birth_place awards nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
toronto , ontario , canada books , chalmer outstanding play award , w.h. smith books in in canada first novel award , toronto arts award canada first novel award , chalmers award canadian 30 august 1942 rick salutin
 rick salutin novelist , playwright , journalist , and critic
rick salutin

rick salutin -lrb- born 30 august 1942 , in toronto -rrb- is a canadian novelist , playwright , journalist , and critic and has been writing for more than forty years .
until october 1 , 2010 , he wrote a regular column in the `` globe and mail '' ; on february 11 , 2011 , he began a weekly column in the `` toronto star '' .
he currently teaches a half course on canadian media and culture in university college -lrb- uni221 -rrb- at the university of toronto .
he is a contributing editor of `` this magazine '' .
he got his bachelor of arts degree in near eastern and jewish studies at brandeis university and got his master of arts degree in religion at columbia university .
he also studied philosophy at the new school for social research in new york .
he was once a trade union organizer in toronto and participated in the artistic woodwork strike .
rick salutin is very interested in communication and praises harold innis , an economist who taught at the university of toronto , and creator of the staples thesis , for his outlook in communications .
salutin has a child with `` the fifth estate '' journalist theresa burke , whom he has cited as the model for the characters amy bert and antia in `` the womanizer '' .
