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 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

Watch the full video here Arlene Dickinson and Jenny Story reveal how ‪@CBC‬'s ‘The Assembly’ is changing the celeb interview game. Arlene shares about the unique interview experience, what made her choose to participate and how wonderful the cast of the show were to work with. Interviewer Jenny Story, discusses her choice to participate in the Show and why she thinks people are so drawn to the show.