Tyler Jay Hamilton (born June 6, 1970, in Mississauga, Ontario) is a Canadian author, blogger and business columnist with the Toronto Star,[1] Canada's largest daily-circulation newspaper. He writes a weekly column for the paper called Clean Break that focuses on trends and developments in the clean technology and renewable energy markets. Clean Break is also the name of his personal blog, which since 2005 has served as an extension to the column.
Hamilton joined the Toronto Star in July 2000 as its senior technology and telecommunications reporter, later becoming energy reporter in 2006. Prior to the Star, he spent two years as technology reporter at Canada's national newspaper, the Globe and Mail.
He has an Honours BA in political science and legal philosophy from the University of Toronto (1989–94), and a Masters of Journalism from Carleton University (1994–96). In 2010 he received the award for Excellence in Science and Technology Reporting from the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance, the largest technology trade association in Canada. The same year he was appointed adjunct professor in the faculty of environmental studies at Toronto's York University.
Hamilton is currently working on a book called Mad Like Tesla to be published in the fall of 2011 by ECW Press. It will examine the various barriers to clean energy innovation and survey the landscape of some potentially world-changing green technologies. In 2002 he co-authored a business book on consumer privacy call The Privacy Payoff. His co-author was Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario.