Wade Rowland

Ranked among Canada's leading literary journalists, Wade Rowland is the author of more than a dozen non- fiction books including Ockham's Razor, Greed, Inc., and Saving the CBC. As a journalist he has spent many years in television news productionat the network level and has held senior management roles at both CTV and CBC, where he was also senior producer of the consumer affairs program Marketplace. Rowland was Maclean Hunter Chair of Ethics in Media at Ryerson University from 2001-2003. He earned an MA in the philosophy of science from Trent University in 2003. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication and Culture and is currently an Associate Professor in York University's Department of Communication Studies. Born in Montreal, Wade Rowland grew up in Regina and Winnipeg and currently lives in rural Port Hope, Ontario, with his wife Christine Collie Rowland.