Diane Francis

Diane Marie Francis (born 14 November 1946) is a Canadian-American journalist, author, and editor-at-large for the National Post newspaper since 1998.<ref name="officialbio"/>

Background

Francis was born in Chicago, Illinois,<ref name=CCControll>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> on 14 November 1946. She immigrated to Canada in 1966 and became a naturalized Canadian citizen.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She is married and has two adult children.<ref>Diane Francis, dianefrancismylife blog, Diane Francis' Life, 4 February 2006</ref>

Career

Francis was a reporter and columnist with the Toronto Star from 1981 to 1987, then a columnist and director with the Toronto Sun, Maclean's and the Financial Post in 1987<ref name=FP/> and its editor from 1991 to 1998, when it was taken over by the National Post and incorporated into it.<ref name=FP>Financial Post, Diane Francis Template:Webarchive, retrieved 31 January 2019</ref> She has been a columnist and editor-at-large at the National Post since then.<ref name="officialbio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She is also a regular contributor to the Atlantic Council, New York Post, the Huffington Post, and the Kyiv Post, as well as newspapers around the world. She is a broadcaster, speaker and author of ten books on Canadian socioeconomic subjects.<ref name="officialbio"/> She publishes a twice-weekly newsletter about geopolitics, white collar crime, trends, technology, and business which is a best-seller and read in 106 countries.

Francis was a distinguished professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) in Toronto until 2018.<ref name=RU>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was a visiting fellow at Harvard University's Shorenstein Center in autumn 2005<ref>Harvard University, Former Fellows and Visiting Faculty, retrieved 24 August 2010</ref> and has been a media fellow at the World Economic Forum.<ref name=RU/>

She holds an honorary Doctorate of Commerce from the Saint Mary's University (1997),<ref>http://library2.smu.ca/bitstream/handle/01/25031/convocation_1997_fall.pdf#page=15 Template:Bare URL PDF</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and an Honorary Doctorate from Ryerson University (2013<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>).

Bibliography

• Merger of the Century: Why Canada and America Should Become One Country (2013), HarperCollins
• Who Owns Canada Now (2008), HarperCollins
• Immigration: The Economic Case (2002), Key Porter Books, Template:ISBN
• Underground Nation: The Secret Economy and the Future of Canada (2002), Key Porter Books, Template:ISBN
• BRE-X: The Inside Story – The Stock Swindle That Shocked The World (1998), Seal Books, Template:ISBN
• Fighting for Canada (1996), Key Porter Books, Template:ISBN
• A Matter of Survival: Canada in the 21st Century (1993), Key Porter Books
• The Diane Francis Inside Guide to Canada's 50 Best Stocks (1990), Key Porter Books, Template:ISBN
• Contrepreneurs (1988), Macmillan of Canada, Template:ISBN
• Controlling Interest – Who Owns Canada (1986), Macmillan Publishers, Template:ISBN<ref name=CCControll />

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