Edward Greenspon

Topics

Presentations

The New Us: Understanding the New Canadian Mindset
Greenspon explores the new economic, social and cultural Canada - both the dramatic changes wrought by globalization and technological innovation and the more subtle shifts in our approach to work, health care and education.

Canada's Long March: The Social, Financial and Economic Repercussions of the Last 25 Years
Greenspon will retrace Canada's economic retreat through the last decades and offer provocative thoughts on where we're now headed.

The Next Generation of Canadian Leadership
New leaders will bring new ideas into the political arena. Learn about the contenders - their experience, beliefs and peccadilloes - from someone who knows them all.

Summary Profile

Edward Greenspon has most recently been appointed vice-president, business development at the Toronto Star and the Star Media Group. He will also be writing a weekly column for the paper.

Edward Greenspon is an award-winning author, columnist and the former Editor-in-Chief of The Globe and Mail from 2002-2009. His political, business and economic acumen offers a unique perspective on Canadian public policy.

Since leaving the Globe & Mail in 2009 has chaired The GPS Project, an initiative of the Toronto-based Canadian International Council aimed at producing a new global positioning strategy for Canada.

He is best known for his political and economic coverage, first as The Globe and Mail's Ottawa bureau chief and then as its political editor. His knowledge of the Canadian political scene is without peer. Greenspon's background in business and economic reporting grounds his work and adds contextual knowledge often lacking in the media. And his time as a foreign correspondent and more recently with the Canadian International Council provides him with a global view.

He is a pioneer in digital media in Canada as the founding editor of globeandmail.com and an expert in the interplay between media, society and politics.

Before joining The Globe and Mail, Ed lived and worked in Western Canada for five years. He understands Canada from a variety of vantage points.

Greenspon is a veteran public speaker and has appeared on CTV, CBC TV and Radio, TVOntario, CKNW among other broadcast media. He was co-host with Craig Oliver of CTV's weekly current affairs program, Question Period.

Highlights

• Former Editor-in-chief, The Globe and Mail
• A top-tier writer at The Globe and Mail for nearly 20 years
• Co-winner of the Douglas Purves Award for the best policy writing in Canada
• Winner of the Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism
• Author of Double Vision, The Inside Story of the Liberals in Power and Searching for Certainty: Understanding the New Canadian Mindset
• The Globe's first European business correspondent
• Founding editor of Globeandmail.com
• Commonwealth Scholar at the London School of Economics

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Institute on Governance

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 Warren Buffet, in a personal email dated, Sept. 19, 1997