Catherine Jane Clark is a

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television broadcaster, and the daughter of former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark and

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Life and career

Clark was born in

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. When she was 18, she moved alone to Paris to attend the

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for five months, and lived in a tiny one-bedroom flat. She graduated from the

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with a degree in art history. After graduating, she worked at the publicity firm

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. She played a prominent role in the Joe Clark campaign during the federal election of 2000. In 2001, she began a career in broadcasting, hosting a television news magazine, ''Unzipped'', for the new Canadian

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network ichannel. The show was cancelled the following year due to financial constraints and questionable content at the network, but Clark continued to work for the network in other capacities. In 2004, she joined

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as host of a daily talk show in Ottawa. On June 8, 2002, Clark married Chad Schella, formerly the director of player services for the NHL

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and now general manager of government affairs at

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. They have a daughter, Alexandra Charmaine Maureen Schella, born on May 26, 2006, and a son, Charles Roger Dennis Schella, born April 1, 2009. Clark took some time off from television after her daughter's birth, and subsequently joined CPAC, the Canadian

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broadcaster. With CPAC, she hosted ''Sunday Sound Off'', a political debate and panel discussion show, and ''Beyond Politics'', a talk show where she interviews Canadian politicians in depth about their lives outside politics. , she has her own marketing and public relations firm, Catherine Clark Communications.Caroline Phillips
"Following TV career, Catherine Clark finds entrepreneurial footing"
'' Ottawa Business Journal'', December 14, 2017.

References

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