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MANJULA SELVARAJAH

Journalist | Columnist | Radio and Podcast Host | Speaker

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ABOUT ME

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JOURNALISM

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Syndicated technology, hobby and education columnist with CBC Radio's 20 plus radio stations across the country.


Guest host on two live CBC's Ontario shows Fresh Air and Ontario Morning 

Co-creator of the award-winning multi-platform CBC series Boldly Asian

SPEAKING

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A frequent emcee and moderator, I've been invited for repeat speaking and moderating appearances at Elevate, Collision, the Mars Discovery District, Invest Ottawa and #MovetheDial.

Watch me interview Catherine McKenna, former Minister of Environment and Climate Change for MaRSDD here.

COMMUNITY

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My experience as a refugee to Canada and the role of science in getting me to where I am, drive the volunteer work I do, as co‐founder of Tamil Women Rising and board member of Jumpstart Refugee Talent and Scientists in School.

STARTUPS

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In my former role, I was Vice President of Marketing and Demand Generation at a Toronto-based start-up called Eloqua, which was acquired by Oracle. I hold an Engineering degree from Queen’s University.  I love talking about the tech ecosystems, start-ups and innovation.

AWARDS

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Canadian Tamil Chamber of Commerce Most Outstanding Professional Award

Durham College Alumni of Distinction


Canadian Ethnic Media Association Award for Journalistic Excellence

PODCASTS

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Host of Colleges and Institutes Canada show Perspectives Live on the state of the education


Co-host of mini-podcast Perpetual Learning.

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SOME OF MY WORK

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AUDIO

One of my more than 100 columns on CBC Radio nationally on technology or education, here we talk about privacy issues around smartwatches for kids.

HOSTING

I step in as guest host for Ontario's weekend and Southern Ontario's weekday show, which means hosting two to three hours of invigorating live radio.

WRITING

For the CBC award-winning series Boldly Asian I co-created, we wrote about an Asian LGBTQ group in Toronto helping youth feel comfortable in their skin

TESTIMONIALS

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Manjula brings incredibly unique energy to any stage she graces. She is vibrant, inspiring and authentic, and truly was a delight to work with on the several occasions she spoke at our #movethedial events. I would endorse her as a speaker any (and every) day.

Jodi Kovitz, CEO, #movethedial

CONTACT ME

Feel free to get in touch with me about speaking and moderating opportunities, journalism projects, podcasting initiatives and great stories ideas.
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