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Melissa Bubb-Clarke Named To CARAS Board

At this week’s Annual General Meeting, CARAS announced its new board member, Melissa Bubb-Clarke, Vice President of Music & Live Events at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, bringing CARAS

Melissa Bubb-Clarke Named To CARAS Board

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At this week’s Annual General Meeting, CARAS announced its new board member, Melissa Bubb-Clarke, Vice President of Music & Live Events at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, bringing CARAS one step closer to its goal of gender parity on the Board of Directors by 2020.


 With twenty years of entertainment industry experience, Bubb-Clarke oversees event programming and production at Scotiabank Arena and Coca-Cola Coliseum, as well as Live Nation Canada’s corporate partnerships agency.

Her team has garnered several awards for their innovative sponsorship programs including two Awards of Distinction from the Sponsorship Marketing Council of Canada and a Canadian Marketing Association Award. She also sits on the board for the Unison Benevolent Fund, is part of the Communications Committee for Music Canada Live, and has served on the Toronto Music Advisory Council and the advisory committee for War Child Canada. 

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CARAS Board of Directors

Chair – Mark Cohon

Executive Chairman, Georgian Bay Spirits Company

1st Vice Chair – Steve Kane

President, Warner Music Canada

2nd Vice Chair – Erik Hoffman

President, Live Nation Toronto

Secretary – Jeffrey Remedios

President & CEO, Universal Music Canada

Julie Adam

Senior Vice President Radio, Rogers Communications

Bruce Allen

President, Bruce Allen Talent

Joel Carriere

Owner, Bedlam Music Management/Dine Alone Records

Shane Carter

President, Sony Music Entertainment Canada

Jeff Craib

President, The Feldman Agency

Christina Litz

Senior Vice President Marketing & Content, Canadian Football League

Melissa Bubb-Clarke

Vice President of Music & Live Events at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment

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Kneecap Blasts Norwegian Government at Oslo Festival, Accusing It of Funding ‘Genocide’ Against Palestinians
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Mo Chara, DJ Provaí and Móglaí Bap of Kneecap performs on the West Holts Stage during during day four of Glastonbury Festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 28, 2025 in Glastonbury, England.

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Kneecap Blasts Norwegian Government at Oslo Festival, Accusing It of Funding ‘Genocide’ Against Palestinians

The Irish rap trio went after the Norwegian government over its investments, which are currently under scrutiny, at Øyafestivalen.

Irish rap group Kneecap – which has drawn a storm of criticism, support, attention and legal action over the past half-year – continued to speak out about the war in Gaza during an afternoon set at the Øyafestivalen in Oslo, Norway, on Friday (Aug. 8).

Right before the trio of Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí took the stage, an English-language white-text-on-black-background message played on a video screen, accusing the Norwegian government of “enabling” the “genocide” against the Palestinian people via investments held in the county’s sovereign wealth fund (referenced as “oil pension fund” in the message). “Over 80,000 people have been murdered by Israel in 21 months,” the band’s message continued. “Free Palestine.” The message was greeted readily by a cheering audience. Most estimates (including those from health officials in the area) place the Palestinian death toll at more than 60,000. That number does not distinguish between civilians and Hamas militants. An estimated 18,500 of those killed were children.

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