Phyllis Yaffe (born 1949) is a Canadian politician and media executive and the former Consul General of Canada in New York, United States.
Following this, she worked as a librarian at Seneca College in Toronto before becoming the executive director of the Canadian Children's Book Centre in 1976.
[2] Between 1973 and 1979 she launched and co-edited Emergency Librarian, alongside Sherrill Cheda, a publication focused on feminist issues in librarianship.
[2] Yaffe joined Alliance Atlantis Communications in 1993, subsequently serving in several C-suite and executive positions including as COO from 2004 to 2005 and CEO from 2005 to 2007.
[5] The aluminum and steel tariffs imposed on Canadian industries by the Trump Administration were a significant issue during her tenure, particularly in the Upstate New York areas of Buffalo and Rochester.