William Thorsell
 William Thorsell     (journalist, editor) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 6 July 1945 Camrose, Alberta, Canada | |||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Alberta, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs | |||||||||||||||
Canadian journalist/editor
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William Thorsell, is a Canadian journalist and former editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail who attended the 1994 Bilderberg meeting.
Education
In 1966, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Alberta and received his Master of Arts degree from that institution in 1970.[1] He received a Master of Public and International Affairs from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1972.
Career
In 1975, Thorsell joined the Edmonton Journal's editorial board for approximately a year. After a brief term on The Globe and Mail's editorial board in Toronto, he returned to the Edmonton Journal in 1977 as an associate editor.[2]
In 1984, he rejoined The Globe and Mail writing for its Report on Business and returning to the paper's editorial board.[2] He began a 10-year term as that paper's editor-in-chief from 1989 to 1999, after which he chaired the paper's editorial board for several months.[2] In 1995, the University of Alberta awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws.
While serving as editor of The Globe and Mail, Thorsell came out as gay in an interview with fab.[3] As one of the most prominent openly gay Canadians, and one who held a powerful position within the media, he has been credited as one of the key figures behind the evolving public image of LGBT people in the 1990s and 2000s.[2]
In August 2000, Thorsell was appointed to the top management position at the Royal Ontario Museum. He was awarded the Order of Ontario in 2007. [4] In 2010, he was made a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (2010).[5]
Multipolar world
In 2024, he advocated for a "serious conversation in the academy and media about the fact of the multipolar world, one in which the brief 'unipolar moment' after the Soviet collapse passed around 2008, and which the hegemon refuses to acknowledge, as is usual in history. The question is not whether we now live in a multipolar world (though America’s protagonists/apologists disagree), but how to manage the transition to multipolarity to avoid potentially calamitous consequences." [6]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1994 | 2 June 1994 | 5 June 1994 | Finland Helsinki | The 42nd Bilderberg, in Helsinki. |
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131220044957/http://www.foa.ualberta.ca/en/Alumni/Alumni%20Profiles/William%20Thorsell.aspx
- ↑ a b c d "Next big job awaits". canada.com, 14 November 2009.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131220073626/http://archive.fabmagazine.com/features/Thorsell/index.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20121007073538/http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/169685/order-of-ontario-recipients-announced
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130523024828/http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2010/2010-06-26/html/gh-rg-eng.html
- ↑ https://thehub.ca/2024/05/29/william-thorsell-the-world-is-right-to-push-back-against-americas-global-leadership/
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