ALISON SMITH
Alison Smith
is a senior correspondent and anchor with CBC News and CBC Television's
The National. She also anchors the weekend newscast Sunday Report.
Alison
has reported extensively on the September 11 attacks, their aftermath
and the one-year anniversary.
She has anchored live coverage of the Queen
Mother's funeral and the Golden Jubilee celebrations in London for Queen
Elizabeth as well as the monarch's visit to Canada. She also followed the
Pope's visit to Toronto for World Youth Day.
Alison was on the air the day CBC Newsworld launched 10 years ago, going
on to host programs such as the interview program The Lead and the network's
flagship news program Newsworld Reports.
She
has covered a wide range of major stories, both at home and abroad,
including the death of Princess Diana, the 50th Anniversary of the
State of Israel and South Africa's first multi-racial election.
She
covered the floods in Manitoba, the Referendum in Quebec and of course
every budget and federal election.
Alison began her television career in Toronto in 1977. She worked as a reporter
in the CBC Toronto newsroom, moving to The National in 1982 where she worked
as a national reporter and assignment editor.
She
has also reported for the business program Venture and in 1991 hosted
Newsmagazine.
She was born
and raised in Osoyoos, British Columbia. She was educated at the University of
British Columbia and was a Gold Medallist upon graduation from Ryerson Polytechnic
Institute in Toronto.