[2] Twenty-one years later she commented on the impact the journalism program had had on her:[2] Assuras has worked for CITY-TV and Global Television, including a stint as reporter and weekend anchor for CityPulse from 1985 to 1988.
She shared that anchor desk with Boyd Matson, fellow Canadian Kevin Newman, and Mark Mullen before leaving ABC in January 1997.
In a June 22, 1998 article in Maclean's,[3] Assuras commented on her reason for moving to the United States, saying "I wanted to live in a different country.
[4] She later anchored energyNOW!,[5] a half-hour weekly TV news-magazine and opinion program produced by the American Clean Skies Foundation; it aired first on WJLA-TV and later on Bloomberg Television.
"[6] Assuras is a founding member of The Next Generation Initiative,[7] a leadership program aimed at getting students involved in public affairs.