1970s
William Irwin Thompson (1976-1977)
Oct 26, 1976
鈥淭he Meta-Industrial Village: A Strategy for Survival and Cultural Evolution鈥 William Irwin Thompson was an American social philosopher, cultural critic, and poet. He was professor of humanities at MIT and later at York University. He was the author of books including At [...]
Keith Spicer (1975-1976)
Feb 09, 1976
鈥淥fficial Languages in Canada鈥 Keith Spicer is a Canadian public servant, academic, journalist, and author. From 1970-77, Spicer was the first Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada. He was appointed Commissioner by Pierre Eliot Trudeau and was mandated to uphold [...]
John White (1975-1976)
Feb 06, 1976
鈥淗umanizing Government Policy鈥 John White was a Progressive Conservative politician. He was a provincial cabinet minister in Ontario and Member of Provincial Parliament for London South from 1959 to 1975. During his career in provincial parliament, he was appointed chair of [...]
Eric Kierans and Keith Davey (1975-1976)
Jan 30, 1976
鈥淭he Canadian Economy鈥 Eric Kierans was a Canadian economist, politician, and businessman. After graduating from Loyola College and McGill University, he was director of McGill鈥檚 School of Commerce from 1953-1960, president of the Montreal Stock Exchange from 1960-1963, and [...]
Louis Applebaum and Harold Town (1975-1976)
Jan 20, 1976
鈥淐reating a Climate for Creativity鈥 In this Dunning Trust event, Louis Applebaum gave a short address, followed by a reply from Harold Town. The event revolved primarily around the question of how to create an environment to support the arts and artists in Canada, including [...]
Donald Creighton (1975-1976)
Jan 14, 1976
鈥淭he Individual and the Welfare State鈥 Donald Creighton was a historian and author. After completing graduate work at the University of Oxford, he returned to Canada to teach history at the University of Toronto in 1927, where he remained for his entire career. He was chair [...]
Doris Anderson (1974-1975)
Jan 15, 1975
鈥淲oman鈥檚 Role 鈥 A Time of Redefinition鈥 Doris Anderson was editor of Chatelaine, Canada鈥檚 largest circulation magazine and a champion of women鈥檚 rights. Born in Calgary in 1925, she grew up and was educated in Alberta, earning her BA at the University of Alberta. In 1951, [...]
Elizabeth Hardwick (1974-1975)
Jan 14, 1975
鈥淔ame, Romance, and Money -Thoughts on Women Writers鈥 Elizabeth Hardwick was a novelist, essayist, and outstanding literary critic and editor. Born in Kentucky in 1917, she studied at the University of Kentucky and Columbia University. She taught at Barnard College, [...]
Juliet Mitchell (1974-1975)
Jan 13, 1975
鈥淔emininity and Feminism鈥 Juliet Mitchell is an internationally known psychoanalyst, scholar, feminist and author. Born in New Zealand in 1940, Juliet Mitchell moved to England shortly afterward. She was educated at Lausanne University, Switzerland, and St. Anne鈥檚 College, [...]
Paul G茅rin-Lajoie (1974-1975)
Nov 28, 1974
鈥淭he Development Crises and the Canadian Dilemma鈥 Paul G茅rin-Lajoie was President of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). He was born in Montreal in 1920, and studied at Universit茅 de Montreal and Oxford University. He served as Quebec鈥檚 first Minister of [...]
Pierre Charpentier, Alfred Pick, Allan Roger, Rev. C. William Smith, Pierre Tanguay (1974-1975)
Nov 27, 1974
鈥淚nstitutional Cooperation Between Canada and Latin America: Government and Church鈥 This panel was part of a series on 鈥淐anada鈥檚 Involvement in Latin America,鈥 which began with Michael Lubbock鈥檚 lecture. The five speakers each addressed a different aspect of Canada-Latin [...]
Michael R. Lubbock (1974-1975)
Nov 26, 1974
鈥淔ree Enterprise Responsibility in Latin America鈥 Michael R. Lubbock was Executive Director of the Canadian Association for Latin America. He was born in the United Kingdom in 1906 and graduated from Oxford University. Before World War II, he worked for the Hudson鈥檚 Bay [...]