14 Facts About Carol Off

Carol Off moved to Ottawa at ten years old and later moved to London, Ontario.

Carol Off dropped out of high school to go traveling and hitchhiked around Canada for 2 years.

Carol Off attended the University of Western Ontario and studied English, which began her career.

Carol Off got her start in journalism as a staff writer for The Gazette, the student newspaper at the University of Western Ontario.

Carol Off was a host of CBC Radio One's As It Happens from 2006 to 2022.

Previously a documentary reporter for The National, where she covered international affairs, Carol Off hosted the political debate series counterSpin on CBC Newsworld.

Carol Off served on the board of directors of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression from 2001 to 2007.

Carol Off has been honoured for her journalism with a Gemini Award, the John Drainie Award for distinguished contributions to Canadian broadcasting, and a Gabriel Award.

Carol Off wrote that French-Canadian journalist Guy-Andre Kieffer, who was kidnapped in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire in 2004, had been murdered for exposing Ivorian government corruption in connection with cocoa.

Carol Off has received honorary degrees from both Western University and the Royal Military College of Canada.

On January 18,2022, Carol Off announced her retirement from As It Happens on-air, effective February 25.

Carol Off married painter Fred Harrison after she graduated from high school, and her only child, a son named Joel Harrison, was born in 1976.

Carol Off divorced Harrison and left their son with him when she moved to Toronto after graduating from the University of Western Ontario.

Later, Carol Off married fellow CBC broadcaster and former host of The Fifth Estate Linden MacIntyre in 2000.