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Sarah B. Hood,
MA
Professor
Biography
Sarah B. Hood has built a national reputation as a journalist and book author focusing on topics like business, food, culture, urban life and sustainability. She has published hundreds of articles in such outlets as the National Post, The Globe and Mail and Canadian Business. Her most recent book, Jams, Jellies and Marmalades: A Global History (part of Reaktion Books’ esteemed Edible series), has been republished in Japanese and Arabic.
She has taught at George Brown Polytechnic since 1998, initially in the Centre for Construction and Engineering Technologies (CCET). Now, with the School of Design, she teaches communications and fashion courses. She has designed courses on journalism and business writing specifically for fashion students. Students in her journalism course publish a fashion magazine called Oh, George! She has served as creative director of the year-end fashion show, THREADS, since 2018.
Academic Credentials
MA, Near Eastern Studies, University of Toronto
BA (Honours), Classics, Concordia University
Diploma, Fine Arts, CÉGEP de Vieux-Montreal
Areas of Specialization
Communications
Fashion
Areas of Expertise
journalism
print & digital writing & publishing
design & culture
social history (especially culinary and costume history)
family enterprise & governance
sustainability policy & practice
construction
Career Highlights
Contributing editor with the award-winning Spacing magazine
Former columnist for The National Post
Guest lecturer for museums, historical societies and such organizations as The Canadian Institute, Humber College Public Relations Diploma Program, Sheridan College Journalism Program, Toronto Public Library and Word on the Street (Toronto).
Other Activities
Culinary Historians of Canada (past president & honorary life member)
Past member: Association of Cultural Executives, Canadian Theatre Critics Association (president), Caribbean Cultural Committee/Caribana, Costume Society of Ontario, du Maurier Ltd World Stage Festival (advisory committee), Festival of Canadian Theatre (vice chair), Todmorden Mills Museum and Cultural Centre (management board)
Awards
Shortlisted, National Magazine Awards (consumer & B2B) multiple years
Shortlisted, Taste Canada, the Food Writing Awards, 2012