Mutsumi Takahashi

Mutsumi Takahashi is a Japanese-Canadian journalist. Since 1986, she has been one of the lead news presenters of CFCF-DT in Montreal, Quebec.

Early life and education After emigrating to Canada in 1963 from Shiroishi, Japan by way of Boston, Takahashi grew up in the Montreal suburb of Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec. When she was six years old, she was studying piano at the Toronto Conservatory of Music. She graduated from West Hill High School in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood of Montreal. After graduating from Vanier College in 1976, Takahashi graduated from Concordia University in 1979 with a BA degree in psychology.

Career

Early career While still a student, Takahashi’s first reporting experience came in the form of print media, radio, and television. She wrote for the Concordia University paper The Georgian, did radio for Concordia's station Radio Sir George, and hosted interviews for Concordia University TV (CUTV), ran by CFCF 12 (now known as CTV).

Takahashi is a notoriously private woman whose longstanding motto is "It's about the news. It's not about me. And it never will be."

Awards and honours In 2017, she received the highest honour from her journalistic peers: the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA).

In 2018, she was named to the Order of Canada, the highest civilian honour in the country. She got this honour for her 30 plus years of broadcasting and support of charities within the community.

In relation to being a member of the Order of Canada, she was able to serve as a citizenship judge for newly appointed Canadians. The goal of this campaign was to raise funds for the improvement of the MUHC's current and new sites.

She still currently sits on the McGill’s Beatty Memorial Fund Committee.

She is currently the Honorary Chair for The Campaign for Concordia. Her role is to bring awareness for Concordia University's goal to raise $250 million to upgrade and develop its educational facilities.