Salah Bachir

Salah Bachir
CM OOnt
Bachir as Chancellor of OCAD University
Born (1955-10-03) October 3, 1955 (age 69)
Lebanon
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Business executive, publisher, art collector, author, and philanthropist

Salah Bachir, CM OOnt (born October 3, 1955) is a Canadian business executive, entrepreneur, publisher, art collector, fundraiser, and philanthropist. He created Phamous Characters, a media, production, publishing and sponsorship entity, which he still runs. From 2005 to 2021, Bachir was the president of Cineplex Media, where he was publisher of Cineplex Magazine, negotiated theatre naming rights with Scotiabank, and co-founded the Scene loyalty card program.[1]

In June 2017, he was appointed the fourth Chancellor of Toronto's OCAD University, one of Canada's pre-eminent schools of art, design and digital media.[2] He has been profiled by numerous publications, including The Globe and Mail,[3] Playback Magazine,[4] Dolce,[5] Toronto Life,[6] and others. He has received five honorary doctorates from the University of Alberta, Ryerson University, York University, OCAD University and Wilfrid Laurier University in recognition of his business acumen and philanthropy. His philanthropic efforts have made him a founder of St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto.

On October 17th, 2023, Bachir's memoir First to Leave the Party: My Life with Ordinary People ...Who Happen to Be Famous was published by Penguin Random House Canada.[7]

  1. ^ "Salah Bachir leaves Cineplex Media". Media of Canada.
  2. ^ OCAD University Press Release, March 22, 2017. Accessed June 18, 2013.
  3. ^ Dawn Calleja, "How Cineplex Media president Salah Bachir made it to the top of Canada's cinema scene", January 25, 2019. Archived 2019-01-31 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed January 31, 2019.
  4. ^ Glassman, Marc (October 3, 2017). "Playback's 2017 Hall of Fame: Salah Bachir". Archived from the original on 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  5. ^ "Salah Bachir – If You Don't make it to Paris". Dolce Luxury Magazine. 2016-03-16. Archived from the original on 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  6. ^ Leydon, Erin (2018-10-22). "Toronto's Most Stylish: Salah Bachir". Toronto Life. Archived from the original on 2019-02-01. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  7. ^ Bachir, Salah. "First to Leave the Party: My Life with Ordinary People Who Happen to be Famous". Penguin Random House Canada. Retrieved January 15, 2023.