Haroon Siddiqui is Editorial Page Editor Emeritus of the Toronto Star, Canada’s largest newspaper, and Senior Fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto. He is a former Distinguished Visiting Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University. He covered or supervised coverage of Canada for 48 years under nine prime ministers. And reported from nearly 50 countries, especially South Asia, West Asia, and the Middle East. He’s the recipient of the Order of Canada, the nation’s highest civilian honour; Canadian Journalism Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award; the National Press Club’s UNESCO Award; four citations of the National Newspaper Awards; and honourary doctorates from York University and Toronto Metropolitan University.

He was the first Muslim, first brown, first South Asian and the first Indo-Canadian to hold the senior journalistic positions that he did – managing editor of the Brandon Sun in Manitoba; and News Editor, National Editor, Editorial Page Editor, and Columnist for the Toronto Star.

Siddiqui is a former president of PEN Canada and a member of the board of PEN International, the writers’ free speech group with 145 chapters in 101 countries. He has also served on the boards of Canadian Managing Editors Conference, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Advertising Standards Canada, and the Ontario Press Council.

He's the author of My Name is Not Harry: A Memoir (2024), Being Muslim (2008), a post-9/11 travelogue; and editor of An English Anthology of Modern Urdu Poetry (1998).