Broadcaster…

‘Christina approaches the relationship between producer and broadcaster in a truly unique way…as an open, honest and nurturing creative relationship. Lots of producers pay lip service to concept, but she really does it. She’s a producer we want to continue to work with…You know Christina will be willing to push herself and her creative team.’
–Michelle Marion, director of Canadian independent production, The Movie Network, broadcaster, along with Movie Central, of ReGenesis

‘She’s not fixated on her own ideas. We can talk about anything. She brings a room up. She knows God is in the details. She’s exceptional; grows the business and pays attention to, in a good way, the [creative] details of a project.’
–Susanne Boyce, programming president of CTV, which aired the MOW In God’s Country

‘Christina’s the best secret weapon that Canada doesn’t know enough about. She’s a great storyteller, with great artistic sense and a great ability to work with [both] creative and business people.’
–Jay Switzer, former CHUM Group head, who bought her first feature

Funder…

‘I think she’s tough; she knows how to negotiate a deal. She’s no shrinking violet. At the same time she balances the Canadian qualities of ‘giving back’ to the community through her mentorship of aspiring producers with a demanding and successful international agenda.’
–Telefilm Canada executive director Wayne Clarkson

Producer…

‘Her ability to power [a project] by sheer will is just tremendous. No other producer does it like her. She’s out there. She dares. She’s much too interesting and much too complicated to have a single defining adjective!’
–Peter Moss, exec producer/director, Booky and the Secret Santa

‘She was involved, on a creative level, at the writing meetings. She lets you have a lot of input and creative expression. She trusts who she’s working with.’
–Kelly Rowan, actor and executive producer, In God’s Country

Actor…

‘She has a great sense of actors’ capabilities and potential. She respects the actor’s process. She’s able to see these actors for who they are as people beyond just as performers. They can bring that to the work.’
–Shawn Doyle, The Robber Bride

Coworker…

‘All these projects we’re doing, very few are single-funded. All the funders get to have a say. [There’s] a lot of market influence and market input.’
–Scott Garvie, Shaftesbury’s VP, business and legal affairs

‘Her instincts have always taken the company in the right direction. She’s always put lots of money [in] development. It really paid off once we started in television.’
–Laura Harbin, Shaftesbury’s SVP production

‘She’s one of those people who can provide inspiration for a lot of people and breathe life into the seemingly near-dead. You know when you’re in a room full of people and an idea comes to the table, there are people who can find a million reasons not to do it, and Christina is always the person in the room who finds a way to do it.’
–Shane Kinnear, Shaftesbury’s VP of sales, marketing and new media

‘She just makes you want to do the best job that you possibly can. And she gives you the space to do it and the tools and the resources. She’s not like anybody else I’ve ever worked with.’
–Suzanne French, Shaftesbury’s head of kids and family production

Writer…

‘The big thing with Christina, she is so amazingly tenacious. Somebody told me that getting an optioned book made into a movie was as common as getting hit by lightning. She never gave up.’
–Gail Bowen, Regina-based author of the Joanne Kilbourn mystery novels, adapted by Shaftesbury as a series of TV movies

‘She’s always looking for people to bring in. It’s a very un-Canadian trait.’
–Jason Sherman, screenwriter, ReGenesis, Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures (adaptation)

‘Instead of the broadcaster saying, ‘This isn’t what it could be,’ the production company took a look and asked for changes first. She puts her money where her mouth is. If she wants something redone, she’ll pay to get it right.’
–Daphne Ballon, creator Life with Derek, which airs on Family Channel

Director…

‘She really put her butt on the line. I didn’t have any features [on my CV] like the other directors, and when the [broadcaster] asked, ‘Who’s this?’ she said, ‘Trust me.”
–Ron Murphy, who is grateful Jennings encouraged him to move from half-hour kids show Life with Derek to one-hour drama series ReGenesis. He received a Gemini nomination for directing his first episode