Mary Ito

While studying English at the University of Toronto, Ito became involved in the campus media outlets of The Varsity and what later became CIUT-FM.^[3] Her first published work was a review panning the 1980 film Just Tell Me What You Want.^[4]

After graduation in 1981,^[5] she later attended Ryerson Polytechnical Institute's Radio and Television program for one year,^[5] before being offered a full-time position at CFRB.^[6] After CFRB, she became a reporter and weekend anchor for CFTO-TV and then moved to become a reporter at Global.^[2] She then hosted TVOntario's More to Life and Second Opinion, before becoming the host of CBC Television's Living in Toronto.^[2]

Ito lives in Toronto with her husband, Dr Carlo Ammendolia, and they have two sons and a daughter.^[5]