Gail Scott (journalist), Date of Birth
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About Gail Scott (journalist)
- Gail M.
- Scott (born 25 June 1943) is a Canadian television personality.
- She is a former co-host of Canada AM and was inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame in 2005.Scott graduated from Carleton University with a bachelor of journalism in 1966 and began her television career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) at CBOT-TV in Ottawa.
- In 1971, she became the CBC's parliamentary correspondent.
- In 1972, she became the parliamentary correspondent for CTV Television Network.
- In 1976, Scott was the field producer and host of W5.
- She was co-host of Canada AM from 1978 to 1981 with Norm Perry.Born in Ottawa, Scott became a part-time member of the CRTC in 1987 and was named commissioner in 1993.
- As commissioner, Scott and fellow CRTC member William Callahan opposed CRTC's 29 July 1997 granting of the last FM broadcast band in Toronto to CBC because "an Afro-Canadian music station would better serve the public interest in Canada's largest city, which has a 200,000-strong Caribbean community".Scott was a professor at Ryerson University's School of Journalism in 1989.
- She was part of the board of directors of the Michener Awards Foundation from 1986 to 1994, serving as its president from 1991 to 1993.
- On leaving the CRTC in 1998, Scott became a Member of the Ontario Criminal Injuries Compensation Board where she served until 2008.
- In 2006, she served as an independent board member of the Canadian Television Fund.
- In 2017, Scott was granted a master's degree in Theological Studies at Trinity College, University of Toronto.
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