Career
Currently, he is a senior reporter for CTV Television"s West-Five. From 1990 to 2000, Malarek was one of the hosts for Canadian Broadcasting Company Television"s the fifth estate. Malarek entered the world of journalism in 1968 as a copy boy for Weekend Magazine, and joined The Montreal Star as a police reporter in 1970. His first major assignment was reporting on the Quebec October Crisis.
He became a The Globe and Mail writer in 1976.
In 1989, he was portrayed by Elias Koteas in the feature movie Malarek, based on his first book Hey, Malarek!. These works depict the journalist"s turbulent youth and his life under Quebec"s child protection system.
The 16-part Canadian Broadcasting Company Television fictional drama series Urban Angel in the 1991–1992 season was also inspired by Malarek"s life. Malarek is the author of seven books, the most recent of which, Orphanage 41, was self-published with FriesenPress in 2014.
1987: Haven"s Gate: Canada"s Immigration Fiasco, (Macmillan)
1989: Merchants of Misery, (Macmillan)
1996: Gut Instinct: The Making of an Investigative Reporter, (Macmillan)
2003: The Natashas: Inside the Global Sex Trade, (Viking Books)
2009: The Johns: Sex for Sale and the Men Who Buy lieutenant, (Key Porter)
2014: Orphanage 41, (FriesenPress).