returning to the boob tube is Jennifer Mather. Wife of ousted Canucks GM Brian Burke, the former CKVU, BCTV and CKNW personality will take up hosting duties for CBC television's new all-about-Vancouver lifestyles program Living Vancouver.
Going by her hubby's moniker, Jennifer Burke will, ironically, commute between Anaheim and Lotusland to work on the daily afternoon show beginning January 15th
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Backgrounder:
Jennifer Mather, host of The Jennifer Mather Show on CKNW radio
Age: 36 (currently 38.5)
Born: In London, England to a Chinese father and English mother. Her family moved to St. Louis for a year before settling in Vancouver.
Education: broadcast journalism program at BCIT. Her first job in the trade was as a technical producer at CKNW.
Parents' reaction: "My parents are proud of me, always have been. Like many Asian families, the standards and expectations are very high-perfection is the aspiration. My father would critique my performances on television-giving me advice on how to be an anchor, which I always thought was kind of funny."
Thoughts on Asians in the media: "Journalists should be [hired] based on their abilities, not just the colour of their skin. That being said, there's no question that in the Vancouver market, until recently, the wide variety of ethnicity has been underrepresented. Not necessarily by the people who tell the story-to me it doesn't matter if an Asian person or a white person or a Native American person is telling the story-the stories within those communities are now being told.... There may obviously be a better understanding from someone who comes from that background. And I believe that's what Channel M-the new multicultural station-is trying to address. But you would have to ask people of those ethnicities if they prefer watching their news from someone of the same [cultural] background."
"I would be disappointed to learn if I was given a job ever in my past 20-year career based on my gender or ethnicity."