Michael Goldbloom (born 1953) is a

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lawyer, publisher, and academic administrator. He is the former publisher of the ''

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'',

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's largest newspaper by circulation.

Early life and education

Born in

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, Quebec, as the son of

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, he attended

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and Williston Academy before receiving a

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degree in 1974 from

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. He received a

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degree in 1978 and a Bachelor of Law degree in 1979 from

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous ...

. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1981.

Career

Goldbloom was an editorial writer for ''The Montreal Gazette'' in 1980. From 1981 to 1991, he was a labour lawyer at the Martineau Walker law firm (now known as

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). From 1985 to 1987, he was the president of

Alliance Quebec Alliance Quebec (AQ) was a group formed in 1982 to Lobbying, lobby on behalf of English-speaking Quebecers in the province of Quebec, Canada. It began as an umbrella group of many English-speaking organizations and institutions in the province, with ...

. From 1991 to 1994, he was the president and CEO of the

YMCA YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It was founded on 6 June 1844 by George Williams (philanthropist), Georg ...

de Montréal. In 1994, he was appointed president and publisher of ''The Montreal Gazette''. In 2003, he was appointed deputy publisher and senior vice-president of strategy and human resources at the ''Toronto Star''. In 2004, he was named publisher. He was replaced in 2006 and later was appointed head of McGill University's government relations and inter-institutional affairs office, effective January 3, 2007. Goldbloom became the 18th Principal and Vice-Chancellor of

Bishop's University Bishop's University (french: Université Bishop's) is a small English-language liberal arts university in Lennoxville, a borough of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. The founder of the institution was the Anglican Bishop of Quebec, George Mountain, w ...

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in August 2008. In 2013, he was made a Member of the

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"for establishing several transformative civic organizations in Montreal and for his dedication to building bridges between the city’s English- and French-speaking communities". Goldbloom was appointed as the Chair of the CBC/Radio-Canada Board of Directors on April 3, 2018, for a five-year term.

References

External links

McGill News interview

The Canadian Jewish News article on Goldbloom
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