Sylvia Sweeney

Sylvia Sweeney, C.M., (born October 3, 1956) is a Canadian executive television producer and Olympian. In 2017, Sweeney was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada "for her long-standing commitment to and creative leadership at the nexus of art and sport through her documentaries and world-stage productions."

Early life and education Sweeney was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Sweeney is the daughter of music teacher Daisy Sweeney and railway cook James Sweeney. Sweeney is the niece of jazz musician Oscar Peterson.

Basketball Sweeney was on the Canadian basketball team at Montreal 1976, finishing sixth. Eight years later at Los Angeles 1984, she was a member of the team that finished just off the podium, losing to China 63–57 in the bronze medal game, finishing fourth.

Becoming known as “Canada’s First Lady of Basketball”,

Sweeney was inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994, Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1996 and the Québec Merite Sportif Hall of Fame in 2000.

Broadcasting and producing In the 1980s Sweeney worked in television, first as a researcher, then as a sportscaster, and finally she became the weekend anchor for CBC Television in Montreal. That same year, Sweeney was hired as a journalist and host for CTV's W-FIVE.

Sweeney subsequently founded her own production company, Elitha Peterson Productions. She has produced award-winning documentary programming for WTSN, W Network, TVOntario History Television and Vision TV. Sweeney co-produced the 1992 documentary In the Key of Oscar that profiled her uncle, Oscar Peterson.

In 1998, Sweeney became a director of the Ontario Media Development Corporation the province of Ontario's Film Commission responsible for issuing film tax credits to filmmakers in Ontario.

In 2002, Sweeney became executive producer in the Ontario division of the National Film Board of Canada.

In 2022 Sweeney resumed her Presidency of the International ArtsGames Committee.