Specials Producer, Metro Morning – CBC Radio

Mary Wiens is an award-winning journalist and producer who can be heard weekdays on CBC Radio One’s # 1 morning show, Metro Morning on 99.1 FM in Toronto. Mary studied journalism at Ryerson University and has been with the CBC for 25 years. Her career began as a copy clerk at the CBC studios on Parliament Street in Cabbagetown, Toronto and then as a news reporter for radio before she moved into Current Affairs programming on shows such as Sunday Morning, Later the Same Day and Ontario Today.

For the last 10 years you have heard Mary’s voice and compelling stories broadcast on CBC Radio One 99.1′s METRO MORNING. Her reporting series, “Growing Up Without Men” about absent fathers, and the Gabriel Award winning “Stolen Children” – portraits of First Nation’s men and women who survived the Residential School system – are examples of universal stories and themes that Mary shares with us through the lens of the diverse communities that make up Toronto. Series like “Green Grows Up” looks at new green retrofit technologies for high-rise buildings and informs us about innovations and new ideas that are shaping our city for the future. Mary has a deep commitment and is actively involved in her downtown Toronto community. Her passion about this city is clear through the stories she shares with her listeners and how she lives each day in Toronto.