[4] Borel has written and broadcast for many local and national programs on CBC Radio One, including Metro Morning, GO!, Q, Day 6 and As It Happens.
She has written for The Guardian, The Times of London, The Believer, The Globe and Mail, EnRoute, the Toronto Star, The Walrus, Salon.com, and Nerve.com.
"[8] Jay McInerney, New York Times bestselling author of How It Ended, called it funny, quirky and bittersweet.
In 2019, she was nominated for a Canadian Screenwriting Award for Best Drama Writing for episode 203 of Anne with an E. In December 2014, The Guardian published an article by Borel in which she described having been sexually harassed by former CBC Radio host Jian Ghomeshi while she was a producer for Q from 2007 to 2010.
In return Ghomeshi signed a peace bond and, in court, read a formal apology to Borel without acknowledging assault.
"No workplace friendship or creative environment excuses this sort of behaviour," he stated, "especially when there's a power imbalance as there was with Ms.
In a statement, head of public affairs Chuck Thompson said, "What Ms. Borel experienced in our workplace should never have happened and we sincerely apologize.