Andrew Cohen is a journalist and author. A native of Montreal, he attended Choate-Rosemary Hall, McGill University and the University of Cambridge.
A former foreign correspondent and editorialist with The Globe and Mail, he has worked in Toronto, Washington, London and Berlin. He writes a colum for The Ottawa Citizen syndicated in Postmedia Newspapers and appears regularly on the CTV News Channel.
The founding president of The Historica—Dominion Institute, he is a member of the boards of The Trudeau Centre, The Writer’s Trust and the Canadian Centre for Progressive Policy, and is a mentor with the Action Canada Fellowship Program.
He has won two National Newspaper Awards, three National Magazine Awards and twice received the Queen’s Jubilee Medal.
His Best-Selling Books Include:
· Trudeau's Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Pierre Elliott Trudeau
· The Unfinished Canadian: The People We Are
· Extraordinary Canadians: Lester B Pearson
· While Canada Slept: How we Lost our Place in the World
His latest book, to appear in 2014 in Canada and the United States, is Two Days in June; John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours That Made History.
Professor Cohen has taught at the Carleton School of Journalism and Communication (of which he is a graduate) since 2001, as well as the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs.