Shelagh Rogers
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From Gabriola Island, nationally known CBC broadcaster Shelagh Rogers contributed the foreword to Nobody's Mother: Life Without Kids (Touchwood, ), edited by Lynne Van Luven. She wrote: "There are a lot of things I feel I am grasping at last: being comfortable in my own skin, beginning to feel oddly sexy at a time when Germaine Greer says women become invisible to society. I am excited about what the next act will bring. There's some mystery to it. But one thing I know for sure: it will not bring children I bear myself. And finally, I am happy with that."
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Nobody&#;s Mother
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Nobody's Mothers Are Indeed Somebodies
Today's young women are better educated and more independent than they have ever been; yet many of them still grapple with questions about society and their role within it. They wonder how best to combine their careers with satisfactory private lives. They are skeptical about feminism and unsure about their futures. Popular media has inundated them with a conflicting miscellany of terms: the Glass Ceiling; the Mommy Track; Double Income No Kids (DINK); and perhaps m
Shelagh Rogers, OC, is a Canadian broadcast journalist based in British Columbia. She is the current chancellor of Queen's University at Kingston. She is also the host and producer of CBC Radio One's The Next Chapter, and the former chancellor of the University of Victoria.
Background
Rogers grew up in Ottawa, Ontario. Rogers began in broadcasting at CFRC, the campus radio station of Queen's University. She also worked at Kingston, Ontario's CKWS, hosting a country music program while still a student at Queen's. She later went on to produce a daily current affairs TV show and served as the station's late-night weather presenter.
Rogers graduated from Queen's University's arts program (B.A., art history) in
Rogers is a member of the Métis Nation of Greater Victoria, a chartered community of the Métis Nation British Columbia.
CBC Radio
In , she joined CBC Radio in Ottawa, hosting local current affairs programs and jazz and cl*ical music broadcasts. In , she became host of the national cl*ical concert program Mostly Music.
In , she moved to CBC Toronto. In addition to hosting local programs, she became a frequent con
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Shelagh Rogers Biography
Shelagh Rogers is one of the most popular and richest Radio Personality who was born on January 23, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Rogers graduated from Queen’s University’s Arts program (B.A. in art history) in
The year saw Rogers was transferred from CBC Radio One to CBC Radio Two as host of Take Five. At the time, Rogers was also a participant in TVOntario’s book show, Imprint, and host of Saturday Night at the Movies.
Rogers left Sounds Like Canada at the end of May She is now the host and a producer of The Next Chapter, an award-winning weekly show about writers and writing in Canada.
Also in , she was named an Officer of the Order of Canada “for her contributions as a promoter of Canadian culture, and for her volunteer work in the fields of mental health and literacy.” Her Order of Canada citation reads: “Shelagh Rogers is a passionate journalist, activist and promoter of all things Canadian. A nationally renowned radio broadcaster, she is best known for hosting the CBC’s “This Morning” and “Sounds Like Canada.” Also highly regarded for her advocacy work, she has spoken out to help destigmatize mental illness, and has rai
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