Andrew Nikiforuk

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]

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

  1. ^ "4 awards and a total of citations and nominations for the National Magazine Awards". Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  2. ^ "Atkinson Foundation website". Archived from the original on April 7, 2008.
  3. ^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2006.
  4. ^ Winners: SEJ 8th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment, Society of Environmental Journalists, 2009, retrieved 2014-05-27