Small Army Entertainment is pleased to announce that the television series The Assembly has received five nominations across three major awards: NOMINEE - Banff Rockie Award — Social Issues & Current Affairs WINNER - Golden Sheaf Award, Yorkton Film Festival — Kathleen Shannon Award NOMINEE - Golden Sheaf Award, Yorkton Film Festival — Factual Documentary Series NOMINEE - Canadian Screen Award — Best Factual Series WINNER - Canadian Screen Award — Best Direction, Factual (Dir

See the Full Article Published by CBC here On World Autism Awareness Day, CBC is announcing the renewal of the groundbreaking unscripted series The Assembly for a second season, featuring an expanded cast of more than 30 neurodivergent and autistic adults interviewing celebrities. In each episode, a different celebrity will take part in unpredictable, probing and direct questions in a no-holds-barred interview, resulting in profound revelations, authentic conversations and l

See the full article published by CFJC here. Luke Verhoeff of Kamloops is experiencing a brush with national TV fame on The Assembly, the show seen on CBC and CBC Gem. He’s using the spotlight to advocate for non-speaking autistic individuals across the country, along with his friend and fellow cast member, Damon Kirsebom. On the show, a roomful of autistic and neurodivergent interviewers pose questions to Canadian celebrities. They often provoke humorous, profound and emotio

See the full article published by Inside TRU here Luke Verhoeff was first diagnosed at age 3 1/2 with mild-to-moderate autism and global developmental delay (GDD). A non-speaker, he often felt trapped. “I didn’t know the way out,” he said. Following years of speech, vision, oxygen, neuro, physio, occupational, hearing and cranio-sacral therapies, Luke found his voice through a letterboard, which his family refers to as the “great awakening.” Luke, now a TRU student, poet and