Adrienne Arsenault is a foreign correspondent

Correspondent

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 with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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 (CBC).

Arsenault joined the CBC in 1991, as an editorial assistant and night assignment editor for CBC Toronto

Toronto

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. She has had numerous other positions with the CBC. She spent three years as the foreign correspondent in Jerusalem. In 2006 she succeeded Don Murray as the chief London

London

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 correspondent.

In 2008 she was part of a small group of Western reporters who were allowed into Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

 to report on that year's election

Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2008

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 in the country.

Awards

She was named the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association

Commonwealth Broadcasting Association

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's journalist of the year for 2005.

Arsenault has won two Gemini Awards, in 2008, in the categories of Best Reportage and in Best News Magazine Segment and nominated for five Gemini Awards, for her work on The National, including a segment called Healing Hikkaduwa. She has won awards from the American Society of Professional Journalists, the Radio and Television News Directors Association

Radio and Television News Directors Association

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, and the New York and Columbus festivals.

Background

Arsenault graduated from St. Clement's School

St. Clement's School

St. Clement's School is an Anglican independent school for girls in Toronto, Canada. The school was founded in 1901 by Reverend Canon Powell, and was originally co-ed...

 as Head Girl, the University of Western Ontario

University of Western Ontario

The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...

 with a BA

Bachelor of Arts

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 in 1990 and an MA

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 in Journalism

Journalism

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 in 1991. While at Western, Arsenault developed her interest in broadcasting at CHRW

CHRW-FM

CHRW-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 94.9 FM in London, Ontario. It is licensed as a community-based campus radio station by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission...

 radio.

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