Pamela Wallin was appointed Consul General to New York City on July 25, 2002.
The career of the Saskatchewan-born Wallin, one of Canada's most accomplished and respected broadcasters and journalists, has spanned nearly 30 years and several continents. With an honors degree from the University of Regina in psychology and political science, she began her career as a social worker at the Prince Albert Penitentiary in Saskatchewan before turning to journalism in 1975.
Ms. Wallin's work in journalism included senior positions in print, radio, and television. She worked with the Ottawa bureau of the Toronto Star and was national political producer for CBC Radio. She was the longtime host of country's premier morning programme, Canada Am before becoming the first woman in Canadian network television history to be appointed Ottawa Bureau Chief, when CTV named her to that position 1985. She also produced and hosted many news and public affairs shows for CTV and conducted the network's year-end interviews with the Prime Minister of Canada.
In 1995, Ms. Wallin founded an independent company, Pamela Wallin Productions Inc., through which she hosted and produced programs for Canadian television. Three years later, she published her best-selling memoir Since You Asked.
In September 2001, she published Speaking of Success: Collected Wisdom, Insights and Reflections, a collection of the perspectives of the many celebrated people she has interviewed over the years. Later that fall, she hosted the highly successful Canada Loves New York tribute show, a demonstration of the solidarity of Canadians for the people of New York after the terrorist attack of September 11th.
Ms. Wallin has served on the boards of numerous professional, educational, and charitable organizations, including the University Health Network, Ontario Cancer Research Network and the University of Waterloo. She also was Chair of the Canadian Journalism Foundation.
In 2003, Pamela was named Woman of the Year by Canadian Women in Communications. In 2002, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Association of Broadcasters and was also presented with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee Medal. In 1999, she received the United Nations UNIFEM Canada Award and the Saskatchewan Order of Merit. These are just a few of the awards Ms. Wallin has received over the years for her professional and community work.
Ms. Wallin holds six Honorary Doctorates, the most recent from her alma mater, the University of Regina.