Kathy Dobson

Kathy Dobson grew up in Point St. Charles, a neighbourhood then described by the National Film Board as being one of the “toughest in all of Canada,” a factoid she never gets tired of bragging about. Her work has appeared in the Globe & Mail, National Post, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette, Canadian Living, Chatelaine, Maclean’s, Today’s Parent magazine and more. A news stringer for the CBC in Ottawa for over six years, Kathy also produced numerous documentaries for CBC Radio, including one that featured hockey legend Bobby Orr. Kathy is also a busy guest lecturer, including keynote speaker at a recent International Women’s Day event, the 2012 Peter McGregor Lecture on Poverty and Transformative Social Change, and the keynote speaker kicking off Social Work Week at Wilfrid Laurier University. Kathy has a B.A. from the University of Waterloo, two certificates in social work, and a Masters in Communication Studies from Wilfrid Laurier University. For contact information please visit her website: www.KathyDobson.ca.