John Fraser (journalist)
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John Fraser | |
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4th Master of Massey College | |
In office 1995–2014 | |
Preceded by | Ann Saddlemyer |
Succeeded by | Hugh Segal |
Personal details | |
Born | John Anderson Fraser June 5, 1944 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Spouse | Elizabeth MacCallum |
Children | 3 daughters |
Occupation | Journalist, writer, academic |
Awards | Order of Canada |
John Anderson Fraser
As a journalist, Fraser received multiple national awards and chaired the Canadian Journalism Foundation until 2008. He initiated and taught a course on Canadian newspaper history at St. Michael's College, University of Toronto.[1][2]
Education
During his teenage years, Fraser attended four high schools: Toronto's
Career
Journalism
At 16, Fraser started summer work as a copy boy and junior reporter at the
Fraser's journalism has been published in many leading international journals and newspapers, including
Much later, two years after retiring from Massey College in June 2015, he returned to the world of journalism as the founding President and CEO of the National NewsMedia Council of Canada, formed from five former press councils across the country. In that role, he forged a new media dispute resolution organization that now represents over 500 daily and weekly newspapers, digital news media platforms, magazines, and campus publications. In 2018, he was named the first Executive Chair of the NNC.
Massey College
In 1995, Fraser was elected the master of Massey College and chair of its governing corporation to a seven-year term and was subsequently re-elected to two further seven-year terms. Among his achievements at Massey have been a $3.5-million renovation to the Robertson Davies Library, St. Catherine's Chapel and handicap access to the college. Other achievements include increasing its endowment to approximately $12,000,000 ($7,577,184 in the college's 2005 tax return and $4,000,000 held for student bursaries at the U of T's School of Graduate Studies). Other achievements include tripling the number of senior fellows and increasing the number of non-resident junior fellows; creating bursary support to non-resident junior fellows; pioneering academic support programs for "Writers in Exile" and "Scholars at Risk"; and establishing the Quadrangle Society in 1997 which extended the college's mandate to be a bridge community between "town and gown". The Quadrangle Society originally started with 99 (one fewer member than the Junior Fellowship at the suggestion of the then don of hall, Marc Ozon), and has now expanded to over 200. He has taught university courses at York University (drama criticism) and the University of Toronto (Canadian culture, and currently the history of Canadian newspapers). At Massey, he founded the Canadian Institute for the Study of the Crown in Canada. In addition, he led the process that saw the College’s St. Catherine’s Chapel named by Queen Elizabeth as the third “chapel royal” in Canada following an association with the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation. Fraser retired as master of Massey College in 2014 when he was named Master Emeritus and was appointed Founding Patron of the Quadrangle Society. He was succeeded by Hugh Segal, retired Senator from Ontario.
Awards
Fraser has received honorary degrees from
Personal life
Fraser is married to Elizabeth MacCallum,
Selected bibliography
- Kain and Augustyn, 1977
- The Chinese: Portrait of a People, 1980
- Telling Tales, 1985
- Saturday Night Lives! Selected Diaries, 1995.
- Stolen China (novel), 1996[13][14]
- Eminent Canadians: Candid Tales of Then and Now, 2000[5]
- Mad About the Bay (with Elizabeth MacCallum), 2004ISBN 978-1-5526-3274-1.
- The Secret of the Crown: Canada's Affair with Royalty, 2012, House of Anansi Press, Toronto, ISBN 978-1-77089-035-0
- The Master’s Menagerie: Gaudy Night Bedtime Stories, 2014, The Battered Box Press, Toronto, ISBN 978-1-55246-942-2.
References
- ^ "John Fraser is armed for the cottage". Globe and Mail. July 17, 2009. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- ^ Fraser, John (Autumn 2006). "Great Profs". UofT Magazine. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- ^ Robison, Peter (November 18, 2005). "Conrad Black, Student of Great Men, Lost Empire Built on Clout". Bloomberg. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- ^ Fraser, John (Summer 2006). "Life Ever After". UofT Magazine. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- ^ a b Penny, Laura (May 1, 2000). "Reality check (National Post media columnist publishes Eminent Canadians)". Toronto Life. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- ^ Mietkiewicz, Henry (July 17, 1987). "John Fraser new Saturday Night editor". Toronto Star. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- ^ Mietkiewicz, Henry (February 22, 1994). "Editor leaving Saturday Night". Toronto Star. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- ^ "Red Kelly among those named to Order of Canada". CTV Winnipeg. January 14, 2002. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- ^ a b Garwood-Jones, Alison (June 2004). "Mad About the Bay by John Fraser and Elizabeth MacCallum, William Harris, illus". Quill & Quire. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- ^ Flavelle, Dana (February 1, 2009). "Blasting off into space with Massey mementoes". Toronto Star. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- ^ "Contributors". Northern Lights: An Anthology of Contemporary Christian Writing in Canada. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- ^ "Arms for the League Proclaimed at Toronto Ceremony February 6th". The Monarchist League of Canada. May 4, 2000. Archived from the original on July 8, 2009. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- ^ Harvey, Dona (December 28, 2006). "Chinese puzzle: First-time novelist has great start and finish but a weak middle". Toronto Star. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- ^ Wigston, Nancy (November 23, 2006). "China novel covers wide territory". Toronto Star. Retrieved December 14, 2009.