Carol Off

Carol Off is a Canadian journalist, commentator, and author associated with CBC Television and CBC Radio.

Carol Off
Off at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2017
Alma materUniversity of Western Ontario
Spouse(s)Linden MacIntyre (m. 2000)
Career
ShowAs It Happens
NetworkCBC Radio One

Early life

Off was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She moved to Ottawa at ten years old and later moved to London, Ontario. As a child she kept a diary and enjoyed going to libraries.[1]

She attended the University of Western Ontario and studied English, which began her career.[1]

Career

Off has been a host of CBC Radio One's As It Happens since 2006.[2] Previously a documentary reporter for The National, where she covered international affairs, Off also hosted the political debate series counterSpin on CBC Newsworld.

She served on the board of directors of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression from 2001 to 2007.[3]

Off has been honoured for her journalism with a Gemini (2002), a John Drainie Award for Distinguished Contributions to Canadian Broadcasting (2008), and a Gabriel Award (2016) [4]

Off has also written books on the Canadian military, including The Lion, the Fox, and the Eagle (2000) and The Ghosts of Medak Pocket: the Story of Canada's Secret War (2005, ISBN 0-679-31294-3).

In 2006, she released Bitter Chocolate, a book about the corruption and human rights abuses associated with the cocoa industry. She wrote that French-Canadian journalist Guy-André Kieffer, who was kidnapped in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire in 2004, had been murdered for exposing Ivorian government corruption in connection with cocoa.[5]

Her latest book, All We Leave Behind: A Reporter's Journey into the Lives of Others (2017), won the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction and the 2018 Ontario Historical Society Huguenot Society of Canada Award.

Off grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[6] She got her start in journalism as a staff writer for The Gazette, the student newspaper at The University of Western Ontario. She graduated with a B.A. degree from Western in 1981.[7]

Off has received honorary degrees from both Western University and the Royal Military College of Canada.[8][9]

Personal life

Off married fellow CBC broadcaster and former host of the Fifth Estate Linden MacIntyre in 2000.

References
  1. "Off to reflect on journalists' responsibilities". Prince Edward County Public Library. Picton, Ontario.
  2. CBC journalist Carol Off to host 'As It Happens'. CBC News, May 18, 2006.
  3. "CJFE Gala Chair Carol Off interviewed by George Stroumboulopoulos". CJFE | Canadian Journalists for Free Expression. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  4. CBC journalist Carol Off wins broadcasting award. CBC News, July 31, 2008.
  5. "Chocolate a product of child slavery, says CBC broadcaster". Revolutionary Speaker Series, University of Alberta Students' Union. 2006-11-11. Archived from the original on 2008-05-23. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
  6. Butler, Colin (November 23, 2000). "Grad returns with book - The Lion, the fox, the eagle and Carol Off". Western Gazette. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  7. Dowling, Karmen (October 1, 2009). "Alumni Awards of Merit - 2009". Western News. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  8. "Western News - Western names honorary degree recipients". 2017-03-09.
  9. "Announcement of Honorary Degrees at RMC's 105th Convocation". 2016-04-21.
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