Prof. Rauhala, who has a Master’s degree in English from the University of Toronto and studied journalism at Ryerson University, spent 16 years at The Globe and Mail, where she worked as an editor, beat reporter, and featured columnist. From 1994 to 1997 she was a television reporter for CBC television’s The National Magazine, and was the senior editor of Counter Spin until 1999. In 2000, she worked as an editor at the Toronto Star. Prof. Rauhala won an award from the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women for her beat reporting. The Globe‘s foreign desk received numerous National Newspaper Awards and honourable mentions during her five years as foreign editor. Prof. Rauhala was originator and editor of The Lucky Ones, a collection of memoirs by families who have adopted children from China. In 2010 she won the Faculty of Communication and Design’s Dean’s Teaching Award.