Bio Section

2010 - Carol OffCarol Off is the host of CBC Radio’s flagship current affairs program As it Happens. Before that assignment, Carol covered conflicts in the Middle East, Haiti, the Balkans and the sub-continent, as well as events in the former Soviet Union, Europe, Asia, the United States and Canada. She reported the fallout from the 9/11 disasters with news features and documentaries from New York, Washington, London, Cairo and Afghanistan. She has covered Canadian military missions around the world including its latest combat operation in Kandahar.
Carol has won numerous awards for television and radio work, among them: the John Drainie Award for Broadcasting Excellence; a Gemini; two gold medals from the New York Festival of Television; a selected screening at the Monte Carlo Television Festival; several awards and citations from the Columbia Television awards; a Gabriel award; a B'nai Brith Award and number of awards and citation from the National Radio and Television Association.
She is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario. She lives in Toronto with her husband, broadcaster and novelist Linden MacIntyre.