Don Newman

Don Newman is Senior Strategic Advisor to Bluesky Strategy Group and Chair of the Advisory Board of Canada 2020.

One of Canada’s most respected journalists and broadcasters, Don Newman’s celebrated career spans more than 40 years.

He is a Member of the Order of Canada, a life member of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery, and has received numerous awards including a Gemini lifetime achievement award in public affairs broadcasting.

The former Senior Parliamentary Editor of CBC Television News, who anchored live news specials and his own national political affairs programs, “This Week in Parliament” and “Politics with Don Newman”, helped launch CBC’s all news channel in 1989, the first of its kind in Canada.  His is now a Senior Columnist with iPolitics.ca, a media commentator on political and public affairs issues, and a sought-after public speaker, emcee and panel moderator.

He is also on the Boards of Canada’s National History Society, the Science Media Centre of Canada, the Canadian Committee of World Press Freedom, and the Advisory Board of the Canadian International Council’s Ottawa Foreign Policy Initiative. He is also Chair of the Nominating Committee of the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, Chair of the Jury for the 2010 Canadian Foreign Service Officer Awards, and has also served as a judge of Canada’s National Newspaper and Charles Lynch Awards.  He holds honorary degrees from Queen’s and Winnipeg universities.