RTDNA Canada recognizes Beverly Thomson with a National Lifetime Achievement Award

"On behalf of RTDNA Canada, I want to congratulate all of you recognized with a well-deserved Lifetime Achievement Award. Even more important, I want to thank each of you for the contribution you have made to our industry."
Lis Travers
President

Beverly Thomson is one of Canada’s most respected news personalities. As a former anchor at CFTO (CTV Toronto), Global News and most recently at CTV News Channel, Thomson has been bringing the news to Canadians for more than 30 years.  She is best known as the former co-host of CTV’s CANADA AM  from 2003-2016. During her tenure with Canada’s most-watched morning show, Thomson interviewed some of the nation’s most notable musicians, athletes, actors, authors, politicians including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Thomson’s illustrious, 30-year career has taken her around the world, including to London, England in the lead-up to the April 2011 Royal Wedding to film a series for CANADA AM; to Vancouver to co-host CTV’s OLYMPIC MORNING during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games; across Canada for numerous federal, provincial, and municipal elections; and to Washington, D.C. for Barack Obama’s 2009 Presidential Inauguration.

In 2019, Thomson was named a Member of the Order of Canada for her outstanding contributions to Canada’s broadcasting industry and volunteerism. She was the 2006 recipient of the Humanitarian Award from the Gemini Awards, now Canadian Screen Awards. In June 2009, she was appointed by the Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward, as the National Ambassador for the Duke of Edinburgh Awards.

Thomson’s career started in radio after graduating from Seneca College’s Radio and Television Broadcasting program in 1987.

Outside of her broadcast career, Thomson gives her time to various charities and not-for-profit organizations, which include serving as the honorary chair and spokesperson for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Thomson was notably the recipient of the 2010 Voice of the Foundation Award for her extraordinary contributions to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.