2010
Shushma Datt
For the past 37 years, Shushma has been dedicated to encouraging inter-cultural harmony and cross-cultural understanding. Raised in Kenya, Shushma graduated from the University of New Delhi, India and moved to London, England working with the BBC, producing and hosting her own radio program for several years and was also a foreign correspondent for the Times of India.
In the years since arriving in BC, Shushma has been involved in virtually all the media that have incorporated a South Asian component. Shushma launched the world’s first 24-hour dedicated radio station for South Asians, outside of India and became the first woman in Canadian history to be awarded a CRTC radio license. Regarded as a media pioneer and a veteran, respected broadcaster, Shushma is also President and CEO of i.t. Media Broadcasting, Western Canada’s largest South Asian media organization.
She has received many awards and certificates of recognition, including the Order of British Columbia, the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Commemorative Medal, the Humanitarian Award from the Vancouver Multicultural Society, the YWCA’s “Woman of Distinction” Award.
Shushma has also served her community as a director for both VGH and Mount St. Joseph’s Hospitals. She is currently a sitting board member for the MS Society of Canada.
