Jon Pole
Gail Keyes
* Starboard Communications LTD
John Sherratt
* Rogers Communications
Chris Pottage
Tim Webb
* Stingray Radio
Steve Jones
Steve Parsons
Scott Johns
* Bell Media
Dave Daigle
Perry MacDonald
Dean Rutherford
Curtis Papetti
Cecilia Wong
Adriana J. Sestito
* Bell Média Montreal
Jean-Philippe Marcil
Patricia Demers
Louis-Simon Ferland
* Bayshore Broadcasting
* Ted Woloshyn Podcast
Ted Woloshyn
Paul Gatt
* Corus Entertainment
Jackie Moss
Kate Buccioni
Brad Phillips
* Durham Radio
Doug Kirk
Steve Macaulay
* MZ Media
Grace Howley
Paul Stringer
* Local Radio Lab
Joe Middleton
Joel Grossman
* Central Ontario Broadcasting
Mora Austin
* Apostrophe Podcast Company
Terry O'Reilly
* Harvard Radio
Gary Brasil
* Byrnes Communications
Chris Byrnes
* National Campus and Community Radio Association
Barry Rooke
Eloisa Veliz
* SoundOff Media Company
Matt Cundill
* Toronto Mike'd
* At The Crossroads Blues Radio
The ATC Blues Network
Brant Zwicker
* JAZZFM91
Toronto, ON
Dana Wigle
Denise Lau
* CFRC
Kingston, ON
Jim Birtch
* ERIN RADIO 91.7 FM
Phil Taylor
* Retrohits.ca
Darren
* 100.1 MOOSE FM
Fort St. John, BC
Chris Walker
Bernard Conner-Suen
* kissthe6ix.com
Wayne Reid
* Algonquin College
Dan Mellon
CKDJ 107.9 FM
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Honorary Members
Honorary Members
Tracey Hoyt
Her work for The Pro Bono Group:
“Back To School” - Stephen Lewis Foundation
“Hockey Family” - The Pro Radio Project (2024)
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Tracey Hoyt has been an actor and improviser in theatre, film, TV and audio since the late ’80’s. After her performance training at the Banff Centre, The Second City and York University, she started her
Tracey Hoyt
Her work for The Pro Bono Group:
“Back To School” - Stephen Lewis Foundation
“Hockey Family” - The Pro Radio Project (2024)
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Tracey Hoyt has been an actor and improviser in theatre, film, TV and audio since the late ’80’s. After her performance training at the Banff Centre, The Second City and York University, she started her voice career by doing live phoned-in character work for CIUT radio and radio dramas on CBC Radio. Her animation career began when she landed recurring roles on English dubs of Japanese anime projects like Sailor Moon, Keroppi and Friends and Knights of the Zodiac. Tracey later originated characters on Delilah and Julius, The Care Bears Big Wish Movie and The Cat in The Hat Knows A Lot About That!
Tracey has voiced hundreds of radio and TV commercials. She has narrated numerous audiobooks including The Moment by Andrea Constand and No Good Asking by Fran Kimmel.
On camera, Tracey’s work on The Tournament (CBC TV) and Decoys (CBC GEM) has earned her three Canadian Screen Award nominations. On stage, she appeared in the earliest versions of The Drowsy Chaperone and produced three versions of her fully improvised solo shows Face Value: East (Crows Theatre) Face
Value: West (SummerWorks) and Soul Prints (Convergence Theatre).
Tracey taught Improv extensively at The Second City Training Centre and Gilda’s Club Greater Toronto. Under Terry O’Reilly’s mentorship, she created and ran the commercial voiceover training program Pirate Voice at Pirate Toronto. She now does it through her own company Tracey Hoyt Coaching & Direction.
An emerging playwright, Tracey is currently working on her comic play Hart’s Crossing General Store, supported by an Ontario Arts Council Recommender Grant (Port Stanley Festival Theatre.)