Andrew Nikiforuk

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Andrew Nikiforuk (born 1955) is a Canadian journalist and author. His writing has appeared in many outlets, including Saturday Night , Maclean's , Alberta Views , Alternatives Journal , and national newspapers. He has won multiple National Magazine Awards for his work. [1] In 1990, the Toronto Star awarded him an Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy to study AIDS and the failure of public health policy. [2] He has also published numerous books, including Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Oil, which won the Governor General's Award in 2002 [3] and Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent, which won the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award for 2008-09 from the Society of Environmental Journalists. [4]

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In 2010, Nikiforuk became The Tyee's first writer in residence.

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