Graduated cum laude from the University of Ottawa in 1967 with a BA in
English and French literature.
National exposure came for Finlay in 1975, when she moved to Toronto to
co-host CBC's Take Thirty (1962). She hosted her own program, Finlay and Company,
in 1976 and 1977.
In 1981 she became co-host, with Barbara Frum, of CBC Television's
The Journal (1986).
Won a prestigious Martin Goodman Nieman Fellowship at Harvard
University.
Has been host of CBC Radio One's 'As It Happens' since September 1997.