Op-eds

After a distinguished career in journalism, Sen. Paula Simons was appointed to the Red Chamber in 2018. She is currently a columnist for Alberta Views magazine and her work has also appeared in the CBC, Maclean's, the Ottawa Citizen and the Hill Times.

Please find below a list of all of her published op-eds since being appointed.

Date	Title	Publication
2021-12-06	Simons: Air traffic control towers in Fort McMurray and across Canada must be saved	Fort McMurray Today
2020-12-26	All Aboard! Alberta should choo-choose rail	Alberta Views
2020-10-28	My Mother’s Story	Alberta Views
2020-09-28	PAULA SIMONS : «NOUS DEVRIONS AVOIR HONTE»	Le Franco
2020-09-11	Simons: Will University of Ottawa save Alberta's historic Campus Saint-Jean?	Edmonton Journal
2020-09-01	Big Beef: Hard questions of an iconic industry	Alberta Views
2020-06-01	Finding Fortitude: Canada’s most powerful memorial	Alberta Views
2020-03-20	Fates Intertwined: Alberta and Quebec, joined by pipe	Alberta Views
2020-01-01	The Story of Joseph Lewis: Diversity is Alberta’s strength	Alberta Views
2019-08-29	OPINION \| Paula Simons: What it's like as a reporter embedded in the Canadian Senate	CBC
2019-07-01	Paula Simons: My Canada includes Alberta	CBC
2019-05-21	No, I haven’t broken the Senate	Maclean’s
2019-04-10	Public works require public input, but can't be hamstrung by it	Hill Times
2019-02-25	Simons: Opening the door on the Chamber of Secrets (a.k.a. the Senate)	Ottawa Citizen
2018-10-05	Paula Simons: I've been traded to the senators. But I'll always cheer for Edmonton	Edmonton Journal

"Our diversity has always been our strength, even when we didn’t realize, much less celebrate, it."

- Sen. Paula Simons in Alberta Views