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Jeffrey Carl Simpson (born 1949 in New York City, New York), is an influential Canadian journalist. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York For the past 23 years he has been The Globe and Mail's national affairs columnist. The Globe and Mail is a Canadian English language nationally distributed Newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities He has won all three of Canada's leading literary prizes — the Governor General's Award for non-fiction book writing, the National Magazine Award for political writing, and the National Newspaper Award [1] for column writing. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Governor General's Awards are named in honour of the Governor General of Canada, and are presented in a number of fields The National Magazine Awards are a prestigious series of American awards that honor excellence in the Magazine industry He has also won the Hyman Solomon Award [2] for excellence in public policy journalism. In January, 2000, he became an Officer of the Order of Canada. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Order of Canada is the highest civilian honour within the Canadian system of honours, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the order's Latin

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Biography

Simpson was born in New York and moved to Canada when he was 10 years old, when he studied at the University of Toronto Schools. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The University of Toronto Schools (UTS (founded in 1910 is an independent private Secondary school in downtown Toronto Canada for academically-gifted students throughout He graduated from Queen's University in 1971 in History and Political Science. Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational non-sectarian Public university located in Kingston, Ontario While at Queen's he wrote for the student newspaper The Queen's Journal, and worked for campus radio station CFRC. The Queen's Journal, or simply The Journal, is the main student-run newspaper at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario CFRC is the Campus radio station of Queen's University in Kingston Ontario, Canada. He won the University's Tricolour Award in his graduating year. He then went on to the London School of Economics. The London School of Economics and Political Science, more commonly referred to as The London School of Economics or LSE, is a specialist college of the In 1972–1973, he worked as a Parliamentary Intern in Ottawa where he worked for Ed Broadbent. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. John Edward "Ed" Broadbent PC, CC (born March 21, 1936 in Oshawa, Ontario) is a Canadian Social A year later, he joined The Globe and Mail newspaper.

Career

His ongoing career with the Globe began at City Hall in Toronto and with coverage of Quebec politics. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk In 1977, he became a member of the paper's Ottawa bureau, and eighteen months later he was named The Globe and Mail's Ottawa bureau chief. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. From 1981–1983, Simpson served as the The Globe and Mail's European correspondent based in London. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Since January, 1984 he has written a critically-acclaimed daily column on national affairs. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar)

He has written numerous magazine articles for such publications as Saturday Night, Report on Business Magazine, the Journal of Canadian Studies and Queen's Quarterly. Saturday Night is a Canadian general interest Magazine. It was founded in Toronto, Ontario in 1887 He has spoken at dozens of major conferences in Canada and internationally on a variety of domestic and international issues.

Mr. Simpson is a frequent and enthusiastic participant in regular political debate on radio or television, in French and in English. He has been a guest lecturer at such universities as Oxford, Edinburgh, Harvard, Princeton, Brigham Young, Johns Hopkins, Maine, California plus more than a dozen universities in Canada. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the The University of Edinburgh (Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann founded in 1582 is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. The University of Maine, established in 1865 is the Flagship University of the University of Maine System. The University of California ( UC) is a Public university system in the state of California. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page

In 1993–1994, Simpson was on leave from his column as a John S. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Knight fellow at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in Palo Alto (ˌpæloʊˈæltoʊ from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high" i He has been a Skelton-Clark fellow and Brockington Visitor at Queen's University. He has also been a John V. Clyne fellow at the University of British Columbia, a distinguished visitor at the University of Alberta and a member of the Georgetown University Leadership Seminar. The University of British Columbia ( UBC) is a Canadian public research University with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna The University of Alberta (U of A is a public research University located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Georgetown University is a Jesuit Private university located in Georgetown Washington D He has been awarded honorary doctorates of laws from the University of British Columbia and the University of Western Ontario. The University of Western Ontario (known as Western, as well as UWO or Western Ontario) is a public research University located in London

Simpson has been a member of the board of trustees at Queen's University; the board of overseers at Green College, University of British Columbia; the advisory board of the Review of Constitutional Studies at the University of Alberta; the editorial board of The Queen's Quarterly, and the Canadian Consortium for Asia-Pacific Security at York University and the University of Toronto. He has been vice-chairman of the City of Ottawa Library Board. Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality.

In 2006, Simpson was awarded the Charles Lynch Award in recognition of his outstanding coverage of national issues. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Charles Lynch Award is an annual award presented to a Canadian Journalist in recognition of outstanding coverage of national issues as selected by their colleagues

Simpson is also an outspoken critic of the monarchy of Canada and has written in favour of republicanism in his column [1]

Books authored

Simpson has authored seven books:

References

  1. ^ "When is Canada going to grow up?"
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