Augusta La Paix is a former Canadian radio personality, best known as the original host and co-creator of Brave New Waves.Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider, Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985-1995. ECW Press. .
Originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia,"Young nighthawks CBC's new quarry". The Globe and Mail, February 6, 1984. La Paix worked in Montreal as a freelance news reporter for CBC Radio and an occasional guest host of Morningside."Some who left their marks on 1983". The Globe and Mail, December 31, 1983. She was given Brave New Waves in 1984 after submitting a demo tape for a show on avant garde culture, featuring music by Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno, Klaus Nomi and Nina Hagen."Navigating the rock Brave New Waves". The Globe and Mail, May 26, 1984. In an early interview with The Globe and Mail, she told the newspaper that she was only a recent convert to underground music, having previously been primarily a fan of country music.
She left Brave New Waves in 1985, after one season,"Drainie and Lapaix quitting CBC Radio". The Globe and Mail, July 19, 1985. and moved on to other roles with the CBC, including stints as host of Cross Country Checkup,"Mr. Cool's a refreshing change". Toronto Star, August 27, 1987. Two New Hours, Arts National"Augusta LaPaix takes over at CBC's Arts National". Financial Post, July 27, 1992. and Home Run, the network's local afternoon program in Montreal."It's decision time for Daybreak: Race heads into homestretch". The Gazette, July 9, 1996.
She also narrated a number of documentary films in the 1980s and 1990s, including Canada's First Woman MP (a short by the NFB about Agnes Macphail), Adam's World, Just Before the Dawn, When the Day Comes (From Studio D about elder care) and Latin America: The Thirsty Cities.
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