Background
The child of a Canadian diplomat, Taylor was born in France, and grew up both in Europe and in Ottawa.
The child of a Canadian diplomat, Taylor was born in France, and grew up both in Europe and in Ottawa.
She attended Glebe Collegiate Institute in Ottawa, and studied history and art history at the University of Toronto.
She has an Master of Arts in journalism from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. After working at the London Free Press and the Hamilton Spectator, Taylor joined the copy desk of The Globe and Mail in 1989. She moved into the arts section in 1991 and was appointed theatre critic in 1995.
She served in that role until 2003, winning two Nathan Cohen Awards for her reviews.
In 2009, she was awarded the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy Journalism to study Canadian cultural sovereignty in the digital age. The results were published in the Toronto Star in September 2010.