Ruby Roy

BIO: Ruby Roy

Ruby Roy is a passionate local Montréaler but also a world traveler both for her work and her own enjoyment. Raised her entire life in Montreal , the only place she calls home. She has also had the privilege to live up to 9 months at a time in London, Barcelona, Rome, Cairo, Kolkata, Jaipur to name a few regions. She believes strongly in responsible tourism and travel. Whenever possible she encourages her guests to travel, visit and explore by using public transportation, walking and biking. She encourages her guests on her tours to use small local services and businesses run by local Montrealers, who live in Montreal. Both to help the local economy but also to ensure guests get the most memorable, authentic experience. She encourages small talented, up and coming artists in dance and all arts forms to be explore and experienced

International Public Speaker
Ruby gives workshops, presentations, classes, training, motivational lectures around the world on subjects that include Cultural Awareness, Media Relations, Career Development , Motivational workshops for women and young girls to achieve. She is regularly asked by event planners, government organizations, NGO, corporate clients, convention organisers to give presentations on different subject about Montreal.
Clients include ICAO, Montreal International, Gaming and Mutlimedia employees, SidLee the organizers of C2MTL, Tourism Montreal, the Tourisme Boards of Abu Dhabi, the World Federation of Tourist Guides Association and many more.
Her presentations leave people smiling, curious, wanting to move to Montreal. As a guide who spends 6 to 15 hours a day speaking, she is the one most in demand for these engagements.

Media Relations and Film Crew:
Ruby is also a professional photographer, has a passion for cinema and has studied it in Cejep, University and special workshops she continues to follow. These studies, her knowledge of photography, her knowledge of the city has made her the person most in demand working with film crews including the Amazing Race, BBC, Australian, European, USA, Canadian productions. Ruby has also documented through photography the best light, at each time of the year for shooting. As she is a public speaker and comfortable in front of the camera, she is often asked to do stand ups, or voice overs on top of getting crews to their locations efficiently. Most crews have cut down their shooting times by half