Jane Hawtin is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 television and radio personality. She has hosted programs on CBC Radio One

CBC Radio One

CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial free and offers both local and national programming...

, CFRB and Q107

CILQ-FM

CILQ-FM is a radio station, broadcasting at 107.1 FM in Toronto, Ontario. The station broadcasts a classic rock format branded as Q107 and is also available through streaming audio....

, including Metro Morning

Metro Morning

Metro Morning is CBC Radio One's local morning program in Toronto, airing on CBLA-FM and is hosted by Matt Galloway. The program airs from 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m...

, Here and Now

Here and Now (Toronto)

Here and Now is a daily Canadian radio show, which airs on CBLA in Toronto, Ontario.Under CBC Radio One's policy of extended local programming in metropolitan markets, the program airs from 3 to 6 p.m. on CBLA's primary transmitter in Toronto, pre-empting the 3 to 4 p.m. hour of network programming...

, As It Happens

As It Happens

As It Happens is a long-running interview show on CBC Radio One in Canada. Its 40th anniversary was celebrated on-air on 18 November 2008. It has been one of the most popular and acclaimed shows on CBC Radio; it is also distributed in the United States by Public Radio International.The bulk of the...

and the daily television talk show Jane Hawtin Live. She has produced several shows, including Jane Hawtin Live, Linehan, Prime Business with Deidre McMurdy, Caregiving with June Callwood, Road Scholars and The Link http://www.amberlight.ca/. She has worked extensively since 2004 producing programming for APTN, the (Canadian) Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

Aboriginal Peoples Television Network is a Canadian broadcast and cable television network. APTN airs and produces programs made by, for and about Aboriginal Peoples...

 http://www.amberlight.ca/.

Jane Hawtin was born in 1953 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. She graduated in politics and drama from Queen's University

Queen's University

Queen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England...

. She started in radio news interviewing at CKLC-FM

CKLC-FM

CKLC-FM is a Canadian radio station, which airs at 98.9 FM in Kingston, Ontario. Owned by Bell Media, the station airs a modern rock music format.-History:...

 in Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...

in 1977. Hawtin became the first female news director in private radio in 1980 for Q107 and in 1990, she became the first female talk show host in private radio on CFRB radio. "Hawtin got her foot firmly planted in the door with the weekend news, which she would write and read herself" biographer Susan Crean reports. Biographer Susan Crean notes that "she¹s a woman at ease with herself despite the hoopla and hype of showbiz, and she suffers fools with sarcasm.".

Since 1985, Hawtin has been president of Amberlight Productions http://www.amberlight.ca/. In September 2009, she was also hired to do media training for the Canadian military

In 2007, Hawtin was given the "Rosalie [Tremblay] Trailblazer Award Honouring Canadian Women in Broadcasting" http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Hawtin_Jane_89975818.aspx, and in 1998 she was nominated for a Gemini Award as Best Host/Interviewer http://www.roadscholars.ca/Season4/contact/http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?nname=Jane+Hawtin&winonly=0&awards=2&rtype=1&curstep=4&submit.x=0&submit.y=0