Gary Mason is a Canadian journalist. He currently is the national affairs columnist for ''

The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...

'', and covers events in western Canada from a conservative Vancouverite perspective.

Biography

Mason grew up in Tsawassen. Mason graduated from

Langara College , mottoeng = Knowledge is Freedom , established = April 1, 1994 , type = Public , endowment = C$5.8 million , administrative_staff = , faculty = , president = Paula Burns , students = 22,000 , city = Vancouver, British Columbia , coun ...

's journalism program. He started his career with the ''

Victoria Times Colonist The ''Times Colonist'' is an English-language daily newspaper in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It was formed by the Sept. 2, 1980 merger of the ''Victoria Daily Times'', established in 1884, and the ''British Colonist'' (later the ''Daily C ...

'' before moving to the ''

Vancouver Sun The ''Vancouver Sun'', also known as the ''Sun'', is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The newspaper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network. Published s ...

'', where he worked for nineteen years as sports section editor and provincial political affairs. Mason was hired by the ''Globe'' as part of an effort to expand the publication to British Columbia readers in 2005; his familiarity to local readers was a factor in his hiring.

Awards

Gary is a five-time National Newspaper Award nominee, winning it three times. He has received B.C.'s highest journalism honour, the

Jack Webster Award Jack Webster Awards are a series of yearly industry awards presented by the Jack Webster Foundation for outstanding achievement in journalism in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The awards were established in 1986 by the foundation and ...

, eight times. Recently, he was recognized with the Bruce Hutchinson Lifetime Achievement Award. He has authored or co-authored six books. He appears frequently on television and radio to speak about everything from politics to sports. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/gary-mason/

Books

In 1989, Mason and Keith Baldrey authored ''Fantasyland: Inside the Reign of

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''. With his wife, Barbara Gunn, Mason wrote three books about

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: ''The Coolest Guys''; ''Guardians: The Secret Life of Goalies''; and ''The Coolest Guys II''. Mason authored ''Oldtimers: On the Road with the Legendary Heroes of Hockey'' in 2002. In 2011, Mason was hired to be the co-author of John Furlong's memoir, ''Patriot Hearts: Inside the Games that Changed a Country''.

References

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