Brad Mackay

Brad Mackay joined FNIGC in 2013, tasked with establishing the organization’s Communications department. In the years since, he has overseen the development of FNIGC’s revamped website, the creation of the Power of Data campaign and series of articles, the production of corporate videos, the successful launch of numerous survey reports, the redesign of the FNIGC and OCAP® logos, and the creation and cultivation of FNIGC’s social media presence.

A former journalist with the CBC and National Post, Brad has written more than 200 articles over the past 20 years, including a profile of Hungarian-Canadian artist and cartoonist George Feyer that was nominated for a National Magazine Award. He also wrote and co-edited the two-volume Collected Doug Wright: Canada’s Master Cartoonist, a retrospective of the life and career of seminal Canadian artist Doug Wright.

Brad has a graduate diploma from Concordia University’s School of Journalism and a BA with a specialization in Psychology from Carleton University. Brad was born and raised in Ottawa, where he now lives with his wife and three children. In his spare time, he likes to read, write, draw, run, bike, play basketball, and watch movies.