Andrew Nikiforuk
Andrew Nikiforuk(born 1955) is a Canadian journalist and author. His writing has appeared in many outlets, includingSaturday Night,Maclean's,Alberta Views,Alternatives Journal,and national newspapers. He has won multiple National Magazine Awards for his work.[1]In 1990, theToronto Starawarded him an Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy to study AIDS and the failure of public health policy.[2]He has also published numerous books, includingSaboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Oil,which won theGovernor General's Award in 2002[3]andTar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent,which won the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award for 2008-09 from theSociety of Environmental Journalists.[4]
In 2010, Nikiforuk becameThe Tyee'sfirst writer in residence.
Awards
[edit]- 1989:Centre for Investigative Journalism Awardin themagazinecategory for a 1988 article inReport on Businessabout the decline of the prairie wheat economy.[5]
- 1990: Centre for Investigative Journalism Award in themagazinecategory that he shared with Ed Struzik for the 1989 article "The Great Forest Sell-Off" inReport on Business.[6]
- 2002:Governor General's Literary Award for Non-fictionforSaboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Oil
- 2009:Rachel Carson Environment Book AwardforTar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent
Books
[edit]- School's Out: The Catastrophe in Public Education and What We Can Do About It,Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1993, Hardcover, 207 pages, 978-0-92191-248-4
- Fourth Horseman: A Short History of Epidemics, Plagues, Famines & Other Scourges,Viking Canada, 1991, Hardcover, 200 pages, 978-0-67083-122-7
- Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Big Oil,Macfarlane, Walter & Ross, 2002, Paperback, 296 pages, 978-1-55199-101-6
- Pandemonium: Bird Flu, Mad Cow Disease and Other Biological Plagues of the 21st Century,Viking Canada (AHC), Hardcover, 320 pages, 978-0-67004-519-8
- Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent,Greystone Books, April 2010, paperback, 208 pages,ISBN978-1-55365-555-8
- Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America's Great Forests,Greystone Books, August 2011, paperback, 240 pages,ISBN978-1-55365-510-7
- The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude,Greystone Books, September 2012, hardcover, 296 pages,ISBN978-1-55365-978-5
- Nikiforuk, Andrew (2015).Slick Water: Fracking and One Insider's Stand Against the World's Most Powerful Industry.Vancouver: Greystone Books.ISBN978-1-77164-076-3.
References
[edit]- ^"4 awards and a total of citations and nominations for the National Magazine Awards".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-02-07.Retrieved2008-04-07.
- ^"Atkinson Foundation website".Archived fromthe originalon April 7, 2008.
- ^"Wayback Machine"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 24 September 2006.
- ^Winners: SEJ 8th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment,Society of Environmental Journalists,2009,retrieved2014-05-27
- ^"Vancouver Sun reporters earn honorable mention".The Vancouver Sun.Vol. 104, no. 24. June 5, 1989. p. B2 – viaNewspapers.com.
- ^"Canadian journalists win honors".The Ottawa Citizen.June 4, 1990. p. F8.
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