Margaret Wente

Margaret Wente
Margaret Wente
Born 15 February 1950 (1950-02-15) (age 61)
Evanston, Illinois
Education BA (University of Michigan)
MA, English (University of Toronto)
Occupation columnist
Spouse(s) Ian McLeod
Nationality Canadian

Margaret Wente (born 15 February 1950) is a columnist for Canada's largest national daily newspaper, The Globe and Mail and a director of the Energy Probe Research Foundation. She has received the National Newspaper Award for column-writing twice.[1]

Wente was born in Evanston, Illinois and moved to Toronto in 1964, and has since become a naturalized Canadian citizen. She holds a BA in English from the University of Michigan and a MA in English from the University of Toronto.[1] She joined The Globe and Mail in 1986 and has been a full-time columnist since 1999.

Publications

An Accidental Canadian: Reflections on My Home and (Not) Native Land (2004, HarperCollins, ISBN 0002007983)

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