Marla Shapiro
CM, is a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
medical doctor, best known as a health journalist for
CTV News Channel and formerly''
The Globe and Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...
''. Her reports on health and medical issues have also aired on ''
Canada AM
''Canada AM'' was a Canadian morning television news show that aired on CTV from 1972 to 2016. Its final hosts were Beverly Thomson and Marci Ien, with Jeff Hutcheson presenting the weather forecast and sports. The program aired on weekdays, an ...
'' and on CTV's daytime talk show ''
Balance: Television for Living Well''.
She is seen regularly on
CTV News Channel.
Born in
Montreal, Quebec
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pe ...
, she is a graduate of
McGill University
McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous ...
and a professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
.
Shapiro is also the founding editor of ''ParentsCanada'' magazine. She was diagnosed with
breast cancer
Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, or a r ...
in 2004 and was featured in a
television special
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about her experience. She is the author of ''Life in the Balance: My Journey with Breast Cancer'' (HarperCollins Publishers, 2006).
She was named a
Member of the Order of Canada in 2015.
Career highlights
2013- Bayer 150 Outstanding Physician Women’s Health and Contraception
2011 – Named a Woman Of Action by Israeli Cancer Research Foundation
2010 – Recipient of the 2010 Peter R. Newman Humanitarian Award
2008 – Recipient of Award of Excellence from the College of Family Physicians of Canada for her lifelong commitment and dedication to family medicine
2008 – Awarded the Excellence in Creative Professional Activity in 2008 by the University of Toronto, Department of Family and Community Medicine
2006 – Winner of Canadian Foundation for Women’s Health Award for Excellence in Women’s Health Journalism (Run Your Own Race)
2005 – Recipient of the 2005 Media Award from the North American Menopause Society for her work in expanding the understanding of menopause
References
External links
CTV website biography*
Canadian columnists
Canadian general practitioners
Canadian television journalists
Journalists from Montreal
Journalists from Toronto
Living people
McGill University Faculty of Medicine alumni
Academic staff of the University of Toronto
Canadian women television journalists
Canadian women columnists
Members of the Order of Canada
CTV Television Network people
Jewish Canadian journalists
Year of birth missing (living people)
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