Callwood, June Rose

Callwood, June Rose
▪ 2008

      Canadian journalist, author, television personality, and activist

born June 2,1924, Chatham, Ont.

died April 14, 2007 , Toronto, Ont.
was a spirited organizer who founded a hostel for homeless youth, a shelter for battered women, and a hospice for AIDS sufferers and was a prominent magazine columnist in the 1950s, notably for Macleans. In addition, Callwood was a columnist for the Globe and Mail newspaper and the ghostwriter for the biographies of TV journalist Barbara Walters and film director Otto Preminger. Some of Callwood's own books included The Law Is Not for Women (1976), Portrait of Canada (1981), and The Man Who Lost Himself (2000). She was the host of the TV shows In Touch and National Treasures. Callwood helped established PEN Canada, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, and Feminists Against Censorship. She was made an officer of the Order of Canada (1986), was inducted (1984) into the Canadian News Hall of Fame, and was the recipient (1990) of the Toronto Arts Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award.

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