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Mark Bourrie

February 04, 2023

Mark Bourrie (born 1959 or 1960)[1] is a Canadian journalist and author. He has worked as a contract lecturer at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa. In 2020, his biography of Pierre-Esprit Radisson, Bushrunner: The Adventures of Pierre Radisson, won the RBC Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction.[2][1]

Education

Bourrie graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Waterloo.[3] He also holds a diploma in public policy and administration from the University of Guelph, a master's degree in journalism from Carleton University, a doctorate in Canadian media history from the University of Ottawa, and a law degree in from the University of Ottawa.[4] He is a member of the Ontario bar.[5]

Bourrie's PhD thesis was on Canada's World War II press censorship system and was published by Douglas & McIntyre as "The Fog of War".[6][7]

Career

He worked for two decades as a freelance journalist and feature writer, primarily for The Globe and Mail from 1981 to 1989 and the Toronto Star from 1989 to 1999 and sporadically since then, and maintained a blog.[8] He was Parliamentary correspondent for the Law Times from 1994 until 2006. He also wrote for the InterPress Service, the United Nations-sponsored news and feature service. By the late 1990s, he had branched out from newspaper freelance work to book and magazine writing. He won a 1999 National Magazine Award gold award for his Ottawa City Magazine article, "The System That Killed Santa"[9] and the Ontario Community Newspaper Association's award for 2007 Columnist of the Year for his work in the Ottawa City Journal.[10]

Bourrie became a contract lecturer in Carleton University's history department and the University of Ottawa's Canadian studies department.[11][12] He was also a member of Canada's Parliamentary Press Gallery and an expert and author on propaganda and censorship.[12]

In a 2012 article, Bourrie stated that the Chinese government-owned Xinhua News Agency asked him to collect information on the Dalai Lama by exploiting his journalistic access to the Parliament of Canada.[13][14][15] Bourrie stated that he was asked to write for Xinhua in 2009 and sought advice from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), but was ignored. Bourrie stated that the request for information about the Dalai Lama caused him to refuse to continue to write articles for Xinhua.

In April 2015, during the fraud trial of Senator Mike Duffy, Bourrie testified that he received an unsolicited cheque for $500 from Duffy, after spending an estimated 80–100 hours combating internet trolls who had posted material about Duffy, including editing Duffy's Wikipedia entry.[16][17] Bourrie testified that he did not recall asking for payment and that his research services would usually run $100 per hour. Christopher Waddell, a journalism professor and former Parliament Hill correspondent, said it was "inappropriate" for Bourrie, as a journalist, to accept paid work from Duffy.[18]

In 2021, Bourrie, was the lawyer retained by Ottawa Life Magazine to defend against a defamation lawsuit filed by then Ottawa Police Service chief Peter Sloly. Sloly alleged that an article published by the magazine falsely and maliciously painted him as mismanaging misogyny problems within the force.[19]

Personal life

Bourrie is originally from the North Simcoe area of Ontario.[20][21] He is married to Marion Van de Wetering, a federal government lawyer.[22]

Books

Bourrie is a bestselling author and has written several non-fiction books.[20] The Globe and Mail described Bushrunner: The Adventures of Pierre Radisson, his biography of French fur trader and adventurer Pierre Radisson, as "a significant contribution to the history of 17th-century North America".[23] The book won the RBC Taylor Prize for non-fiction in 2020, the last time the prize was awarded.[2]

Bibliography

  • Chicago of the North. Annan and Sons, 1993.
  • Ninety Fathoms Down. Toronto: Dundurn, 1995.
  • The Parliament Buildings. Toronto: Dundurn, 1996.
  • By Reason of Insanity: The David Michael Krueger Story. Toronto: Dundurn, 1997.
  • Flim Flam. Toronto: Dundurn, 1998.
  • Parliament. Toronto: Key Porter, 1999. (preface to Malak Karsh's photo essay on Parliament Hill)
  • Hemp. Toronto: Key Porter, 2004.
  • True Canadian Stories of the Great Lakes. Toronto: Key Porter/Prospero, 2005.
  • Many a Midnight Ship. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press/Toronto: Key Porter, 2005.
  • The Fog of War. Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre, 2011.[6]
  • Fighting Words: Canada's Best War Reporting. Toronto: Dundurn, 2012
  • Kill the Messengers: Stephen Harper's Assault on Your Right to Know. Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2015[24]
  • The Killing Game: Martyrdom, Murder and the Lure of ISIS. Toronto: HarperCollins Canada 2016[25][26]
  • Bushrunner: The Adventures of Pierre Radisson. Windsor: Biblioasis, 2019[23]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Dundas, Deborah (March 2, 2020). "Winner of last RBC Taylor prize chokes back tears: 'I wondered if anybody cared about what I wrote'". Toronto Star. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Journalist and historian Mark Bourrie wins final RBC Taylor Prize". CTV News. Canadian Press. March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  3. ^ Bourrie, Mark. "Kill the Messengers: Stephen Harper's Assault on Your Right to Know". College Quarterly. The College Quarterly, Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "Alumni Community - uOttawa".
  5. ^ . Law Society of Ontario. Archived from the original on January 27, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Bestsellers - Week of August 29th, 2011". Macleans.ca. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  7. ^ Quill, Greg (January 6, 2011). "Canadian book publisher Key Porter shuts down". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  8. ^ Barrera, Jorge (February 15, 2006). . Ottawa Sun. Sun Media. Archived from the original on April 28, 2006. Retrieved June 8, 2019. An Ottawa blogger is facing a libel suit ...
  9. ^ "National Magazine Awards Archive". National Magazine Awards. National Media Awards Foundation. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  10. ^ . Ontario Community Newspapers Association. April 5, 2008. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  11. ^ "Mark Bourrie, Contract Instructor". Carleton University, Department of History. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Mark Bourrie". Huff Post Canada. HuffPost. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  13. ^ Carlson, Kathryn Blaze (August 22, 2012). "China's state-run news agency being used to monitor critics in Canada: reporter". National Post.
  14. ^ The Canadian Press (August 22, 2012). "Reporter says Chinese news agency asked him to spy". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  15. ^ Bourrie, Mark. "THE EX FILES: Journalist Mark Bourrie's behind-the-scenes account of his two years in the employ of Xinhua". Ottawa Magazine.
  16. ^ Galloway, Gloria (April 17, 2015). "Duffy paid journalist to combat 'trolls' online, trial told". Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  17. ^ "Mike Duffy's payment for combating Internet trolls was funnelled through a friend's firm, court hears". National Post. April 17, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  18. ^ Akin, David (April 9, 2015). "Duffy, as Senator, Paid Journalists". Canadaland. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  19. ^ Dimmock, Gary (August 3, 2021). "Ottawa Life Magazine stands by its scathing portrait of Ottawa police: court filings". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  20. ^ a b Mealing, Travis (October 29, 2016). "Did you know these famous Canadians are from north Simcoe?". Simcoe.com. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  21. ^ "Why this Ottawa lawyer is quitting social media". CBC News. January 6, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  22. ^ "Mark Bourrie". kingstonwritersfest.ca. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  23. ^ a b "Author Mark Bourrie captures the disturbing, historic adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  24. ^ Hannay, Chris (January 30, 2015). "Kill the Messengers: Stephen Harper and how our elected leaders meddle with the media". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  25. ^ Behrens, Matthew (March 10, 2016). "The Killing Game: Martyrdom, Murder and the Lure of ISIS". Reviews. Quill & Quire. Toronto: St. Joseph Communications. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  26. ^ (PDF). Retail Council of Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 5, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2016.

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Mark Bourrie born 1959 or 1960 1 is a Canadian journalist and author He has worked as a contract lecturer at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa In 2020 his biography of Pierre Esprit Radisson Bushrunner The Adventures of Pierre Radisson won the RBC Taylor Prize for literary non fiction 2 1 Contents 1 Education 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Books 4 1 Bibliography 5 See also 6 ReferencesEducationBourrie graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Waterloo 3 He also holds a diploma in public policy and administration from the University of Guelph a master s degree in journalism from Carleton University a doctorate in Canadian media history from the University of Ottawa and a law degree in from the University of Ottawa 4 He is a member of the Ontario bar 5 Bourrie s PhD thesis was on Canada s World War II press censorship system and was published by Douglas amp McIntyre as The Fog of War 6 7 CareerHe worked for two decades as a freelance journalist and feature writer primarily for The Globe and Mail from 1981 to 1989 and the Toronto Star from 1989 to 1999 and sporadically since then and maintained a blog 8 He was Parliamentary correspondent for the Law Times from 1994 until 2006 He also wrote for the InterPress Service the United Nations sponsored news and feature service By the late 1990s he had branched out from newspaper freelance work to book and magazine writing He won a 1999 National Magazine Award gold award for his Ottawa City Magazine article The System That Killed Santa 9 and the Ontario Community Newspaper Association s award for 2007 Columnist of the Year for his work in the Ottawa City Journal 10 Bourrie became a contract lecturer in Carleton University s history department and the University of Ottawa s Canadian studies department 11 12 He was also a member of Canada s Parliamentary Press Gallery and an expert and author on propaganda and censorship 12 In a 2012 article Bourrie stated that the Chinese government owned Xinhua News Agency asked him to collect information on the Dalai Lama by exploiting his journalistic access to the Parliament of Canada 13 14 15 Bourrie stated that he was asked to write for Xinhua in 2009 and sought advice from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service CSIS but was ignored Bourrie stated that the request for information about the Dalai Lama caused him to refuse to continue to write articles for Xinhua In April 2015 during the fraud trial of Senator Mike Duffy Bourrie testified that he received an unsolicited cheque for 500 from Duffy after spending an estimated 80 100 hours combating internet trolls who had posted material about Duffy including editing Duffy s Wikipedia entry 16 17 Bourrie testified that he did not recall asking for payment and that his research services would usually run 100 per hour Christopher Waddell a journalism professor and former Parliament Hill correspondent said it was inappropriate for Bourrie as a journalist to accept paid work from Duffy 18 In 2021 Bourrie was the lawyer retained by Ottawa Life Magazine to defend against a defamation lawsuit filed by then Ottawa Police Service chief Peter Sloly Sloly alleged that an article published by the magazine falsely and maliciously painted him as mismanaging misogyny problems within the force 19 Personal lifeBourrie is originally from the North Simcoe area of Ontario 20 21 He is married to Marion Van de Wetering a federal government lawyer 22 BooksBourrie is a bestselling author and has written several non fiction books 20 The Globe and Mail described Bushrunner The Adventures of Pierre Radisson his biography of French fur trader and adventurer Pierre Radisson as a significant contribution to the history of 17th century North America 23 The book won the RBC Taylor Prize for non fiction in 2020 the last time the prize was awarded 2 Bibliography Chicago of the North Annan and Sons 1993 Ninety Fathoms Down Toronto Dundurn 1995 The Parliament Buildings Toronto Dundurn 1996 By Reason of Insanity The David Michael Krueger Story Toronto Dundurn 1997 Flim Flam Toronto Dundurn 1998 Parliament Toronto Key Porter 1999 preface to Malak Karsh s photo essay on Parliament Hill Hemp Toronto Key Porter 2004 True Canadian Stories of the Great Lakes Toronto Key Porter Prospero 2005 Many a Midnight Ship Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press Toronto Key Porter 2005 The Fog of War Vancouver Douglas amp McIntyre 2011 6 Fighting Words Canada s Best War Reporting Toronto Dundurn 2012 Kill the Messengers Stephen Harper s Assault on Your Right to Know Toronto HarperCollins Canada 2015 24 The Killing Game Martyrdom Murder and the Lure of ISIS Toronto HarperCollins Canada 2016 25 26 Bushrunner The Adventures of Pierre Radisson Windsor Biblioasis 2019 23 See alsoList of University of Waterloo peopleReferences a b Dundas Deborah March 2 2020 Winner of last RBC Taylor prize chokes back tears I wondered if anybody cared about what I wrote Toronto Star Retrieved March 2 2020 a b Journalist and historian Mark Bourrie wins final RBC Taylor Prize CTV News Canadian Press March 2 2020 Retrieved March 2 2020 Bourrie Mark Kill the Messengers Stephen Harper s Assault on Your Right to Know College Quarterly The College Quarterly Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology Retrieved December 5 2021 Alumni Community uOttawa Lawyer Contact Information Law Society of Ontario Archived from the original on January 27 2019 Retrieved January 26 2019 a b Bestsellers Week of August 29th 2011 Macleans ca Retrieved April 3 2019 Quill Greg January 6 2011 Canadian book publisher Key Porter shuts down Toronto Star Retrieved June 17 2019 Barrera Jorge February 15 2006 Prince of Darkness sues blogger Ottawa Sun Sun Media Archived from the original on April 28 2006 Retrieved June 8 2019 An Ottawa blogger is facing a libel suit National Magazine Awards Archive National Magazine Awards National Media Awards Foundation Retrieved June 19 2019 Better Newspaper Awards Ontario Community Newspapers Association April 5 2008 Archived from the original on May 15 2008 Retrieved June 18 2019 Mark Bourrie Contract Instructor Carleton University Department of History Retrieved April 3 2019 a b Mark Bourrie Huff Post Canada HuffPost Retrieved April 3 2019 Carlson Kathryn Blaze August 22 2012 China s state run news agency being used to monitor critics in Canada reporter National Post The Canadian Press August 22 2012 Reporter says Chinese news agency asked him to spy Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Retrieved August 22 2012 Bourrie Mark THE EX FILES Journalist Mark Bourrie s behind the scenes account of his two years in the employ of Xinhua Ottawa Magazine Galloway Gloria April 17 2015 Duffy paid journalist to combat trolls online trial told Globe and Mail Retrieved March 26 2019 Mike Duffy s payment for combating Internet trolls was funnelled through a friend s firm court hears National Post April 17 2015 Retrieved March 26 2019 Akin David April 9 2015 Duffy as Senator Paid Journalists Canadaland Retrieved March 26 2019 Dimmock Gary August 3 2021 Ottawa Life Magazine stands by its scathing portrait of Ottawa police court filings Ottawa Citizen Retrieved February 15 2022 a b Mealing Travis October 29 2016 Did you know these famous Canadians are from north Simcoe Simcoe com Retrieved April 3 2019 Why this Ottawa lawyer is quitting social media CBC News January 6 2019 Retrieved May 29 2019 Mark Bourrie kingstonwritersfest ca Retrieved April 3 2019 a b Author Mark Bourrie captures the disturbing historic adventures of Pierre Esprit Radisson The Globe and Mail Toronto April 2 2019 Retrieved April 3 2019 Hannay Chris January 30 2015 Kill the Messengers Stephen Harper and how our elected leaders meddle with the media The Globe and Mail Toronto Retrieved June 17 2019 Behrens Matthew March 10 2016 The Killing Game Martyrdom Murder and the Lure of ISIS Reviews Quill amp Quire Toronto St Joseph Communications Retrieved June 17 2019 Independent Bookseller List PDF Retail Council of Canada Archived from the original PDF on August 5 2016 Retrieved May 26 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mark Bourrie amp oldid 1104423704, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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