Michael Grant Ignatieff, PC (/ɪɡˈnæti.ɛf/; born May 12, 1947) is a Canadian author, academic and former politician. He was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition from 2008 until 2011. Known for his work as an historian, Ignatieff has held senior academic posts at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard and Toronto.
While living in the United Kingdom from 1978 to 2000, Ignatieff became well known as a television and radio broadcaster and as an editorial columnist for The Observer. His documentary series Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism aired on BBC in 1993, and won a Canadian Gemini Award. His book of the same name, based on the series, won the Gordon Montador Award for Best Canadian Book on Social Issues and the University of Toronto's Lionel Gelber Prize. His memoir, The Russian Album, won Canada's Governor General's Literary Award and the British Royal Society of Literature's Heinemann Prize in 1988. His novel, Scar Tissue, was short-listed for the Booker Prize in 1994. In 2000, he delivered the Massey Lectures, entitled The Rights Revolution, which was released in print later that year.
"a theater of displacement, in which political energies that might otherwise have been expended in defending multiethnic society at home were directed instead at defending mythic multiculturalism far away. Bosnia became the latest bel espoir of a generation that had tried ecology, socialism, and civil rights only to watch all these lose their romantic momentum."
"I remember the intellectual fashion for American decline in the 1970s. There was the stunning defeat of the U.S. in Vietnam , rioting in Detroit and Newark that suggested the social fabric was coming apart, talk of Rust Belt America unable to compete with the Japanese, and a sense the Russian bear was on the march."
"I'd be wary of writing this country off. There are some scary and ugly things about it, but it remains a turbulently, explosively innovative place."
"I remember the intellectual fashion for American decline in the 1970s, ... There was the stunning defeat of the U.S. in Vietnam , rioting in Detroit and Newark that suggested the social fabric was coming apart, talk of Rust Belt America unable to compete with the Japanese, and a sense the Russian bear was on the march."
"You can't spend your whole life teaching people about public service without finally thinking that you should put your money where your mouth is."
"Canadians want a country. They don't want a community of communities. I'm committed to the national unity of the country."
"I don't think you'll have to wait long. I'm not in a Hamlet-like state of indecision."
"I spent five years in the United States. I admire and respect American institutions."
"I am fighting to revive faith, not just in the Liberal party, but in politics itself. I'm a devoted Liberal, I've been one all my life. That's why I'm in the fight to renew the party I love. All my life has been inspired by Canada, and now it's my turn to try and inspire my fellow Canadians."
"None of us, none of us are going to run against each other. All of us are running against Stephen Harper's vision of Canada."
But where does one find solace? This is the central question in Michael Ignatieff’s On Consolation... What could have devolved into a “self-help” manual is, instead, elevated by Ignatieff’s erudition and his elegant prose.
R SUKUMAR. Memoirs, Palestine, photo books and novels all make it to this year’s list of essential reads. (HT Team). Editor’s pick. ‘Raising Hare’ by ChloeDalton (HT Photo) ... ‘On Consolation’ by Michael Ignatieff (Courtesy the subject) ... See more ... ....
... noted that “is the second-lowest share of the popular vote Ipsos has ever recorded for the Liberals, who are plumbing new lows not reached since 2011 when (Michael) Ignatieff led the Liberals (19%).”.
... share of the popular vote Ipsos has ever recorded for the Liberals, who are plumbing new lows not reached since 2011, when Michael Ignatieff led the Liberals” with 19% of popular support.
OTTAWA — Dominic LeBlanc is helping Justin Trudeau hold the house together even as a growing number of Liberals turn on the prime minister ... He even ran once in 2008 to replace Stéphane Dion as leader, though dropped out to endorse Michael Ignatieff ... .
Fire and Ashes , by Michael Ignatieff Intellectuals can’t help themselves ... Take Michael Ignatieff, who briefly ditched his life as a Harvard professor and journalist to become the head of Canada’sLiberal Party ... [ Michael Ignatieff.
They can’t even organize a proper mutiny ... Except ... Unsurprisingly, one of the authors of the missive is former Liberal Party president Alf Apps, who previously was heard from during the Ornge scandal and the Michael Ignatieff blip. Caveat emptor, etc ... .
Michael Ignatieff, a Canadian politician and academic who also reported from the Balkans, said the lesson was clear for her ... ambassador Michael Oren, who said she “cared deeply” about Israel ... Ignatieff ...
When was released, the Canadian liberal Michael Ignatieff asked Hobsbawm whether, if he had known the number of people dying in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, it would have made a difference to his commitment to being a Communist.
There is one conclusion that stands out from Monday’s byelections in Montreal and Winnipeg...Story continues below ... View more offers ... Sign Up ... Their previous low was in the 2011 election in which they won just 34 seats under then-leader Michael Ignatieff.
10. AP-Yonhap ...Trudeau appears safe at least for about a couple of months ... 10. AP-Yonhap. Winter election ... Former Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff used that tactic when in opposition in 2010 to avoid bringing down a minority Conservative government ... 16 ... .
