Adrian Harewood is a Canadian

Canada

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 television and radio journalist, and the anchor of CBOT

CBOT (TV)

CBOT-DT is a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television station in Ottawa, Ontario. The station's studios are located in the CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre.-History:...

's CBC News: Ottawa at 5/5:30/6 and CBC News: Late Night in Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

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An Ottawa native, Harewood attended Ashbury College, a private school in Rockliffe, where he was headboy. Harewood volunteered for CKCU-FM

CKCU-FM

CKCU-FM is a Canadian community-based campus radio station, broadcasting at 93.1 FM in Ottawa, and offering a live Real Audio stream and MP3 stream from its website. The station broadcasts 24 hours per day, 365 days per year....

 and CHUO-FM

CHUO-FM

CHUO-FM is a Canadian community-based campus radio radio station, broadcasting at 89.1 FM in Ottawa, on Rogers digital cable on channel 943, via Real Audio stream and in MP3...

 before moving to Montreal

Montreal

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, earning a degree from McGill University

McGill University

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 in political science and becoming a programmer and station manager for CKUT-FM

CKUT-FM

CKUT-FM is the official campus community radio station of McGill University. It can be heard at 90.3 FM in Montreal, 91.7 on cable, or on the . CKUT's FM signal, broadcast from a tower on the top of Mount Royal, reaches as far as the Eastern Townships and upstate New York...

. At CKUT, he hosted a weekly program, Soul Perspective, about Black Canadian

Black Canadian

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 issues. Notably, he devoted several episodes of the program to the issue of homophobia

Homophobia

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 in the black community after a performance poetry night at which poet Judge Dread Mathematik performed a work which some audience members felt was homophobic.

He later joined CBC Radio

CBC Radio

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, becoming a journalist and substitute host on CBLA-FM

CBLA-FM

CBLA-FM is a Canadian radio station. It is the flagship station of the CBC Radio One network, broadcasting at 99.1 FM in Toronto, Ontario.- History :...

 in Toronto

Toronto

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, before being named the permanent host of CBO-FM

CBO-FM

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's All in a Day

All in a Day (radio show)

All in a Day is a Canadian radio program, the regional afternoon program on CBC Radio One's CBO-FM in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario.The program is currently hosted by Alan Neal. Past hosts have included Brent Bambury, Adrian Harewood and Ken Rockburn. The program airs from 3 to 6 p.m...

in 2006. He remained in that role until September 2009, when he joined CBC News: Late Night.