Keynote Speaker on Humour in the workplace for conferences, conventions and special events for numerous corporations and national associations. His client list is an impressive array of major banks and insurance companies, marketing, advertising and communications organizations and associations, numerous alumni associations and faculty associations, software developers, and marketing and communications and national associations for lawyers, physicians, financial officers, broadcasters, exporters and real estate professionals.  For more information click here.

      Irwin is currently working on a book dealing the value and role of Humour, entitled Humour and the Human Spirit...

• Nominated for Gemini Award in 2004 ( comedy writing) as part of the writing team for This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
• Nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award (comedy writing) as part of the writing team for This Hour Has 22 Minutes (2004, 2006).
• Nomnated for Gemini Award in 2005 (comedy writing) as part of the writing team for This hour Has 22 Minutes.
• Nominated for Gemini Award in 2005 (individual comedy performance) for comedy appearance at CBC Halifax Comedy festival.
• Nominated for a Gemini award in 2006 (comedy writing) as part of the writing team for This Hour has 22 Minutes.

• Headliner act, performs regularly as headline act in comedy clubs across Canada, as well as concert openings and special functions.
• Numerous keynote speaking engagements.
• Headline performer at the Vancouver International Comedy Festival, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.
• CBC comedy special "Stand-up in Kandahar, entertaining the Canadian troops in Afghanistan: Aired on CBC Television, March 2007
• Just For Laughs, Montreal Comedy Festival Gala, 2002
• Kelowna/Okanagan Comedy Festival, August 2001, August, 2002
• CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival, April 2003, April 2005, April 2006, April 2007.
• Halifax Comedy Festival, April 2004, April 2005, April 2006, April 2007.
• Moncton Hubcap Comedy Festival, February, 2005.
• Warm-up and host for live tapings of This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

• Comics, (June-October, 1996) CBC Television.
• Principal Performer and writer for national comedy special Global TV’s Club 54, 1996.
• Global TV (Winnipeg) Special Laffs at Gaffs.
• Guest appearance on CBC Newsmagazine on “What Makes Canadians Laugh”.
• Global TV’s Grumps, 1998.
• Guest comedy performer and sketch comedy acting, VTV’s Jim Byrns Show, November, 1998 and October, 1999 (2 appearances).
• Host, emcee spot on Knowledge Network special on stunts and daredevils, July 1997.
• Open Mike with Mike Bullard, January, 1999.
• BCTV News, Vancouver, November, 2000, Comedy Commentaries on the National Election.
• Comedy Street Comedy Special for Trinity Television, June, 2001.
• Western Alienation Comedy Special, CBC Television, June 2002.
• Just For Laughs Gala, CBC Television, October 2002.
• Comedy Street, Comedy special for Trinity Television, October, 2002.
• CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Eh Canada Series: Sleeping With The Elephant, February, 2003.
• CBC: Comedy Night in Canada, Comedy Special, March, 2003.
• David Suzuki’s Human Element Tour, Discovery Network, August 2003.
• Comedy commentary on national election, CBC, July 2004.
• Halifax Comedy Festival, CBC, 2004.
• Winnipeg Comedy Festival CBC Gala, 2005.
• Halifax Comedy Festival, CBC, 2005.
• CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival, April 2006, April 2007.
• CBC Halifax Comedy Festival, April 2006, April 2007.
• Stand up in Kandahar, CBC Comedy Special, March 2007.

• Definitely Not the Opera, Various occasions, CBC Radio, writing and performing.
• Madly Off in All Directions, (Vancouver Special)June 1996, CBC Radio, Writing and principal performer.
• Madly Off in All Directions, November 1997 (Winnipeg Special) CBC Radio, Writing and principal performer.
• Virtual Comedy (Morning Edition), August, 1998 Comedy Commentaries.
• This Morning, CBC Early Edition (various occasions) Political and comedy commentaries.
• Definitely Not the Opera, October, 1999, “Eh Canada” Special. Comedy on Canadian National Identity.
• Madly Off in All Directions, October, 1999, Brandon, Manitoba Special.
• Definitely Not the Opera, September, 2000, “Comedy and Work,” Special on Humour in the workplace.
• “Manitoba Eh”, January, 2001 writing and performing for a CBC Radio Manitoba special on the history of Manitoba.
• Madly off in All Directions, CBC Radio, April, 2001, Red Deer Special (writing and performing).
• Definitely Not the Opera, CBC Radio, Halloween Commentary, October, 2001.
• Madly off in All Directions, CBC Radio, Regina Special, January, 2002.
• The Current, CBC Radio, Pilot , writing and performing, Oct 2002.
• The Winnipeg Comedy Festival, March 2003. CBC Radio.
• That Saturday Show, CBC, writing and performing, March, 2003.
• Madly off in All Directions, CBC Radio, Fredericton Special (writing and performing) March 2004.
• CBC Comedy Day, CBC Radio, Writing and Performing, March, 2004.
• CBC Radio Halifax Commentaries, writing and performing, November, 2004.
• CBC Radio, Winnipeg Comedy Festival, April, 2005.
• Madly off in All Directions, CBC Radio, Fredericton Special (writing and performing) September 2005.
• CBC Madly off in all Directions, Montreal special, December, 2005.
• Guest appearance of CBC's Sounds like Canada with Sheilagh Rogers, April 2006.
• The Debaters, CBC Radio, August, 2006 (Vancouver), September, 2006 (Vancouver).
• CBC Radio, Chasing the Big Silly, with Lorne Elliott, (Fredericton), October, 2006.
• The Debaters, CBC Radio, October, 2006 (Halifax), February, 2007.
• The Debaters, CBC Radio, April 2006 (Winnipeg), April 2007.

• The Rick Mercer Report, Season V, 2007/2008.
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Season XIV, 2006/2007.
• CBC Radio, Debaters Series, background and introduction joke writing, various episodes, 2006-2007.
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Season XIII, 2005/2006.
• This Hour has 22 Minutes, on CBC TV, Season XII, 2004/2005.
• This Hour has 22 Minutes, on CBC TV, Season XI, 2003/2004.
• CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival April 2005, 2006, April 2007.
• CBC Halifax Comedy Festival April 2005, 2006, April 2007.
• CBC: Sleeping With The Elephant, Comedy Special, February, 2003.
• CBC’s Comedy Night in Canada, Comedy Special, March, 2003, Contributing Writer.
• Global Television, Laughing through the Pain, documentary, contributing writer, 2003.
• CBC Eh Canada Series, Definitely Not the Opera, 1999, 2001, 2003.
• CBC Western Alienation, Comedy Special, June, 2002, contributing writer.
• Sketch comedy writing for Point Blank, Comedy Network, 2002.
• North Grove, a short film children’s comedy. Local Heros Film Festival, Winnipeg, February 2002.
• Various Political satire and comedy commentaries for “Definitely not the Opera”, and “This Morning” on CBC Radio.
• Writing and performing for Madly off in All Directions” for CBC radio/ various dates (see radio appearances).
• Writer and Principal performer for a short film entitled “Cover Up with Clarence Hart”, shown at the Reel Madness Comedy Film Festival in Toronto, April 2000.
• Writer for CBC’s “The Muckrakers, a political satire out of Toronto, 13 episodes, from September, 1998 to May, 1999.
• Regular monthly feature entitled “Funny You Should Ask” in Chatter, a Vancouver-based humour magazine, 2001.