Jennifer Hollett (born September 16, 1975) is a

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media executive and former television personality and political activist. She was the 2015 New Democratic Party's candidate in the new riding of

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. Hollett has a Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in Journalism and Communications from Concordia University in Montreal, and a Masters in Public Administration from the

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. Hollett was a contributor to

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's prime time show '' Connect with Mark Kelley'' and was formerly a MuchMusic VJ and

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, she hosted '' MuchOnDemand'', '' Much In Your Space'', '' Combat Zone'', ''

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'', '' Count Down'', '' Live@Much'' and some specials until leaving the network in 2005. Hollett started out as a radio jockey at Concordia University. Her working career started with

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in the New Media Division working on websites for artists such as

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. She later moved up to CTV, then to MuchMusic. She hosted "The Chatroom" on TalkTV on the recommendation of a CTV producer she met at Sony. At the end of that year, she was hired by MuchMusic. In 2006, Hollett volunteered for CARE Canada, touring Canadian Secondary Schools and speaking to youth about her experiences in

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with the organization. Hollett has also managed e-communications for

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(2009), worked with Journalists for Human Rights (2007-2008) to train journalists in

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. She is an advocate of girls' and women's rights, and has acted as the Official Summit Moderator for the G(irls)20 Summits in Toronto (2010), Paris (2011), Mexico City (2012), Moscow (2013), Sydney (2014). While at Harvard, Hollett developed the 'Super Pac App', which helped viewers better understand television campaign ads during the 2012 U.S. election. By recording a snippet of audio from a television ad as it plays, a user can learn who paid for the ad, how much money that political group has raised and spent so far, and through links to nonpartisan news sources, learn about how truthful the claims in the ad are. Hollett's past includes working with The Leading Change Network to train community activists with Marshall Ganz, a strategist credited with helping to devise the successful grass roots organizing model and training for

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’s 2008 presidential campaign. She was an Atkinson Associate on Civic Technology and a Broadbent Leadership Fellow. Her public speaking appearances include the Hart House Hancock Lecture and TEDx. Hollett was head of news and government for Twitter in Canada. And became the

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of ''

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in June 2020.

Political career

In 2013, she sought to be the New Democratic Party's candidate in

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for that riding's pending federal by-election, but was defeated for the nomination by Linda McQuaig on September 15, 2013. Considered a star candidate for the

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in the newly created federal riding of

in downtown Toronto, Hollett lost her 2015 run for Parliament to

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of the

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by a margin of 50% to 28%. Hollett was a candidate for Toronto city councillor in 2018 until Premier Doug Ford cut city council from 47 seats to 25 seats two-thirds the way into the campaign. She was part of the legal challenge to Bill 5.

Electoral record

References

External links

Jennifer Hollett for University-Rosedale MuchMusic Official WebsiteCARE CanadaG(irls)20 SummitThe Leading Change NetworkHart House Hancock LectureAtkinson FoundationHow to Hate Politics by Jennifer HollettBroadbent InstituteJennifer Hollett on Twitter
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