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FINLAYSON, Judith

1996-0289

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1993-04-14

Judith Finlayson (Interviewer)

Canadian author Judith Finlayson interviews CBC broadcaster Vicki Gabereau in Vancouver, British Columbia about her life experience in the workforce. She begins talking about the odd jobs she did as a young girl, cleaning birdcages at Woolworth's and turning out pant pockets in a dry cleaner, and her regret about quitting high school before she finished Grade 12. She then talks about her work experience in the late 1960s and 1970s which included a variety of jobs such as taxi driving in Toronto, waitressing, working as a clown, doing research for radio and television programs, which in the early 1980s, progressed to hosting a number of CBC radio shows, and finally, in 1988, becoming host of GABEREAU, her own weekday afternoon show in Vancouver. Describing the extensive research involved in preparing for a radio interview, she reflects on how this type of livelihood has enabled her to learn how to organize her mind and has given her a free education.

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