Seamus O'Regan

Seamus O'Regan

Seamus O'Regan at an interview with U.S. Ambassador David Jacobson, July 29, 2010
Born January 18, 1971
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Nationality Canadian
Education Attended St. Francis Xavier University
Attended University College Dublin
Attended INSEAD
Masters of Philosophy in Politics from the University of Cambridge (Darwin College)
Occupation News reporter, broadcaster
Years active 2000-present
Notable credit(s) Co-host of Canada AM (2001-2011)
Correspondent for CTV National News (2011-2012)
Spouse(s) Steve Doss

Seamus O'Regan (born January 18, 1971) is a Canadian broadcast journalist from Newfoundland and Labrador. He was a correspondent with CTV National News, and a former co-host of Canada AM.[1]

Early life and education

O'Regan was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. At the age of 10, O'Regan became a regional correspondent for CBC Radio's Anybody Home?, producing stories that celebrated the unique accomplishments of local residents - a professor hunting for giant squid to one woman's fight against leukemia.

He studied politics at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia and at University College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland. He studied marketing strategies at INSEAD, an international business school near Paris, France. He received his Masters of Philosophy in Politics from the University of Cambridge, studying at Darwin College in Cambridge, England.[2]

Career

He has worked as an assistant to Environment Minister Jean Charest in Ottawa and to Justice Minister Edward Roberts in St. John's, and was policy advisor and speechwriter to the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Brian Tobin.[3]

In 2000, O'Regan joined talktv's current affairs program, the chatroom. He began his duties at Canada AM on December 19, 2001. On November 8, 2011, he announced that he would be leaving Canada AM on November 24, 2011 to become a correspondent for CTV National News.[1] O'Regan left CTV in 2012.[4] Since leaving CTV he has occasionally been a fill-in host on radio station CFRB in Toronto,[5] and worked on independent television productions and at Ryerson University.[5]

In September 2014, O'Regan was selected as the federal Liberal Party candidate in the Newfoundland riding of St. John's South—Mount Pearl for the next federal election, expected in 2015.[6]

Personal life

On July 9, 2010, he married his longtime partner, Steve Doss, in Newfoundland.[7] His father, also named Seamus, was a judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador.

O'Regan serves on the Boards of Katimavik, Canada's leading youth service-learning programme, and The Rooms, which houses the provincial art gallery, museum, and archives of Newfoundland and Labrador. He also sits on the board of directors for fellow Newfoundlander Allan Hawco's theatre company, The Company Theatre, located in Toronto.

Award

In December 1999, O'Regan was named as one of Maclean's 100 Young Canadians to Watch in the 21st century.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Seamus O'Regan joining CTV National News as correspondent". CTV News. November 8, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
  2. ↑ "Seamus O'Regan, Correspondent, CTV National News". CTV. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Seamus O'Regan - Summary Profile". National Speakers Bureau. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Seamus O'Regan to run for Liberals in St. John's". CTV News. August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Seamus O'Regan: Mental health spokesman". The Grid, June 23, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Seamus O'Regan takes Liberal nomination in St. John's South-Mount Pearl". CBC News, September 23, 2014.
  7. ↑ Takeuchi, Craig (November 8, 2011). "CTV anchor (and out gay man) Seamus O'Regan to leave Canada AM for CTV National News". The Georgia Straight (Vancouver Free Press Publishing Corporation). Retrieved 2011-11-09.

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