René Balcer is a Canadian-American television writer, director, producer, and showrunner, as well as a photographer and documentary film-maker.

Lower Canada College (LCC) is an English-language elementary and secondary level independent school located in Montreal, Quebec. It is located in the Monkland Village area of the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood. The school offers education from Kindergarten through Grade 12. Students graduate from Grade 11 and then have the option of leaving the school and going to a Pre-University college or returning to LCC for the Pre-University year. LCC's traditional rival in sports and other matters is Selwyn House School.