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Gerald Owen, born in 1953 in Toronto, has been the editor of The Idler and Books in Canada magazines, a reporter for The Lawyers Weekly, and an editor and columnist at the National Post. He attended the University of Toronto and received his law degree at the University of Toronto. He practised law for five years and received the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal. At present, he is a member of the editorial board and Reader Response Editor at The Globe and Mail.