Alissa Golob

Golob was born and raised in Sarnia, Ontario, the oldest of nine children.^[2]

Golob's mother was pregnant with her as a teenager, and nearly chose to have an abortion, but changed her mind against her doctor's advice.^[3]

As a young teenager, Golob saw a photograph of an aborted fetus, and was determined to participate in the Canadian anti-abortion movement.^[4] In addition to her activism, she volunteers with Big Brothers Big Sisters and Out of the Cold.^[5]

In 2009, she graduated from Redeemer University College with a bachelor's degree in General Studies and Humanities.^[6]

Golob married her husband in 2020, and has three children.^[7]

From 2010 to 2016,^[8] Golob worked as Youth Coordinator and Elections Team Member at Campaign Life Coalition.^[9]

She was an organizer for the Canadian March for Life, and Campaign Life Coalition's Defund Abortion campaign; which sought to remove abortion services from provincial funding.^[5][10]

In 2015, she led the #No2Trudeau campaign, a joint effort of Campaign Life Coalition and the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform, which criticized then-politician Justin Trudeau's abortion stance.^[3][11] The campaign attracted significant attention during the 2015 Canadian federal election.^[12][13][14]

She has been interviewed by the CBC, CTV, The Huffington Post, Toronto Star,^[15] MTV and other outlets.^[16]

She has received "violent hate mail" as a result of her activism, but noted that she is sympathetic to the authors because "they are often reaching out from the pain they have internalized following an abortion."^[4]

In 2013, she appeared at the United Nations for the 57th Commission on the Status of Women with an anti-abortion delegation.^[17]

In 2016, Golob publicly left Campaign Life Coalition, citing that "a void in the pro-life movement needed to be filled" and "I was stuck in a self-perpetuating organization with no political successes under their belt in the last two decades."^[18][19]

Later that year, she co-founded the political organization RightNow with her business partner Scott Hayward.^[20]

Golob took an active role in the 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership race, endorsing Andrew Scheer, Brad Trost and Pierre Lemieux.^[21][22]

She also took part in the 2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership race, endorsing Leslyn Lewis and Derek Sloan.^[23]

Golob's organization endorsed Leslyn Lewis in the 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election.