For the voice actress, go to Sharon Lewis (actor)

Sharon Lewis is a Canadian

Canada

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 television personality from Toronto

Toronto

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. She studied political science

Political science

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 at the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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. She was an actress and author before being the host of counterSpin on CBC Television

CBC Television

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 in 2001, and then hosted ZeD

ZeD

ZeD is a Canadian variety television program and website. The series premiered on CBC Television in March 2002 and ran to 2006. Hosted primarily by Sharon Lewis and Ziya Tong, ZeD publicized creative works from Canada and other countries, including a substantial portion of material created by...

, also for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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. She began her career on counterSpin with a special on the September 11, 2001 attacks

September 11, 2001 attacks

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. She called herself an "activist," saying "It's a journalist's job to activate change through information... Who isn't passionate and is in the journalist field, otherwise I don't know what would drive you?"

According to the Toronto Star

Toronto Star

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, in 2001 Lewis initially seemed "mousy and ill-informed" on counterSpin, but survived. A television critic also said that on ZeD Lewis was nicely easygoing. After leaving ZeD, Ziya Tong

Ziya Tong

Ziya Tong is a television personality and producer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is of Chinese and Macedonian descent, and was born in London, England and later lived in Hong Kong.Tong moved from Hong Kong to Canada when she was 11....

took over as host. Lewis established the company urbansoul inc., which promotes the art of minority women.

External links

• Sharon Lewis' ZeD biography
• Sharon Lewis on imdb.com