Douglas Todd
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| Douglas Todd | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 5, 1953 Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Occupation | Journalist, Author |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Writing period | 1980-present |
Douglas George Todd, B.A., (b. May 5, 1953) is a Canadian journalist and author. He is best known as an award winning writer on religion and philosophy with the Vancouver Sun newspaper, in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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[edit] Biography
Todd was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, growing up first in east Vancouver, then his family moved to Lynn Valley in North Vancouver from 1962 to 1970. From 1972 to 1974 he was a member of the Creation 2 theatre ensemble in Toronto. He is a graduate in Religious Studies from the University of British Columbia, and attended Claremont School of Theology / Claremont Graduate University, in southern California, in 1977 and 1978.
From 1980 to 1983 he worked as a reporter for The Columbian, a newspaper formerly published in New Westminister, B.C. (not to be confused with The Columbian from Vancouver, Washington in The United States). When the New Westminister paper went backrupt, he joined The Vancouver Sun where he has been a regular columnist ever since.
He has three sons and is active in area soccer.
[edit] Awards
Todd has twice taken first place in the Templeton Religion Reporter of the Year Award, which goes to the top religion reporter in the secular media in North America. He is the only Canadian to have received the Templeton. As well, Todd has won the highest award for opinion writing from the American Academy of Religion, the organization representing more than 6,000 North American religion scholars. In addition, Todd took first place in 2006 for the James O. Supple Religion Feature Writer of the Year Award, which honours the best in-depth writing and analysis of religious issues on the continent.
Vancouver Magazine referred to him as "arguably Vancouver's most thoughtful journalist."
Other honours include four Jack Webster Foundation Awards (including for columnist of the year), a Western Magazine Gold Award, the Southam PresidentÃs Award, a Canadian Press Award and many B.C. Newspaper Awards. In addition, Todd has been short-listed 30 times for other journalism prizes.
[edit] Bibliography
He is the author of two successful books: Brave Souls: Writers and Artists Wrestle With God, Love, Death and The Things That Matter (Stoddart), which consists of spiritual profiles based on conversations with noted artists, including John Irving, Bruce Cockburn, Mordecai Richler, Robertson Davies and Carol Shields.
He also wrote The Soul-Searcher's Guide to the Galaxy (International Self-Counsel Press), which guides readers through 28 ethical dilemmas, involving everything from housework to sex to global warming.
Todd is currently editing Cascadia: The Elusive Utopia - Exploring the Spirit of the Pacific Northwest, which will be published in the fall of 2008 by Ronsdale Press.
His blog called The Search allows interaction with his readers on topics and people as diverse as Canadian Islamic commentator Irshad Manji, Emerging (Christian) Church theologians Gretta Vosper and Bruce Sanguin, Cascadia: The Emerging Utopia, Rabbi Harold Kushner and the limited power of God, and Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion).
