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Joseph Atkinson of the Toronto Star

Joseph E. Atkinson, 1910s (City of Toronto Archives).
Joseph E. Atkinson, 1910s (City of Toronto Archives). Joseph Edward Atkinson · Unknown photographer; City of Toronto Archives · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Joseph E. Atkinson became managing editor of the Toronto Star in 1899 and its majority owner by 1913. He sought to make the paper a tool of social reform, and his innovations changed Canadian journalism and made the Star the country’s largest-circulation newspaper by the 1930s. He left his fortune to the Atkinson Charitable Foundation, which supports cultural, medical and educational institutions in Ontario.

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Atkinson as described in his designation.

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Joseph E. Atkinson National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

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