Jeffrey Simpson
| Jeffrey C. Simpson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jeffrey Carl Simpson February 17, 1949 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Jeffrey Carl Simpson, OC (born February 17, 1949), is a Canadian journalist. He has been The Globe and Mail's national affairs columnist for almost three decades. He has won all three of Canada's leading literary prizes — the Governor General's Award for non-fiction book writing, the National Magazine Award for political writing, and the National Newspaper Award [1] for column writing. He has also won the Hyman Solomon Award [2] for excellence in public policy journalism and the Donner Prize for the best public policy book by a Canadian. In January, 2000, he became an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Simpson retired from the Globe at the end of June 2016.
Simpson was born in New York City and moved to Canada when he was 10 years old. He was educated at the University of Toronto Schools. He graduated from Queen's University in 1971 in History and Political Science. While at Queen's he worked for the campus radio station CFRC. He won the University's Tricolour Award in his graduating year. He then went on to the London School of Economics. In 1972–1973, he worked as a Parliamentary Intern in Ottawa where he worked for Ed Broadbent. A year later, he joined The Globe and Mail newspaper.
His ongoing career with the Globe began at City Hall in Toronto and with coverage of Quebec politics. In 1977, he became a member of the paper's Ottawa bureau, and eighteen months later he was named The Globe and Mail's Ottawa bureau chief. From 1981–1983, Simpson served as The Globe and Mail's European correspondent based in London. Since January, 1984 he has written a critically acclaimed daily column on national affairs.
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