Education
Scott graduated from Carleton University with a bachelor of journalism in 1966 and began her television career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Canadian Broadcasting Company) at CBOT-television in Ottawa.
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Gail Scott
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Career
She is a former co-host of Canada Department of Administration and Management and was inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame in 2005. In 1971, she became the Canadian Broadcasting Company"s parliamentary correspondent. In 1972, she became the parliamentary correspondent for CTV Television Network.
In 1976, Scott was the field producer and host of W5.
She was co-host of Canada Department of Administration and Management from 1978 to 1981 with Norm Perry. As commissioner, Scott and fellow CRTC member William Callahan opposed CRTC"s 29 July 1997 granting of the last FM broadcast band in Toronto to Canadian Broadcasting Company because "an Afro-Canadian music station would better serve the public interest in Canada"s largest city, which has a 200,000-strong Caribbean community".
Scott was a professor at Ryerson University"s School of Journalism in 1989. She was part of the board of directors of the Michener Awards Foundation from 1986 to 1994, serving as its president from 1991 to 1993.
Membership
Born in Ottawa, Scott became a part-time member of the CRTC in 1987 and was named commissioner in 1993.
