On March 6, 2007 the University of Guelph Senate elected Pamela Wallin as the 7th Chancellor of the University of Guelph since its founding in 1964.

The Honourable Pamela Wallin, O.C., S.O.M., was appointed to the Senate of Canada on December 22, 2008. She serves on the Senate's prestigious Foreign Affairs & International Trade Committee and is Deputy Chair of the Defence & National Security Committee. She serves on several corporate boards, including CTVglobemedia, Gluskin Sheff & Associates, Oilsands Quest, and Porter Airlines. Pamela is also a member of a special Advisory Board for BMO Harris Bank.

Pamela is an Officer of the Order of Canada, Canada’s highest civilian honour and served, at the request of Prime Minister Harper, on the special Independent Panel on Canada’s Future Role in Afghanistan. She served as Consul General of Canada in New York from 2002-2006.

Pamela is the Senior Advisor on Canada-US relations at the Americas Society and the Council of the Americas in New York. She is also the co-Chair of the National Strategy Council for the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute. Pamela serves on many volunteer boards, including the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.
The career of the Canadian-born journalist, diplomat and entrepreneur has now spanned more than thirty years and several continents. From CBC radio to the Ottawa bureau of the Toronto Star, Pamela was recruited by CTV. There, she hosted Canada AM, went on to become Ottawa bureau chief, and anchored the CTV weekend news. And in 1992, she became the first Canadian woman to co-anchor the nightly national television newscast Prime Time News.

Although her work as a journalist covered all aspects of domestic and international politics, Pamela has dedicated much of her professional career to coverage of the Canada/U.S. relationship.  Following the events of 9/11, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien appointed Pamela to a four-year term as Consul General of Canada in New York.

Pamela has fourteen Honorary Doctorates and among many other honors, she has been named to the Canadian Broadcasting Hall of Fame; she received a national Visionary Award in Canada; and was twice recognized by Queen Elizabeth II for her public service and achievements. In 1995, the citizens of her hometown of Wadena, Saskatchewan dedicated a street in her honor, Pamela Wallin Drive.

The University of Guelph is honoured to have this accomplished Canadian as our seventh Chancellor.

Updated May 22, 2008