Nisha Rathode (Editor)

Wade Rowland

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name
  
Wade Rowland

Education
  
York University

Role
  
Writer

Children
  
Hilary Rowland


Books
  
Galileo's Mistake, Greed - Inc, Saving the CBC: Balancin, Spirit of the Web, Ockham's razor

Similar People
  
Hilary Rowland, Dorothy Rowe, Derrick de Kerckhove

Wade Rowland is a Canadian science, technology, and travel writer.

Contents

Biography

Rowland was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1944. He was married in 1978 to Christine Collie, with whom he has two children, Simon and Hilary Rowland.

Rowland has worked as a journalist for the Winnipeg Free Press, the Toronto Telegram, and Canadian television networks CBC and CTV. He holds a Ph.D. from Toronto's York University. He has lectured at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, and is a former Maclean Hunter Chair of Ethics in Communication at Ryerson University, Toronto. He is currently a professor of communications at York University. He has resided in Port Hope, Ontario since 1982.

Books

  • Polar Passage: The Historic First Sail through the Northwest Passage (with Jeff MacInnis) - 1989
  • Spirit of the Web: The Age of Information from Telegraph to Internet – 1997
  • Ockham's Razor: A Search for Wonder In An Age of Doubt – 1999
  • Galileo's Mistake: A New Look at the Epic Confrontation between Galileo and the Church – 2003
  • Greed Inc.: Why Corporations Rule Our World and How We Let It Happen – 2005
  • Saving the CBC: Balancing Profit and Public Service – 2013

    • References

    Wade Rowland Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA