Gillian Findlay

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Gillian Findlay is a Canadian television journalist who has worked for the CBC and ABC.[1] She studied history and literature at Simon Fraser University and she holds a diploma in broadcast journalism from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.[1]

In the 90s, Findlay worked as a foreign correspondent for CBC and later ABC, in countries such as former Yugoslavia, Somalia, Russia, South Africa, and Israel.[1] She also worked as a Middle East correpsondent for ABC.[1]

She has been seen in such programmes as CBC News: Disclosure and The Fifth Estate,[1] and was a guest host on CBC Radio's journalism series As It Happens.[2]

In July 2020, Gillian Findlay responded to allegations by former CBC producer Dexter Brown that she had used the n-word in meetings in April 2019 whilst discussing the screening of a documentary about racial issues.[3] Ms. Findlay issued a statement that she had no recollection of using the n-word, but apologized in the event she had done so.[3]

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Gillian Findlay - The Fifth Estate Hosts". CBC. Archived from the original on 14 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Scientists don't know if this 18,000-year-old frozen puppy is a wolf or a dog". CBC Radio As It Happens. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b Nicholson, Katie; Antle, Rob; Ho, Jason. "Black journalist who witnessed N-word used in Fifth Estate meeting calls for broader change at CBC Social Sharing". CBC News. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

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