Chris Harris

Senior Director, Content Strategy
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Chris Harris is an Emmy-winning media professional and content leader with more than 15 years of experience as a digital production executive, business leader, media strategist, interactive producer and journalist.

Before joining CBC, Harris was with Secret Location as VP, Strategy & Business Development. Prior to this he was Shaw Media’s first head of social media, responsible for the company’s enterprise social strategy across all broadcast brands including Global and 19 specialty TV channels, which include Food Network Canada, HGTV Canada, Showcase, History and Slice. 

Chris led the digital content teams at Shaw Media and Canwest (via Alliance Atlantis) as both director and head of online content. In that role, Chris helped lead the creation of globally recognized award-winning work, which resulted in significant growth in unique visitors, visits, engagement and revenue.

Chris has spoken at and appeared on juries at several festivals & conferences including SXSW, the Banff World Media Festival, Promax-BDA, nextMEDIA and Merging Media. In March 2013, he was awarded at the Canadian Screen Award for his work on Continuum Interactive.