Andrew Cohen (journalist)

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Andrew Zebulon Cohen
Born1955 [1]
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)Journalist, author, professor

Andrew Zebulon Cohen [2] [3] (born 1955) is a Canadian journalist, author, and professor of journalism at Carleton University's School of Journalism and Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. Cohen has written widely on international affairs and on Canadian politics. His books include A Deal Undone: The Making and Breaking of the Meech Lake Accord and Trudeau's Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Pierre Elliott Trudeau .

Cohen was born in Montreal, Quebec. He studied political science at McGill University, then took graduate degrees in journalism and international relations at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. From 1991 to 1993, he was a visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge. He also spent a year at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin. [4]

He has worked as a journalist for the Ottawa Citizen , United Press International, Time , the Financial Post , Saturday Night , and The Globe and Mail . At the Globe and Mail, he was a member of the editorial board and a columnist and foreign correspondent in Washington, D.C. Cohen has won two Canadian National Newspaper Awards, three National Magazine Awards, and the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal. [5]

He has written and co-edited six books, among them The Unfinished Canadian: The People We Are, and While Canada Slept: How We Lost Our Place in the World, which was a national bestseller and a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction. His other publications include the entry in the Extraordinary Canadians series on former Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson [4] and Lost Beneath the Ice: The Story of HMS Investigator . [6]

Cohen lives in Ottawa with his wife, Mary, and their two children, Rachel and Alexander.[ citation needed ]

Partial bibliography

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References

  1. ↑ "Cohen, Andrew, 1955-". id.loc.gov. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  2. ↑ Carleton University (1979). Convocation and Installation of the President and Vice-Chancellor W.E. Beckel, June 4 1979. Carleton University.
  3. ↑ Carleton University (1983). 78th Convocation, Fall 1983. Carleton University.
  4. 1 2 Ottawa Citizen. Biography: Andrew Cohen Archived 2018-11-23 at the Wayback Machine . Ottawa Citizen . Columnists. Retrieved on: 2009-11-21.
  5. ↑ Canadian Heritage. Canadian Voices: Speakers Archived October 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine . Canadian Voices. Retrieved on: 2009-11-21.
  6. ↑ Cohen, Andrew (2013). Lost Beneath the Ice: The Story of HMS Investigator. Toronto: Dundurn Press. ISBN   978-1-45971-949-1.
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