Kirk Howard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kirk Howard

Canadian businessman

Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1942

Place of Birth: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Profession: publisher

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

John Kirk Howard (born December 3, 1942) is a Canadian book publisher and founder and president of Dundurn Press, one of the largest independently owned publishing houses in Canada.
In 2012, Howard became a recipient of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal "for publishing over decades a range of books on Canadian heritage." Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Howard began his professional career teaching at a community college in Sarnia.
There he helped establish the first Canadian Studies program in Ontario.
After attending a speech by Canadian publishing icon Jack McClelland, Howard, who had been frustrated by the lack of books on Canadian history, made the decision to venture into publishing.Howard was president of the Organization of Book Publishers of Ontario from 2008-2011 where he developed a range of marketing initiatives for both print and ebooks, such as a marketing program to introduce Canadian ebooks to libraries and the development of a web site for the promotion of Canadian books called Open Book Ontario, subsequently established Open Book Ontario Foundation to carry out charitable activities. From 2004-2006 Howard was president of the Association of Canadian Publishers.
As president, he took a lead role in introducing ebook technology to Canadian publishers and encouraging member publishers to prepare for the ebook revolution.