Teresa Kruze
Teresa Kruze (née Hergert; born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian Broadcaster, Producer, Best-selling Author and Community Activist.
Kruze is well known for the fourteen years she spent at TSN – The Sports Network where she pioneered and broke new ground for future female sportscasters. Joining TSN in 1986, she covered numerous high-profile sporting events like the Olympics, World Series, Stanley Cup Finals and World Championships. She also traveled the world producing numerous documentaries, specials and series for TSN.
Over the years, she has produced and hosted several talk shows including a lifestyle series for the Biography Channel called, “Changing Lives” and a health and wellness show for YesTV. Her most recent documentary detailed the life of her late brother-in-law for CityTV and OMNI called, “Voice of Courage – The Martin Arnold Kruze Story”. The critically acclaimed documentary has been honoured as a historical and educational resource in the area of child abuse and awareness.
In 2013, Kruze wrote a book on entrepreneurship featuring thirty of Canada’s top entrepreneurs. “The In-Credibility Factor” became a number one best-seller on Amazon.com, a position it held for three straight days. For the last several years Kruze has traveled across Canada speaking about Entrepreneurship to various business groups and organizations.
Community and Charitable Work
Kruze is a long time volunteer with the Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness, now known as Abuse Hurts. Following the death of her brother-in-law Martin Kruze who exposed the child sex abuse ring that had been operating within the walls of Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens, Teresa and her husband Gary (Martin's brother) began working with the CCAA. Abuse Hurts currently supports over 100 organizations across Canada by helping over 100,000 children, women and men whose lives have been impacted by abuse.
Along with CCAA CEO and Founder Ellen Campbell and John Muise, Director of Public Safety, Kruze collaborated on a 300 page report called "Martin's Hope" that called for criminal justice reform. Working closely with Stephen Harper and the Conservative Government, these efforts contributed to Canada's age of Consent being raised from 14 to 16 and the passing of the Safe Streets and Communities Act which imposed mandatory minimum sentences for certain sexual offenses.
Kruze is currently working with Abuse Hurts and the Provincial Government to find more resources for mothers in crisis. For ten years, she has been working with the charity to bury Abandoned Babies in Ontario. Believing this is one of the earliest forms of abuse, the CCAA and Founder Ellen Campbell established a program to give the babies a dignified funeral. However, after eleven babies were buried in ten years, Teresa Kruze along with Ellen Campbell and John Muise have moved forward to push for change within our government and health care system to get mothers in crisis more options if they are unable to care for their newborn babies.
Boards and Foundations
Kruze has worked and served on numerous Boards including the Hong Kong Canadian Business Association, Think First and Muskoka Condominium Corporation #1.
Broadcasting Credits:
Television: CTV/CP24, CityTV, YesTV, TSN, WTSN, The Biography Channel, CKPG, CBC Calgary, CFCN (CTV) Calgary
Contributor/Freelance Reporter: CNN, Channel 9 Australia, SportsChannel America
Radio: 680News Toronto, 660News Calgary, CKPG, CHRB 1280
Newspaper: Metro News (National Newspaper Columnist)
Magazine: Contributor - Chatelaine Magazine
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