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Michael Grant Ignatieff PC CM ( / ɪɡˈnætiɛf /; born May 12, 1947) is a Canadian author, academic and former politician who served as the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition from 2008 until 2011.
May 15, 2024 · Michael Ignatieff (born May 12, 1947, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian author, literary critic, and politician who represented the Etobicoke-Lakeshore riding in the Canadian House of Commons (2006–11) and who served as leader of the Liberal Party (2008–11).
Nov 8, 2023 · Learn about the life and career of Michael Ignatieff, a Canadian academic and former leader of the Liberal Party. Explore his books, articles, interviews and lectures on topics such as human rights, democracy, war and history.
Learn about the life and career of Michael Ignatieff, a Canadian professor, writer and former politician. He served as the Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and the Official Opposition from 2006 to 2011.
- Early Life and Education
- Journalism and Writing Career
- Political Career
Michael Ignatieff is the scion of two distinguished families. He is a grandson of Count Paul Ignatieff, Imperial Russia's last minister of education, and Princess Natalie Mestchersky. Through his mother, Alison, he is a descendent of two principals of Upper Canada College (grandfather William Lawson Grant and great-grandfather George Parkin) and on...
Ignatieff left the university in 1984 to work as a writer and broadcaster in London, England. Over the next two decades, he became one of the leading public intellectuals in the English-speaking world. He was the host of Thinking Aloud and The Late Show, talk shows broadcast on BBC television. He was a weekly columnist with the London Observer and ...
After living abroad for most of the past 36 years, Ignatieff returned to Canada in 2005 to become visiting professor in human rights policy at the University of Toronto and senior fellow at the university's Munk Centre for International Studies. He won the federal Liberal Party's nomination in Etobicoke-Lakeshore and was elected to Parliament in Ja...
Nov 7, 2021 · In “On Consolation,” the prolific author, professor and former politician Michael Ignatieff pushes aside this commercial, foamy emotion and dives into the murkier waters beneath.
Apr 29, 2011 · Michael Ignatieff, who has led Canada's opposition Liberal Party since 2006, is a former Carr professor of the Practice of Human Rights and director of the...
