Editing Michael Valpy (section)

==Career==
Valpy studied at the [[University of British Columbia]] towards a general arts degree for two years before dropping out of university after the premature death of his father and having no money to continue his studies. After considering entering the [[Anglican Church of Canada|Anglican]] priesthood, Valpy went to work for the ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'' in 1961 as a reporter and was then night city editor at the short-lived ''Vancouver Times''. In 1965, when the Times folded, he was hired by ''The Globe and Mail'' first as a reporter, then as a feature writer and member of the editorial board. In 1966 and 1967, Valpy was a staff member for the short-lived [[Company of Young Canadians]]. He returned to the ''Vancouver Sun'', first as a member of its editorial board and then as a political columnist based in [[Ottawa]], Ontario. 

On 13 December 1971, Valpy revealed in an article the secret deal brokered by Justice [[William Henderson (Canadian politician)|William Henderson]] to end the trial of the "Kingston 13".{{sfn|Fogarty|2021|p=244}} During the [[1971 Kingston Penitentiary riot]], a group of inmates led by [[Brian Beaucage]] had tortured 16 men and killed 2 of them. In October 1971, the "Kingston 13" as the accused were known went on trial in Kingston. Valpy revealed that there had been a secret deal to end the trial as Justice Henderson had called several meetings with the defense lawyers and the Crown Attorneys to discuss how to arrange plea bargains to give the accused the lightest possible sentences with led to a sudden end to the trial on 22 November 1971.{{sfn|Fogarty|2021|p=244-245}} 

In 1981, he rejoined ''The Globe and Mail'' as a national affairs columnist and subsequently served as its Africa correspondent from 1984 to 1988 after which he returned to Canada to serve as the newspaper's urban affairs columnist, its deputy managing editor and, after running for Parliament for the NDP, as the paper's religion writer and feature writer.<ref name=valpy>[http://www.rrj.ca/m3842/ "The True Grit of Michael Valpy"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211181911/http://www.rrj.ca/m3842/ |date=2013-12-11 }}, ''Ryerson Review of Journalism'' (June 1991)</ref>

Valpy left ''The Globe and Mail'' in 2010. He is a senior fellow at [[Massey College]] at the [[University of Toronto]], a fellow at the [[University of Toronto School of Public Policy and Governance]] and teaches in the university's book and media studies program. He was the 2011–2012 Canwest Global Fellow in Media at University of Western Ontario and was awarded the 2012–2013 [[Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy]]. He continues to write as a freelance journalist with pieces published on the ''[[CBC News]]'' website and the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' as well as ''The Globe and Mail''.