| 词条 | Jamie Swift |
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Jamie Swift is an award-winning Canadian journalist, author, and activist. His body of work has focused largely on issues of social justice, economy, environment, globalization, and politics. Swift was born in Montreal, Quebec where, in 1968, he pursued a degree in African Studies at McGill University.[1] Upon moving to Toronto in the mid-seventies, Swift became involved in the social activist community and subsequently began his writing career. In 1977, he published his first book, The Big Nickel: Inco at home and abroad, which examined the effect of nickel production in third world countries.[2] Over the course of his career, Swift has been published in numerous journals and newspapers, including The Globe and Mail,[3] The Montreal Gazette, The Kingston Whig Standard, and Briarpatch. Throughout the 1990s, he was a regular contributor on CBC's radio series Ideas.[4][5] Most recently, Swift has co-written a book with noted Canadian historian Ian McKay entitled Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety, released in May 2012. He currently lectures at the Queen's School of Business[6] in Kingston, Ontario.[7] AwardsIn 1996, Swift was awarded the Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Public Service Journalism. He received the award from Governor General Roméo LeBlanc in a ceremony on May 6, 1996 at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. R[4] Selected worksThe Big Nickel: Inco at Home and Abroad (1977) {{ISBN|978-0919946057}}Cut and Run: The Assault on Canada's Forests (1983) {{ISBN|978-0919946316}} Conflicts of Interest: Canada and the Third World (1991) {{ISBN|978-0921284413}} Wheel of Fortune: Work and Life in the Age of Falling Expectations (1995) {{ISBN|978-0921284895}} Civil Society in Question (1999) {{ISBN|978-1896357249}} Getting Started on Social Analysis in Canada, Fourth Edition (2003) {{ISBN|9781896357775}} Walking the Union Walk: Stories from the Communications, Energy, and Paperworkers Union (2003) {{ISBN|978-1896357744}} Hydro: The Decline and Fall of Ontario's Electric Empire (2004) {{ISBN|978-1-896357-88-1}} Persistent Poverty: Voices from the Margins (2010) {{ISBN|978-1-897071-73-1}} Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety (2012) {{ISBN|978-1-926662-77-0}} References1. ^{{cite web|title=Jamie Swift |url=http://www.writersunion.ca/ww_profile.asp?mem=25&L= |publisher=The Writers' Union of Canada |accessdate=April 13, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 2. ^{{cite web|last=Henderson|first=Patricia|title=Open Books: Eight local authors share their stories|url=http://www.kingstonlife.ca/sitepages/?aid=4262&cn=Features&an=FEATURES-Open%20Books|publisher=Kingston Life|accessdate=April 13, 2012}} 3. ^{{cite web|last=Swift|first=Jamie|title=A Shock to the System|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/a-shock-to-the-system/article442261/page1/|publisher=The Globe and Mail|accessdate=April 19, 2012}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|title=1995 Michener Awards Page|url=http://www.michenerawards.ca/english/winAward/winaward1995.htm#abbott|publisher=The Michener Awards Foundation|accessdate=April 13, 2012}} 5. ^{{cite web|title="Ideas" Catalog|url=http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/IDEAS-Catalog.pdf|publisher=CBC|accessdate=19 April 2012|pages=10, 14, 18, 71, 73, 86, 101, 103, 106}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Swift, Jamie |url=http://business.queensu.ca/faculty_and_research/faculty_list/jswift.php |work=Faculty List |publisher=Queen's School of Business |accessdate=19 April 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517091259/http://business.queensu.ca/faculty_and_research/faculty_list/jswift.php |archivedate=17 May 2013 |df= }} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Jamie Swift Profile|url=http://www.kingstonwritersfest.ca/authors/2011/swift.php|publisher=Kingston WritersFest|accessdate=April 13, 2012}} External links
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