Robyn Urback

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Robyn Urback
Born
Toronto, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Occupation
  • Journalist
Years active2008-present

Robyn Urback is a Canadian journalist and political commentator.[1] She is known for her work at the National Post, [2][3] and as of 2020 writes an opinion column for The Globe and Mail.

Early life and education[]

Urback attended Vaughan Road Academy in Toronto. While studying journalism at Ryerson University, she was presented with 2008 Rolf Lockwood Scholarship for Excellence in Business Magazine feature writing.[citation needed]

Career[]

By 2010, Urback was contributing opinion articles to Maclean's Magazine, at first concentrating on student issues.[4][5]

Urback later began to contribute articles and commentary to major news outlets about a variety of topics, including women's issues,[6] [7] crime,[8] local interest topics,[9] politics[10] and world affairs.[11]

By 2013 her work was being published regularly in the National Post.[6][12]

In 2016 Urback was hired as an opinion columnist and opinion section producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.[13][14] Her last day there was 22 October 2019.[15][16]

She has been working for The Globe and Mail since late 2019.[17][18][19]

References[]

  1. ^ Philip W. Cook; Tammy L Hodo (25 June 2013). When Women Sexually Abuse Men: The Hidden Side of Rape, Stalking, Harassment, and Sexual Assault: The Hidden Side of Rape, Stalking, Harassment, and Sexual Assault. ABC-CLIO. pp. 149–. ISBN 978-0-313-39730-1.
  2. ^ Alex Marland (15 March 2016). Brand Command: Canadian Politics and Democracy in the Age of Message Control. UBC Press. pp. 476–. ISBN 978-0-7748-3206-9.
  3. ^ "It's time to talk about real equality between men and women". The Rebel, May 04, 2015 Patrick Bissett
  4. ^ "Queen’s Remembrance Day Scandal: Maclean’s Top 10 Story for 2010". Kingston Herald, Steve Gerard | 2011/01/03
  5. ^ "In defence of offense". Dalhousie Gazette, February 10, 2011
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Helena Bassil-Morozow (25 September 2014). The Trickster and the System: Identity and agency in contemporary society. Taylor & Francis. pp. 210–. ISBN 978-1-317-63516-1.
  7. ^ "The Middle East and North Africa’s rape culture". Prince Arthur Herald, 2016-01-11 Barbara Kay.
  8. ^ "Jian Ghomeshi Verdict: Not Guilty On All Counts". ET Canada, By Brent Furdyk. 24 Mar 2016
  9. ^ "Neighbourhood News: Anniversaries, Awards & Ale". Corktown, May 7, 2012
  10. ^ "CBC Opinions: boldly defending the status quo". Canadian Association of Labour Media, Nov 14 2016 Nora Loreto
  11. ^ "National Affairs by Claire Hoy — Security Council membership no prize". Caledon Citizen, March 25, 2016
  12. ^ "Bungled Jian Ghomeshi investigation playing out at taxpayers’ expense". Financial Post, Howard Levitt | November 10, 2014
  13. ^ "CBC opinion page a good thing". William Watson, November 22, 2016
  14. ^ "CBC joins a crowded conversation with new online opinion section". Simon Houpt, The Globe and Mail November 11, 2016
  15. ^ "Robyn Urback", Twitter, 22 October 2019
  16. ^ "Robyn Urback, Columnist", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 1 May 2020
    This lists Urback's latest opinion column for CBC as 22 October 2019.
  17. ^ Chiu, Allyson; Mettler, Katie (4 December 2019), "Trump calls Trudeau 'two-faced' after video emerges of world leaders apparently mocking the president", The Washington Post, retrieved 1 May 2020
  18. ^ "Robyn Urback", The Globe and Mail, retrieved 1 May 2020
  19. ^ "Canadians have been gaslit on China". The Globe and Mail. 30 April 2020.
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