Shelagh Rogers

Shelagh Rogers Order of Canada
Chancellor of the University of Victoria
In office January 1, 2015
Preceded by	Murray Farmer
Personal details
Profession	CBC Radio host

Shelagh Rogers, OC, is a Canadian broadcast journalist based in British Columbia. She is the host, and a producer, of CBC Radio One's The Next Chapter and Chancellor of the University of Victoria.

Rogers grew up in Ottawa, Ontario. Rogers began in broadcasting at CFRC, the campus radio station of Queen's University. She also worked at Kingston, Ontario's CKWS, hosting a country music program while still a student at Queen's. She later went on to produce a daily current affairs TV show and served as the station's late-night weather presenter.

Rogers graduated from Queen's University's arts program (B.A., art history) in 1977. In 1980, she joined CBC radio in Ottawa, hosting local current affairs programs and jazz and classical music broadcasts. In 1982, she became host of the national classical concert program Mostly Music.

In 1984, she moved to CBC Toronto. In addition to hosting local programs, she became a frequent contributor to many national shows, including Morningside and Basic Black. She was also the founding host of The Arts Tonight.

She became a frequent guest host of Morningside, and in 1995 the program's host, Peter Gzowski, named Rogers the show's permanent guest host.

In 1997, Rogers moved to CBC Radio Two as host of Take Five. During this time, Rogers was also a contributor to TVOntario's book program, Imprint, and host of Saturday Night at the Movies.

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