Robyn Urback

Robyn Urback is a Canadian journalist and political commentator based in Toronto, Ontario.[1] She is known for her work at the National Post,[2][3] and in 2016 she writes an opinion column for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

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.

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 for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.[13][14]

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. 1 2 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
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