Ian Hanomansing
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Ian Hanomansing is a Canadian television journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
(CBC). He currently reports for CBC Television
's nightly newscast, The National.
, but grew up in Sackville, New Brunswick
. He attended Mount Allison University
for his undergraduate education, and then studied law at Dalhousie Law School
. While in university, he was one of the country's most successful debaters and the top speaker at the Canadian National Debating Championship
.
in Amherst, Nova Scotia
, followed by work at CKCW
in Moncton, New Brunswick
and at CHNS
in nearby Halifax, Nova Scotia
. He later worked for CBC bureaus in the Maritimes
and Toronto
, Ontario
before moving to Vancouver
, where he was a network reporter and hosted the now-defunct programs Pacific Rim Report and Foreign Assignment.
As a reporter, Hanomansing has covered a number of stories, including the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill
, the 1992 Los Angeles riots
, the 1994 Stanley Cup riot
, the handover of Hong Kong
from Great Britain
, and five Olympic Games
(Atlanta, USA-1996
; Nagano, Japan-1998
; Salt Lake City, USA-2002
; Torino, Italy-2006
, and Beijing 2008
). As an anchor, he led Canada-wide coverage of the Northeast Blackout of 2003
and most recently, the 2006 shootings at Dawson College
in Montreal
, Quebec
.
From 2000 to 2007, he was the anchor of the national segment of the defunct newscast Canada Now
; following that program's cancellation, he was the co-anchor of CBC News: Vancouver
, CBUT
's supper hour newscast, from 2007 to 2010. He has been a reporter with the CBC since 1986, and was one of the network's main reporters for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He is married and has two sons.
In addition to his other duties, Hanomansing co-hosted Hemispheres, a weekly international documentary program on CBC Newsworld
, co-produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
.
Hanomansing and his role as newscaster is often the object of satire in the CBC comedy This Hour Has 22 Minutes
, in which he is portrayed by cast member Shaun Majumder
. In the March 24, 2009 episode of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Ian Hanomansing himself portrayed Shaun Majumder being interviewed by Shaun Majumder portraying Ian Hanomansing.
On November 28, 2008 Hanomansing won the Gemini Award for the Best News Anchor in Canada, beating Kevin Newman and Peter Mansbridge
.
Hanomansing also designed Big League Manager, an NHL
-licensed board game
. His game was voted a "Best Bet" by the Canadian Toy Testing Council.
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...
(CBC). He currently reports for CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
's nightly newscast, The National.
Early life
Hanomansing was born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
, but grew up in Sackville, New Brunswick
Sackville, New Brunswick
Sackville is a Canadian town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.Mount Allison University is located in the town...
. He attended Mount Allison University
Mount Allison University
Mount Allison University is a primarily undergraduate Canadian liberal arts and science university situated in Sackville, New Brunswick. It is located about a half hour from the regional city of Moncton and 20 minutes from the Greater Moncton International Airport...
for his undergraduate education, and then studied law at Dalhousie Law School
Dalhousie Law School
The Schulich School of Law is part of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Formerly called Dalhousie Law School, it was established in 1883, making it the oldest university-affiliated common law school in the Commonwealth. It is the primary law school in Atlantic Canada and...
. While in university, he was one of the country's most successful debaters and the top speaker at the Canadian National Debating Championship
Canadian National Debating Championship
The Canadian National Debating Championship is the premier university debating championship in Canada, sanctioned by the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate. It has been held since 1978, always in the Canadian parliamentary debating style...
.
Broadcasting career
His broadcast media career began in the summer after his graduation at CKDHCKDH (AM)
CKDH-FM is a radio station broadcasting in Amherst, Nova Scotia. The station broadcasts on the frequency of 101.7 FM with an Adult Contemporary format.-History:...
in Amherst, Nova Scotia
Amherst, Nova Scotia
Amherst is a Canadian town in northwestern Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.Located at the northeast end of the Cumberland Basin, an arm of the Bay of Fundy, Amherst is strategically situated on the eastern boundary of the Tantramar Marshes 3 kilometres east of the interprovincial border with New...
, followed by work at CKCW
CKCW-FM
CKCW-FM is an Canadian radio station broadcasting at a frequency of 94.5 MHz in Moncton, New Brunswick. The station plays an adult top 40 format and is owned by the Maritime Broadcasting System....
in Moncton, New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
and at CHNS
CHNS-FM
CHNS-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting from Halifax, Nova Scotia at 89.9 MHz on the FM dial. It offers a classic rock format branded as 89.9 HAL FM. CHNS-FM is owned and operated by the Maritime Broadcasting System....
in nearby Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
. He later worked for CBC bureaus in the Maritimes
Maritimes
The Maritime provinces, also called the Maritimes or the Canadian Maritimes, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. On the Atlantic coast, the Maritimes are a subregion of Atlantic Canada, which also includes the...
and 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...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
before moving to Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, where he was a network reporter and hosted the now-defunct programs Pacific Rim Report and Foreign Assignment.
As a reporter, Hanomansing has covered a number of stories, including the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill
Exxon Valdez oil spill
The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 24, 1989, when the Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef and spilled of crude oil. It is considered to be one of the most devastating human-caused...
, the 1992 Los Angeles riots
1992 Los Angeles riots
The 1992 Los Angeles Riots or South Central Riots, also known as the 1992 Los Angeles Civil Unrest were sparked on April 29, 1992, when a jury acquitted three white and one hispanic Los Angeles Police Department officers accused in the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King following a...
, the 1994 Stanley Cup riot
1994 stanley cup riot
The 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup Riot occurred in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on the evening of June 14, 1994 and continued into the following morning...
, the handover of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
from Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
, and five Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
(Atlanta, USA-1996
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
; Nagano, Japan-1998
1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...
; Salt Lake City, USA-2002
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...
; Torino, Italy-2006
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...
, and Beijing 2008
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
). As an anchor, he led Canada-wide coverage of the Northeast Blackout of 2003
Northeast Blackout of 2003
The Northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage that occurred throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Ontario, Canada on Thursday, August 14, 2003, just before 4:10 p.m....
and most recently, the 2006 shootings at Dawson College
Dawson College shooting
The Dawson College shooting occurred on September 13, 2006 at Dawson College, a CEGEP in Westmount near downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The perpetrator, Kimveer Gill, began shooting outside the de Maisonneuve Boulevard entrance to the school, and moved towards the atrium by the cafeteria on the...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
.
From 2000 to 2007, he was the anchor of the national segment of the defunct newscast Canada Now
Canada Now
Canada Now was the early-evening national news program on CBC Television, the main English television network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, between 2000 and 2007...
; following that program's cancellation, he was the co-anchor of CBC News: Vancouver
CBC News at Six
CBC News produces a variety of local newscasts for CBC Television's owned-and-operated stations throughout Canada. On most stations, the local news operation is currently titled CBC News: [city/province name], such that the 6:00 p.m. newscast on CBLT is named CBC News: Toronto at 6...
, CBUT
CBUT
CBUT-DT is the CBC's television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and the flagship CBC Television station for the Pacific Time Zone. The station transmits its main terrestrial signal from a tower atop Mount Seymour....
's supper hour newscast, from 2007 to 2010. He has been a reporter with the CBC since 1986, and was one of the network's main reporters for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He is married and has two sons.
In addition to his other duties, Hanomansing co-hosted Hemispheres, a weekly international documentary program on CBC Newsworld
CBC Newsworld
CBC News Network is a Canadian English language Category C specialty news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . It broadcasts into over 10 million homes in Canada. It is the world's third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in the United States and...
, co-produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
.
Hanomansing and his role as newscaster is often the object of satire in the CBC comedy This Hour Has 22 Minutes
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
, in which he is portrayed by cast member Shaun Majumder
Shaun Majumder
-Life and career:Majumder was born in Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador to a European descended mother from Newfoundland and an Indian father. He started his entertainment career as an announcer for the YTV game show CLIPS, and soon was hosting the network's popular morning kids show Brain...
. In the March 24, 2009 episode of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Ian Hanomansing himself portrayed Shaun Majumder being interviewed by Shaun Majumder portraying Ian Hanomansing.
On November 28, 2008 Hanomansing won the Gemini Award for the Best News Anchor in Canada, beating Kevin Newman and Peter Mansbridge
Peter Mansbridge
Peter Mansbridge, OC , a Canadian broadcaster and news anchor, is the CBC News Chief Correspondent and anchor of The National, CBC Television's flagship nightly newscast. Mansbridge has received many awards and accolades for his journalistic work including an honorary doctorate from Mount Allison...
.
Hanomansing also designed Big League Manager, an NHL
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
-licensed board game
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
. His game was voted a "Best Bet" by the Canadian Toy Testing Council.