1. Wendy Mesley is a Canadian television journalist, podcaster, and blogger.
19 Facts About Wendy Mesley
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Wendy Mesley worked for CBC News from 1981 to 2021 in roles including national correspondent at the Quebec Legislature and the Ottawa Parliamentary Bureau.
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Wendy Mesley was the anchor of The National, host of Undercurrents, Disclosure, and Marketplace, and from 2018 to 2020, she hosted the Sunday morning talk show The Weekly with Wendy Mesley.
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Wendy Mesley received offers from both networks but chose to work for CFCF-TV, the CTV affiliate in Montreal.
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In 1985, Wendy Mesley became CBC's first female TV correspondent to cover the Prime Minister, when she joined the parliamentary bureau.
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From 1994 to 2001, Wendy Mesley played a pivotal role in the creation and hosting of the media and technology series Undercurrents.
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In 2002, following a brief stint co-hosting the investigative show Disclosure, Wendy Mesley transitioned to the consumer investigation series Marketplace, concurrently serving as a frequent backup anchor for CBC's flagship evening news program, The National.
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In 2004, Wendy Mesley hosted a 13-part series called The Greatest Canadian, and between 2007 and 2008, she co-hosted four episodes of Test the Nation, with Brent Bambury, and one with Ron MacLean, which all aired on CBC.
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From October 2009, Wendy Mesley had a greater presence on The National, and in 2010, she became the program's regular Friday and Sunday anchor.
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On June 9,2020, Mesley was suspended from The Weekly with Wendy Mesley for saying "nigger" in an editorial meeting about a presumed panelist who had tweeted she was repeatedly called that; this occurred mere days after the murder of George Floyd.
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Months earlier, during staff discussions of Quebec's Bill 21 prohibiting some civil servants from wearing anything connected to a religious belief, Wendy Mesley had referred to the seminal Quebec book "White Niggers of America", written by Pierre Vallieres.
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On July 5,2021, Wendy Mesley announced her retirement from CBC.
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Wendy Mesley felt that the punishment administered by management was disproportionate, given that on both occasions, her use of the word was not malicious.
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Wendy Mesley has been honored with three Gemini Awards for Best Host in a News or Talk Program or Series.
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In 2017, Wendy Mesley was the recipient of a Canadian Screen Award for Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Information Program or Series.
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Joan, who never remarried, provided for Wendy Mesley by working as a physiotherapist.
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At the age of ten, Wendy Mesley accompanied her mother to the US consulate to picket in support of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Wendy Mesley married CBC news anchor Peter Mansbridge in 1989, but the union ended in 1992.
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Wendy Mesley remarried in 1998, with marketing executive Liam McQuade.