Jamie Swift

{{Short description|Canadian journalist, author, and activist}}

Jamie Swift is a Canadian journalist, author, and activist. His body of work has focused largely on issues of social justice, economy, environment, globalization, and politics.

Swift was born in Montreal, Quebec where, in 1968, he pursued a degree in African Studies at McGill University.{{cite web|title=Jamie Swift |url=http://www.writersunion.ca/ww_profile.asp?mem=25&L= |publisher=The Writers' Union of Canada |accessdate=April 13, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Upon moving to Toronto in the mid-seventies, Swift became involved in the social activist community and subsequently began his writing career. In 1977, he published his first book, The Big Nickel: Inco at home and abroad, which examined the effect of nickel production in third world countries.{{cite web|last=Henderson|first=Patricia|title=Open Books: Eight local authors share their stories|url=http://www.kingstonlife.ca/sitepages/?aid=4262&cn=Features&an=FEATURES-Open%20Books|publisher=Kingston Life|accessdate=April 13, 2012}}

Over the course of his career, Swift has been published in numerous journals and newspapers, including The Globe and Mail,{{cite web|last=Swift|first=Jamie|title=A Shock to the System|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/a-shock-to-the-system/article442261/page1/|publisher=The Globe and Mail|accessdate=April 19, 2012|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220191643/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/a-shock-to-the-system/article442261/page1/|url-status=dead}} The Montreal Gazette, The Kingston Whig Standard, and Briarpatch. Throughout the 1990s, he was a regular contributor on CBC's radio series Ideas.{{cite web|title=1995 Michener Awards Page|url=http://www.michenerawards.ca/english/winAward/winaward1995.htm#abbott|publisher=The Michener Awards Foundation|accessdate=April 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204040751/http://www.michenerawards.ca/english/winAward/winaward1995.htm#abbott|archive-date=February 4, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title="Ideas" Catalog|url=http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/IDEAS-Catalog.pdf|publisher=CBC|accessdate=19 April 2012|pages=10, 14, 18, 71, 73, 86, 101, 103, 106}} Most recently, Swift has co-written a book with noted Canadian historian Ian McKay entitled Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety, released in May 2012. He currently lectures at the Queen's School of Business{{cite web|title=Swift, Jamie |url=http://business.queensu.ca/faculty_and_research/faculty_list/jswift.php |work=Faculty List |publisher=Queen's School of Business |accessdate=19 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517091259/http://business.queensu.ca/faculty_and_research/faculty_list/jswift.php |archivedate=17 May 2013 }} in Kingston, Ontario.{{cite web|title=Jamie Swift Profile|url=http://www.kingstonwritersfest.ca/authors/2011/swift.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802202722/http://www.kingstonwritersfest.ca/authors/2011/swift.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 2, 2012|publisher=Kingston WritersFest|accessdate=April 13, 2012}}