Nigel Hannaford
Nigel Hannaford is a former newspaper executive and member of the Calgary Herald editorial board. From 2009 to 2015, he managed Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s speechwriting department. Hannaford earned a BSc in political and international studies from Southampton (England) University in 1969.
Bio last updated April 30th, 2019.
Articles by Nigel Hannaford
Bill Blaikie
By Nigel Hannaford
January 27, 2017
The Hon. William (Bill) Alexander Blaikie (born 1951) is a former federal Member of Parliament and Manitoba provincial conservation minister, now occasionally teaching a course on faith and politics at the University of Winnipeg. One of the leading exponents of late-twentieth century Canadian Christian socialism, Blaikie was in opposition during his entire twenty-nine and a half year career in federal politics.
Blaikie recognizes this alternate emphasis as the important distinction between two important streams of Canadian Christianity, with conservatively inclined Christians focusing on man’s personal relationship with God, and those on the left seemingly more engaged on issues of social justice However, his personal quest to "think through religion and politics" led him instead to philosophy and religious studies and in 1973, Blaikie graduated from the University of Winnipeg with a BA in religious studies and philosophy NDP leader Ed Broadbent had 26 MPs at his disposal; with major changes in healthcare coming, he assigned the job of Health Critic to Blaikie He retired from Parliament in 2008, then entered provincial politics in Manitoba to serve from 2009 to 2011 as MLA for Elmwood, Minister of Conservation, and Government House Leader before withdrawing from public life altogether to teach at his alma mater, the University of Winnipeg The Old Testament prophets who Blaikie celebrates were never embraced by their contemporaries in authority, whose ways they condemned: Twenty-five hundred years later it was similarly his destiny to denounce iniquity, rather than to enjoy the satisfaction of personally vanquishing it
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David Toycen
Nigel Hannaford
January 13, 2017
Over his 42-year career with World Vision Canada, David Toycen led the organization to raise more than $4 billion to assist some of the world’s most vulnerable children, families and communities.
In 1994 Toycen was named Executive Vice President and in 1996, when Don Scott, then President and CEO of World Vision Canada, announced his retirement, Toycen, after a selection process, gladly stepped into the role Upon graduating from Fuller, Toycen entered full time service with World Vision U.S....
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Edward Byfield
Nigel Hannaford
October 21, 2016
Edward Byfield is an Albertan writer, publisher, and educator well-known for his influence and unique leadership style. Fewer, perhaps, know that he once hid in an air-conditioning duct to uncover a municipal scam.
But what always set Byfield apart whether in a classroom or in the direction of his magazines and encyclopedic histories, was his ability to interpret the zeitgeist of his times from a Christian perspective But what always set Byfield apart whether in a classroom or in the direction of his magazine...