Nicholas Schiavo
Director, Government and Stakeholder Relations at Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA)
| Degrees: | MPM/19 |
| Email: | nick.schiavo@cmpa.ca |
Nicholas Schiavo is the Director of Government and Stakeholder Relations with the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) where he leads national advocacy on behalf of Canada’s independent TV and film producers.
From 2018-2024, Nicholas served as the Executive Director of No Conversion Canada, a national, grassroots, nonprofit coalition he founded to ban conversion “therapy” practices in Canada. In December 2021, No Conversion Canada and partners successfully passed Bill C-4, officially outlawing conversion “therapy” practices in Canada.
Previously, Nicholas worked as a Director of Federal Affairs with the Council of Canadian Innovators, Director of Policy and Government Relations with Impact Public Affairs, a Policy Analyst with Fisheries and Oceans Canada on the G7 Task Force, as an Ontario Global Edge Fellow in Nairobi, Kenya and with the Green Party of Canada during the 2015 federal election. Over the years Nicholas has been fortunate to work with a number of global institutions as a delegate, including the Commonwealth, the World Bank Group and the United Nations.
From 2017-2019, Nicholas served as the Program Director of the Young Diplomats of Canada where he met with Cabinet and the Prime Minister to develop a national, youth agenda. In 2018, he was selected as a Future Leaders Connect Fellow by the British Council to develop a long term policy action plan on LGBTQ2+ rights with the University of Cambridge.
Nicholas has been named one of “Canada’s Future Foreign Policymakers” by Open Canada and an “Emerging Leader in Politics and Government” by the Peak. Nicholas is passionate about community organizing and currently serves on the Boards of It Gets Better Canada and the Canadian Advocacy Network.
Nicholas holds a Bachelor of Arts, Honours Specialization in International Relations from Western University and a Master of Political Management as part of the Clayton H. Riddell Graduate Program from Carleton University.
Last Revision: January 2025