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Evanka Osmak

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sportscaster, Rogers Sportsnet

Evanka Osmak is one of the faces of Rogers Sportsnet. She’s co-Anchor of Sportsnet Central – Sportnet’s nightly sports news program. Formally educated in Civil Engineering, Evanka decided to flip the script and pursue her dream career in television.

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Evanka Osmak in the media January 1, 2026

Keynote Speeches

When the Game Changes

Life rarely goes according to plan. When the “game” suddenly changes, whether through an unexpected career hurdle or a profound personal loss, how do you keep moving forward?

Drawing from her bestselling memoir, Evanka Osmak shares the incredibly moving story of navigating her mother’s ALS diagnosis while simultaneously finding a lifeline in an amateur women’s hockey league.

Evanka explores how to find purpose in the darkest moments and leverage the power of community to overcome adversity. She inspires audiences to emerge stronger, more driven and deeply connected to what truly matters.

Playing Outside Your Comfort Zone

Growth never happens in the comfort zone.

Sharing her unconventional leap from civil engineering to national sports broadcasting, Evanka Osmak inspires audiences to confidently achieve their goals and embrace the challenges that drive personal and professional growth.

Platform Plus Presentations

Unique formats and ways to connect with audiences.

Host/MC

Evanka is available for opportunities as Host/Emcee alongside co-anchor Ken Reid.

Links Golf Program | Celbrity Golfer

Evanka is available as a Celebrity Golfer or as a post-event Host/MC.

Audience reviews:

Evanka was as advertised, absolutely outstanding! She has such and “art” to being in front of people, either through the camera or live. She combines amazing sports knowledge, numerous experiences, a cagey sense of humor, and an obvious emotional intelligence that makes her real…almost just a Canadian sports fan like the rest of the audience...She is a tremendous role model, advocate and champion for all young girls, and women aspiring for a life in sports. Evanka has a career that may seem unconventional and unattainable for many females, but she has an ability to let people know to chase their dreams if it’s a life in sports. Finally, she went the extra mile outside of the Gala to meet, great, and personally make many individuals feel appreciated and special.

- Athletics Director, Acadia University Department of Athletics
Evanka did a great job and was a real pleasure to work with.

- Sport Liaison Coordinator, The Corporation of the City of Brampton

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Speaker Biography

Evanka Osmak brings sports fans from coast-to-coast a healthy serving of fun, humour and insight as the co-anchor of Sportsnet Central alongside Ken Reid. Highlights of her career so far include hosting at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics as well sideline reporting at the Rogers Cup in Toronto. And in 2025, we see her regularly with the Blue Jays run to the World Series! She’s been known to share “the Blue Jays were everything to me growing up.”

One of the most recognizable sportscasters in Canada, Evanka’s path to success has been anything but orthodox. She graduated from Queen’s University with a degree in Civil Engineering.

After working for a couple of years for an engineering consulting firm, Evanka experienced the realization it wasn’t what she wanted to be doing in her life and made a change. It turned out to be the defining moment in her career. Enrolling in a broadcasting program she found her true calling and traded in the hard hat for a microphone. Building up the courage to spark conversation with Sportscaster Jamie Campbell during a chance encounter with him paid off and six months later she started her career in sports media.

She’s authored Ali Hoops a children’s book that encourages girls and boys to be involved in sports in any role. And a reminder that even if you’re not the star of the team, you can still be part of the team. Her debut memoir, When the Game Changes: Losing My Mum and Finding Myself, an instant national bestseller, chronicles her journey discovering women’s hockey through Sister Sports while navigating her mother’s ALS diagnosis — a deeply personal story of grief, community, and resilience.

Evanka is an upbeat, down-to-earth speaker who brings a bit of humour to everything she does. She leaves audiences inspired to seek out what it is they truly are passionate about. When not covering the latest sports stories on-air, she’s been a member of the Special Olympics Ontario board, acting as an ambassador for Golf Fore the Cure alongside Golf Canada and is a committee member of the Sports Media Canada Luncheon.