Gillian Findlay

Gillian Findlay is a Canadian television journalist who has worked for the CBC and ABC.[1] She studied history and literature at Simon Fraser University and she holds a diploma in broadcast journalism from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.[1]

In the 90s, Findlay worked as a foreign correspondent for CBC and later ABC, in countries such as former Yugoslavia, Somalia, Russia, South Africa, and Israel.[1] She also worked as a Middle East correpsondent for ABC.[1]

She has been seen in such programs as CBC News: Disclosure and The Fifth Estate,[1] and was a guest host on CBC Radio's journalism series As It Happens.[2]

In July 2020, Findlay responded to allegations by former CBC producer Dexter Brown that she had used the n-word in meetings in April 2019 whilst discussing the screening of a documentary about racial issues.[3] Ms. Findlay issued a statement that she had no recollection of using the n-word, but apologized in the event she had done so.[3]

On April 14, 2023, Findlay stated on her Twitter account that, after more than 30 years, she would be leaving the CBC. In a letter to friends and colleagues, she wrote: "I am leaving the CBC because I have been unable to negotiate a remote work arrangement that is acceptable to me or in keeping with arrangements afforded peers." Finlay was scheduled to retire at the end of July 2023.[4][5]