Nationality Canadian Occupation Writer, Journalist | Name Andrew Potter Role Author | |
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Born 1972 Teulon, Manitoba Alma mater McGill University, University of Toronto Known for Editor of Ottawa Citizen Books The Authenticity Hoax: How We Get Lost Finding Ourselves Education Glebe Collegiate Institute, University of Toronto Profiles | ||
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Andrew Potter is a Canadian author and editor-in-chief of the Ottawa Citizen; best known outside Canada for co-authoring The Rebel Sell, with Joseph Heath, and for his 2010 book, The Authenticity Hoax.
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Early life and education
Born in Teulon, Manitoba, Potter attended Glebe Collegiate Institute in Ottawa, before earning a BA in Philosophy at McGill University, then MA and Ph.D. degrees in philosophy at the University of Toronto. He was also an assistant professor at Trent University for three years. Upon graduation, he did post-doctoral work at the Centre de recherches en éthique (CREUM) at the University of Montreal.
Career
Potter was Professor of Philosophy from 2001 to 2004 at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario.
He then left academia to become the National Editor at the Ottawa Citizen, a daily newspaper. He left in 2010 when he was appointed Features Editor at Canadian Business in Toronto. Potter returned to the Ottawa Citizen to become Managing Editor in 2011 and was promoted to Editor-In-Chief in December 2013. In 2013, Potter and the Ottawa Citizen were awarded the Michener Award for reporting that exposed the use of “robocalls” to mislead and harass voters during the 2011 federal election campaign.
From 2007 to 2012 Potter wrote a column for the Canadian national weekly news Maclean's magazine. In 2016, Andrew Potter was appointed as the Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada [MISC] at McGill University in Montreal Québec.
In March 2017, Andrew Potter published an article in Maclean's magazine in which he talks about the lack of solidarity within Quebec society. This article was decried and denounced at the provincial legislature of Quebec, and the administration of McGill tweeted that Potter did not represent the views of the university. A few days after the publication of his article, Potter distanced himself from elements of his article and soon after resigned from his position at MISC, while remaining an associate professor. Distinguished national affairs commentators including Paul Wells and former Macleans national editor Andrew Coyne questioned or condemned the backlash, specifically the perceived yielding to political pressure by an academic institution.
Academic interests
His academic background is in metaphysics and political philosophy, post-secondary educational policy, branding, consumerism and popular culture. He maintains an interest in technology and the future of the news media.