The Expo Story (1986), and Language in Her Eye (1990), and is the co-author of A Feminist Guide to the Canadian Constitution (1992). Since 2007, Wachtel has also hosted Wachtel on the Arts on Ideas. Awards and honours In 2002, Wachtel won the Jack Award for the promotion of Canadian books and authors. In 2011, Writers & Company won a Silver Prize at the New York Festivals for World's Best Radio Programs. Wachtel has been awarded nine honorary degrees, including a Doctor of Literature from Carleton University in Ottawa (2017), a Doctor of Laws from Concordia University in Montreal (2010), a Doctor of Letters from McGill University in Montreal (2009), a Doctor of Laws, from Dalhousie University in Halifax (2007), and the Doctor of Letters (D. Litt.) from Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. (2007); Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax (2002); Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver (2001); Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta (2000); St. Thomas University, Fredericton (1999). In 2004, Eleanor Wachtel was named to the Order of Canada, and in 2014 she was promoted from Member to Officer. In 2015, Wachtel was named to the Women's Executive Network's 100 Most Powerful Women list in the Arts & Communication field. References External links Writers and Company site on CBC.ca Records of Eleanor Wachtel are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books Living people Canadian feminists CBC Radio hosts Officers of the Order of Canada People from Montreal Anglophone Quebec people 1947 births Canadian women radio hosts