Francis D'Souza is a Canadian news anchor for Citytv

Citytv

Citytv is a Canadian English language television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications under its Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. division...

 in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Canada

Canada

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. D'Souza was the co-anchor of the station's noon newscast, which was cancelled in January 2010. In September 2011 D'Souza was named anchor of the new 5pm newscast.

Biography

D'Souza became interested in appearing on television after being selected from Citytv's "Lunch Television" audience to perform the opening announcement on Queen Street. Prior to joining Citytv, D'Souza hosted "Plugged In!" on Rogers Television

Rogers Television

Rogers TV, are community channels owned by Rogers Communications Inc. Many of these channels share common programs. Rogers TV broadcasts into the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Ontario. Rogers TV is available only in communities served by Rogers' cable and...

. He was a production assistant with the CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

, a videographer at Global News

Global News

Global News is the news and current affairs division of Global Television Network in Canada, overseeing all local and national news programming on the network's eleven owned-and-operated stations .-National programs:...

 Toronto and anchored the CTV

CTV television network

CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...

 11:30pm news in Northern Ontario.

Education

• B.A.A.
  Bachelor of Applied Arts
  The Bachelor of Applied Arts, often abbreviated as BAA or B.A.A. is an undergraduate degree. The term 'Applied' means that the degree is vocational in nature, and not research-oriented.-Usage:...
  
  , Radio and Television Arts, Ryerson Polytechnic University