Dr. Cathy Allison

Biography

Cathy has 35 years of experience in telecom, media, and cultural industries, holding senior roles in market research, consulting, product management, industry analysis, and strategic planning policy development. She has held executive-level positions at Nortel Networks, Bell Canada, and Merrill Lynch Canada, and has worked in senior capacities for research consulting firms such as Gartner Group as a global research analysis firm, and as the President of Mercury Group, a Canadian media consulting research firm. Cathy also served as a manager for Radio Policy at the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission and has been a university college educator and technology commentator since the mid-1980s. Currently, she is leading the development of a new Indigenous Broadcasting Policy at the CRTC. Cathy holds an MA in Communication Studies and a Bachelor of Music degree from Carleton University, as well as an Honours BA from Trinity College, University of Toronto. Her teaching and research interests include music and communication media regulation. Cathy is a member of the boards of the Ottawa International Jazz Festival, Canadian Women in Communications, and Project TEMBO, a Canadian NGO that secures funding for developing micro-finance projects to educate women in Tanzania.

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