Margo Timmins

Social Work ’86
Co-founder, Pirate Radio & Television

When Margo Timmins graduated from the Social Work program in 1986, she probably had no idea just where her career was headed. Just one year earlier, she had formed the Cowboy Junkies with her brothers Michael and Peter, along with friend Alan Anton. Their first album, Whites Off Earth Now, was produced in their garage. A year after graduation from Ryerson, in November 1987, they recorded The Trinity Sessions in Toronto’s Church of the Holy Trinity. That critically acclaimed album sold over 1 million copies worldwide. With Cowboy Junkies, she has toured North America, Europe, Japan and Australia. In 2009 she released a solo album of covers. The band continues to tour extensively and is working on their 22nd studio album.