| Linda Hughes | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | AOE |
| Chancellor of the University of Alberta | |
| Term Start: | 2008 |
| Term End: | 2012 |
| Predecessor: | John Thomas Ferguson |
| Successor: | Ralph B. Young |
| Birth Date: | 27 September 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Princeton, British Columbia, Canada |
| Alma Mater: | University of Victoria |
| Spouse: | George Ward (1978) |
| Occupation: | newspaper publisher |
Linda Jean Hughes, (born September 27, 1950) is a Canadian newspaper publisher.[1] She served as Chancellor of the University of Alberta from 2008 to 2012.[2] Hughes was educated at the University of Victoria (1972 Honours BA). She worked for the Edmonton Journal from 1976 to her retirement in 2006, eventually rising to the position of Publisher and President, the first woman in Canada to hold the position of publisher of a major newspaper.[3] [4] She serves on the board of Torstar.[5] In 2016, she was appointed to the Alberta Order of Excellence.[6]