Clara Pasieka

Class of 2020

Clara has straddled the media and political fields. She holds a Master of Public Policy, Public Administration & Law from York University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Theatre from the University of Toronto. An award‐winning filmmaker, writer, producer and actor with a thirteen year career, one of her films about a Rwandan refugee and an Ontario teacher garnered interviews from some of Canada’s top media outlets discussing multiculturalism and mental health. She has also created multiple mini‐series for children. An alumnus of the non partisan Ontario Legislature Internship Program (OLIP) at Queen’s Park, she has engaged in parliamentary visits across Canada and the U.K., as well as, speechwriting, stakeholder engagement, media relations and legislative affairs roles for members on both sides of the aisle. Currently on a quest to visit and write about every riding in Ontario, she aims to keep her finger on the pulse of each riding and on the pulse of legislatures across the country.

Clippings

  • 2020
  • The Toronto Star

No Transport Canada temperature checks yet in N.B. airports

  • 2020
  • The Toronto Star

Indigenous businesses hit hard, need support: APEC

  • 2020
  • The Toronto Star

After 22 countries and 150,000 km, motorcyclist reaches New Brunswick

  • 2020
  • The Toronto Star

thru flu shot clinic ‘a rehearsal for the COVID vaccine’

  • 2020
  • Telegraph-Journal
  • The Toronto Star

University students in New Brunswick asked to return early to self-isolate

  • 2020
  • Telegraph-Journal
  • The Toronto Star

Long waits at the border: ‘This is a New Brunswick problem’

  • 2020
  • The Toronto Star

Alerts sent for N.S. mass shooting — not to Nova Scotians, but to thousands of Americans and international students

  • 2020
  • TVO

Do non-Christian prisoners get enough spiritual support?

  • 2020
  • TVO

‘We can’t slow down’: Combatting activist burnout

  • 2020
  • Healthy Debate

Disconnected: Ontario prisoners lack basic phone access

  • 2020
  • TVO

‘People live in fear’: What the auditor general’s report could mean for disability support in Ontario

  • 2020
  • TVO

Northern Ontario’s francophone labour shortage

  • 2020
  • TVO

Do Ontario prisoners need more phone access?

  • 2020
  • National Post

Ontario Liberals struggle to attract members: ‘The party that we knew no longer exists’

  • 2020
  • The Toronto Star

Life after losing: Electoral defeat brings whole new set of challenges

  • 2020
  • CBC

Young Canadians are getting out the vote — even if they can’t cast a ballot themselves