Rita Deverell

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Rita Deverell
CM
Born
Rita Shelton

1945 (age 7980)
NationalityCanadian
Other namesRita Shelton Deverell
Occupations
  • TV broadcaster
  • social activist
Known forCo-founding Vision TV
Awards2 Geminis
ACTRA Woman of the Year

Rita Shelton Deverell CM (born 1945 to Versie and Hugh Shelton) [1] is a Canadian television broadcaster and social activist, who was one of the founders of the Canadian television channel Vision TV. [2] She also served as news director for the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network from 2002 to 2005.

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Born in Houston, Texas, Deverell moved to Canada in 1967, [3] and began her television career in 1972 as the producer of a children's television program. In 1974, she joined CBC Television as a journalist, including a stint with the program Take 30 . In 1983, she left to become a journalism professor at the University of Regina, and in 1988 she left there to become one of the founders of Vision TV. In addition to working as an executive with Vision TV, she also hosted numerous interstitial segments between programs, and was noted for often wearing a flower in her hair when hosting these segments. She has also been a board member of Obsidian Theatre Company, a Toronto company which specializes in black Canadian drama.

In 2021 she was named the chancellor of Lakehead University. [4]

Awards

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Works

Rita has written one book, American Refugees: Turning to Canada for Freedom. [3]

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