June Callwood was a pioneering Canadian journalist who participated in the promotion of many causes, including child poverty, aboriginal rights, homelessness, free speech, racism, reproductive freedom, capital punishment and prison reform. She was involved in the organization and development of a number of assistance agencies in and around the ...
Her activism started in the 1960s and her career as a writer also spanned decades.
2
Her career as a writer began when she was just 16, working as a junior reporter at the Brantford Expositor and earning just $7.50 per week.
3
In the late 1940s, she picked up her pilot's licence. She took up gliding in the early 1990s.
4
Founded "founding of Digger House, a youth hostel, Nellie's hostel for women, PEN Canada, the Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation, and Feminists Against Censorship. Founded "Casey House" after her son Casey Frayne was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1982 at the age of 20.
5
She was awarded the C.M. (Member of the Order of Canada) on January 11, 1978, the O.C. (Officer of the Order of Canada) on December 23, 1985), and the C.C. Companion of the Order of Canada) on November 15, 2000 for her services and contributions to communications and charities in Canada.
6
Founder of Toronto's AIDS hospice, Casey House.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Sleepwalker Killing
1997
TV Movie book "Sleepwalker"
Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science
1997
TV Series book "Trial Without End" - 1 episode
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
In Touch
1975
TV Series
Broadcast Journalist
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bitter Paradise: The Sell-out of East Timor
1996
Documentary donor
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Monday Report
2004
TV Series
Herself
Life and Times
1998-2000
TV Series documentary
Herself
The Canadians
1997
TV Series
Herself
Mantrap
1971
TV Series
Herself - Panelist
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Canada: A People's History
2001
TV Series
Herself
Known for movies
The Sleepwalker Killing (1997) as Writer
Life and Times (1998-2000) as Herself
Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science (1997) as Writer
Bitter Paradise: The Sell-out of East Timor (1996) as Miscellaneous Crew
$900,000
