Paula Simons was born on September 7,1964 and is a Canadian senator.
10 Facts About Paula Simons
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Paula Simons previously worked as a journalist and was a columnist for the Edmonton Journal in Edmonton, Alberta.
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Paula Simons sits as a senator representing Alberta in the Senate of Canada, and is part of the Independent Senators Group caucus.
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Paula Simons returned to Canada in the winter of 1988 and secured a position as a part-time weekend copy editor at the Alberta Report, then as a producer for CBC Radio in Toronto and Edmonton from 1989 to 1995.
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Edmonton JournalJoining in 1995, Paula Simons is best known for her work as a journalist with the Edmonton Journal newspaper, where her work as a political columnist and investigative journalist earned her a faithful following.
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Paula Simons became a columnist on city affairs in 2001.
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Paula Simons earned a six further National Newspaper Award citations of merit for her columns and editorials on Alberta politics.
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Paula Simons has received recognition from the Alberta Centre for Civil Liberties Research for her work championing LGBQT rights, from the Canadian Bar Association for her writing on legal affairs, from the Canadian Mental Health Association for her columns on mental health care, and from the Edmonton Historical Board for her work as a popular historian and champion of heritage preservation.
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Paula Simons disclosed in the final days of the run-up to the 2015 Alberta Provincial Election that the editorial board of the Edmonton Journal had been under pressure from the paper's parent company Post Media, and namely its CEO Paul Godfrey, to endorse the incumbent Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta and its leader Jim Prentice.
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Paula Simons was appointed to the Senate of Canada on October 3,2018 by her Excellency the Rt.