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After a long, wide-ranging career with the Ottawa Citizen and Postmedia News, where he covered city hall, had a business column, wrote a variety of feature stories, served as city editor and developed a national history beat, Boswell became a full-time professor in 2012.

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Bio/Research

After a long, wide-ranging career with the Ottawa Citizen and Postmedia News, where he covered city hall, had a business column, wrote a variety of feature stories, served as city editor and developed a national history beat, Boswell became a full-time professor in 2012.

His courses explore the multitude of economic, technological, political and ethical issues facing the profession.

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Media Appearances

Boswell writes about why we should fly the Canadian flag proudly on Canada Day, Ottawa Citizen, June 27, 2022 Boswell writes about the federal election debates, Global News, September 7, 2021 Boswell writes about the Bloc leader’s threat to unleash ‘fires of hell’ over Quebec seat proposal, Global News, October 23, 2021 Boswell writes about where blames lies for the freedom convoy, Global News, February 23, 2022 Boswell writes that small-c conservatives should vote against Poilievre, iPolitics, June 1, 2022 Boswell writes about how this holiday season, we all face Scrooge’s moral crisis, Globe and Mail, December 23, 2020 Boswell writes about how Ottawa’s most famous 19th-century doctor solved crimes and saved the innocent, Ottawa Citizen, August 10, 2020 Boswell offers ten suggestions to help avoid a Trump-like nightmare in Canada, Ottawa Citizen, November 9, 2020 Boswell writes about Poilievre aligning with the convoy, iPolitics, February 15, 2022 Boswell writes about how the women of ‘war cabinet’ are changing the face of Canadian politics, iPolitics, March 8, 2022 Boswell writes that O’Toole signals possible Conservative shift on death penalty, iPolitics, August 15, 2021 Boswell writes about the Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol, Ottawa Citizen, January 7, 2021 Boswell writes about Twitter’s ban of Donald Trump, Toronto Star, January 9, 2021 Boswell writes about how Erin O’Toole should speak out about Canadian on death row in U.S., Ottawa Citizen, February 19, 2021 Boswell writes about how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means Canada now faces belligerent Arctic neighbour, Global News, February 26, 2022 Boswell writes about Renaming Rideau-Goulbourn, Ottawa Citizen, November 24, 2020 Boswell writes about the history of the Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa Citizen, January 3, 2020 Boswell talks about the defacing of John A. Macdonald statue in Hamilton, Scott Thompson Show, November 10, 2020 Boswell writes about Ottawa’s Kettle Island saga, Ottawa Citizen, October 8, 2020 Boswell writes about how a weirdly named shrub illustrates Ottawa’s natural history, Ottawa Citizen, July 26, 2021 Boswell writes about how O’Toole’s anti-cancel-culture campaign is really a defence of commemorative status quo, iPolitics, January 27, 2021 Boswell writes about the need for diversify public places, Ottawa Citizen, January 10, 2022 Boswell writes about reimagining the Rideau River and making nature accessible to all, Ottawa Citizen, July 19, 2021 Boswell writes about why Jagmeet Singh is so focused on about Jeff Bezos, Global News, September 3, 2021 Boswell asks whether we are in the undertow of an inevitably wider war?, Global News, March 11, 2022 Boswell writes about whether the renaming of a Toronto university will topple Conservative leader Erin O’Toole, Global News, August 27, 2021 Boswell writes that it is time we take on the monument debate the Canadian way, iPolitics, September 2, 2020 Boswell writes about Liberal cabinet swearing-in, Global News, October 27, 2021 Boswell writes about reimagining the Rideau River, Ottawa Citizen, July 5, 2021 Boswell writes about the Rideau river’s resurgent Indigenous identity, Ottawa Citizen, August 9, 2021

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