Virtual Keynote: Megan Follows @ the LM. Montgomery Institute, 27 June 2026

Free, virtual keynote address from Megan Follows, at the L.M.M. Institute’s 17th Biennial International ConferenceJoin in this free, online event from the L.M. Montgomery Institute's 17th Biennial International Conference on "L.M. Montgomery and Change." The Zoom webinar link for this event will be shared with ticket-holders on June 26th. Once you register here, please watch your email![note, those who register for the full conference, in person or virtual, already have access to this event]Speaker: Megan FollowsTitle: "Anne of Everywhere: How A Redheaded Girl from PEI Became Canada's Greatest Cultural Ambassador and Changed my Life Forever."Megan Follows is an award winning actress, director and producer of film, television, and theatre. Winner of the 2020 DGC award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Family Series, the 2020 CSA for Best Direction of a Children’s or Youth Program, and the 2025 CSA for Best Performer in a Digital Series for Crave’s My Dead Mom, she has directed television for Netflix, CW, CBC, Hulu, Lifetime, and Hallmark among others, and her new feature film, Stealing the Sky - which she produced, directed, and starred in - has garnered multiple awards on the festival circuit.Follows began acting at the age of nine, landing her first leading role in the series Matt and Jenny when she was eleven, and starring in the Oscar-winning short film Boys and Girls. She went on to star in such iconic films as Hockey Night, opposite Rick Moranis; Inherit the Wind opposite Kirk Douglas and Jason Robards; and Stephen King’s Silver Bullet. She is recognized and beloved by audiences worldwide for her starring role in the Emmy Award winning Anne of Green Gables TV movies. In recent years, Follows has found herself drawn back to the remarkable world of L.M. Montgomery. She lent her voice to the audiobook Emily of New Moon; directed Sandra Oh, Catherine O'Hara, and Victor Garber in Audible's nine part adaptation of Anne of Green Gables; and her original scripted drama series Lucy. Maud (currently in development) was selected to present at the 2025 Berlinale Co-Production Series Market.