Mike McPhaden is a writer and actor who got his start doing sketch comedy and improv with Winnipeg’s “Higher Than the Ground.” He trained as an actor at York University, and has appeared in many roles on stage and screen.  After finding success as a Dora Award-winning playwright, he graduated from the CFC’s Prime Time TV Program. TV writing credits include “How to Be Indie,” Men With Brooms, “Seed,” “Spun Out,” “Insecurity,” “Degrassi,” as well as animated fare such as “Rusty Rivets” and “Inspector Gadget.” Most recently, Mike adapted two Gordon Korman novels into movies for YTV: This Can’t Be Happening at MacDonald Hall (co-written with Adam Barken) and The Wizzle War.