Katrina Onstad is a noted Canadian film critic and journalist. She was the film critic for the National Post

National Post

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and CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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 Arts Online for several years, and her work has also appeared in Toronto Life

Toronto Life

Toronto Life is a monthly Canadian magazine about entertainment, politics and life in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Toronto Life also publishes a number of annual special interest guides about the city, including Home Decor, Stylebook, Eating & Drinking, Real Estate and Weddings. Established in 1966,...

, The New York Times

The New York Times

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, The Guardian

The Guardian

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and Salon

Salon.com

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. From 2008-2010, she wrote a column called "Modern Times" for Chatelaine

Chatelaine (magazine)

Chatelaine is an English-language Canadian magazine of women's lifestyles. Both Chatelaine and its French-language version, Châtelaine, are published monthly by Rogers Media, Inc., a division of Rogers Communications, Inc...

.

She is a McGill University

McGill University

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 graduate (English Honours) and has a Masters of Arts in English Literature from the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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. She is a former host of the film program Reel to Real. Her critically acclaimed first novel, How Happy to Be, was published by McClelland and Stewart

McClelland and Stewart

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 in January 2006.

She was nominated for a US National Magazine Award (also known as an "Ellie") for her essay "My Year of Living Dangerously", which appeared in the August 2007 issue of Elle

Elle (magazine)

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magazine. In 2010, she won a Canadian National Magazine Award for a profile of filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici in Toronto Life.

External links

• Chatelaine columns
• CBC film reviews
• Onstad's New York Times article on Kimberley Peirce
• Authors Aloud: Onstad reading from "How Happy To Be"
• Cover story, Now Magazine