David Climenhaga

Who is David Climenhaga?

David John Climenhaga is a Canadian journalist, author, teacher and union activist.

Born in Victoria, British Columbia, he has lived in Victoria, Prince Rupert, B.C., Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton and St. Albert. He spent many years as a full-time journalist with the Toronto Globe and Mail, where he worked as a business reporter and copy editor, and the Calgary Herald, where he worked as a business reporter, political reporter, copy editor and night city editor.

In 1995, his book A Poke in the Public Eye, a light-hearted look at the often-uncomfortable relationships among politicians, journalists and public relations people was published by Detselig Books of Calgary. In 1997 he was awarded the degree of Master of Journalism by Carleton University in Ottawa for a thesis dealing with the decision of the Alberta Government of Premier Ralph Klein to wind up the province’s highly regarded system of regional planning. The thesis was based in part on journalistic work he had done on the Calgary Herald’s City Hall and Regional Affairs beats.