Peter Kent
Journalist, Late-Life Politician & Self-Deprecating Commentator
Peter Kent rose to the top of his profession early in his career and has stayed there for four decades. A gifted communicator who both informs and entertains, Peter provides his unique perspective on Canada's role in our changing world. Each presentation is specifically researched and tailored, to address issues of most interest to each audience.
For four decades Peter Kent covered the "big" stories across Canada and around the World -- from Expo '67 and Trudeaumania to the wars in Cambodia and Vietnam. He has been a crucial player in the coverage of the Yom Kippur War, the fall of Idi Amin, Zimbabwe independence, the Ethiopian famine, Iran's Islamic revolution, the Soviet Army's retreat from Afghanistan, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Intifadas and the evolution of international terrorism.
Kent was the first journalist to anchor CBC's The National and was a founding producer/correspondent/host of The Journal. He served as senior European correspondent for NBC News in the final years of the Cold War.
A member of Canada's Broadcast Hall of Fame, Kent is a former director of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, the outgoing president of the Canadian War Correspondents Association, and the recipient of countless journalistic awards in Canada and abroad. A four-time Emmy nominee, he also received the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award, and in 2006, he was honoured with the Radio and Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) "President's Award".
After almost 40 years working on public policy as a journalist, Kent came out as a partisan politician in 2005. In 2008, he was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament for the constituency of Thornhill, Ontario.
Peter is currently working as Vice President in the Corporate Communications and Public Affairs practice of Hill and Knowlton, with responsibilities relating to strategic client planning, leadership training, facilitation and senior media relations support.
He is an active supporter of a number of local, national and international charities and organizations, and is a mentor with the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council.
A gifted communicator, Peter Kent informs, entertains, and enlightens.
Attention Information Consumers -- You May Be Chewing on Spoiled Product
Barbarians at the Gate -- Chasing Conservative Votes in Canada's Metropolis
Bring It On - Defying Stereotypes of Senior Citizenship
Canadian Foreign Policy..Getting back to Pearsonian Diplomacy
Coaxing Canadians to Get Out in Our World
Fair and Balanced Media Coverage -- An Impossible Dream
Fear and Loathing -- and the odd Naked Constituent -- for a First Time Politician
From Journo to Politico -- One of Life's Great Adventures
Getting OPEC's Boot Off Our Necks: Guess who's behind the demonization of Bio-Fuels and other Alternative Energy Solutions??
Playing Our Part in a Changing World
Restoring Canada's Tarnished Image Abroad
Seizing Control - A News Consumers Guide to a Fragmented Universe
Spin-proofing Canadians..from Heavily Torqued Media
Swimming Upstream -- A Journo's Political Initiation
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