Debra Arbec
| Debra Arbec | |
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| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Canadian |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Concordia University |
| 💼 Occupation | journalist |
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Debra Arbec is an award-winning[1] Canadian journalist.
Career[edit]
Arbec began her on-air career in Montreal in 1989.[2] For 13 years, she worked at CTV Montreal, beginning in 1997 as weekend anchor and news reporter. In 2003, she stepped up to the Monday to Friday at 11:30 anchor position.[3] That same year, she began her segment called Debra Arbec’s My Montreal which ran weekly on the newscast and featured the culture and traditions of multi-ethnic Montreal.
On May 11, 2011 she announced that she was leaving CTV Montreal[4][5] and made her debut on Monday, July 4, 2011 as the main co-anchor of the supper-hour newscast at CBC Montreal with Andrew Chang,[3] replacing the departed Jennifer Hall.[6] When Chang left Montreal, Arbec became the solo host.[7]
Awards[edit]
She was nominated for Canadian Screen Awards for best local news anchor in 2018,[8] 2019,[9] and 2020.[10] She was also nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for best News special in 2015 for the results of the 2014 Quebec general election; she also moderated the English-language debate during the 2018 Quebec general election[11]. Before joining CBC in 2011 she had previously received several journalism awards.[12]
Personal Life and Education[edit]
Arbec grew up in Rawdon, Quebec[3] where her father ran a nursing home.[1] After doing Cegep at Vanier College,[1] she got a degree in broadcast journalism from Concordia University.[1][3][13]
She has been married to CTV Montreal sportscaster Brian Wilde since 2006. She is an avid runner.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Haldane, Maeve (9 August 2019). "Changing channels from career in medicine to TV news anchor". Montreal: Concordia University. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ↑ "Debra Arbec Bio". CBC. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Debra Arbec and Andrew Chang – Co-anchors for CBC News: Montreal". The Montrealer. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ↑ Faguy, Steve (11 May 2020). "Debra Arbec leaves CTV to co-host CBC newscast". Fagstein. Montreal. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ↑ "Debra Arbec joins CBC Montreal". The Gazette. Montreal. 12 May 2011. p. C7. ProQuest 866461122.
- ↑ Kelly, Brendan (26 September 2011). "Debra Arbec rises to 'bigger challenge' at CBC". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. p. 22. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ↑ "Andrew Chang leaving CBC Montreal anchor chair". The Gazette. Montreal. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ↑ "CBC Montreal's Debra Arbec nominated for Canadian Screen Award". CBC News. Montreal. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ↑ Furdyk, Brent (26 March 2019). "Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Non-Fiction TV Programming: The Complete List Of Winners". Entertainment Tonight Canada. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ↑ "Debra Arbec nominated for Canadian Screen Award". CBC News. Montreal. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ↑ Plante, Caroline (17 September 2018). "Débat en anglais: l'éducation et l'immigration créent des flammèches" [English debate: education and immigration sparks]. L'actualité (in French). Montreal. La Presse Canadienne. Retrieved 15 March 2020.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Debra Arbec". CTV News. Montreal: CTV Television Network. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ↑ Anhoury, Mia (10 April 2013). "CBC's Debra Arbec visits Concordia". The Concordian. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
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