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Gary W. Hayes is a film and television industry professional with nearly a decade of experience producing, unit managing, coordinating, camera assisting, and field producing with Discovery Channel Canada. Hayes has traveled the world in numerous capacities alongside documentary filmmakers capturing epic journeys, powerful stories, and stunning visuals of the mightiest ships, planes, and trains. Hayes has also worked in the non-profit sector as a general manager for international volunteer-based service-learning programs in Jamaica and Nepal. He has also been a teaching assistant for Royal Roads University’s Master of Global Management program and has worked as a research assistant alongside Royal Roads University (RRU) professor Dr. Wendy Rowe to study collective leadership factors contributing to the social and economic development of two villages in the remote Andes region of Ecuador. Hayes holds a Master of Arts in Global Leadership from Royal Roads (2018) and was the recipient of the SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship and Michael Smith Foreign Supplement award for his capstone project: International Development: Collaboration & Partnerships to Improve Quality Education in Remote Nepal. During his doctoral studies, he partnered with a DSocSci colleague to co-produce a DocuStory called Wholistic Conversations on Liver Wellness: An Indigenous Perspective. The film has begun its festival circuit this past February winning best short film at the Fort Langley Film Festival. Hayes's research examines how Documentaries and co-created impact campaigns can be used to affect social change. He received the Royal Roads Doctoral award in March of 2023 and is currently working with RRU's Dr. Tracey Smith-Carrier to co-produce a series of mythbsuting videos on homelessness and poverty.