Engagements & Recent Speeches
- June 19, 2024 – JRS awarded Honorary Doctor of Law Degree by York University In recognition of his contributions to Canada and the world, York University awarded JRS an Honorary Doctor of Law Degree. JRS spoke to a full stadium of graduating students from York’s Faculty of Liberal Art & Professional Studies about taking leadership and responsibility for their future:
“You, for better or worse, are graduating into tough times. There’s ...
- May 27, 2024 – JRS speaks at the HowTheLightGetsIn Festival JRS participated in a series of events at the HowTheLightGetsIn Festival organized by the Institute of Art and Ideas in Hay-on-Wye. HowTheLightGetsIn is the world’s largest festival of philosophy and music.
JRS delivered a keynote address on The Tech Crisis (produced in association with Audio Note) about how the technologies we hoped would support freedom are increasingly ...
- April 25, 2024 – JRS speaks at « Colloque MTL 1849 » to mark the 175th anniversary of the Canadian Parliament buildings in Montréal JRS delivered the opening keynote at the MTL 1849 Colloque / Symposium in Montréal hosted by Pointe-à-Callière. The conference marked the 175th anniversary of the fire in the Parliament of the Province of Canada in Montréal and included talks from over 20 experts of 19th century Canadian history.
You can read JRS’s opening remarks, which he delivered ...
- March 1, 2024 – JRS moderates a discussion about the role of business leaders in Truth and Reconciliation JRS moderated a discussion about the role of business leaders in Truth & Reconciliation at the Winter 2024 Jarislowsky Fellowship in Business Management Dinner. The event was hosted by the Canadian Centre for Advanced Leadership at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary for students in its MBA and Executive MBA programs.
The ...
- February 28, 2024 – JRS speaks at the opening of Steven Evans’s “AS IT IS” documentary photography exhibit about Ontario Place JRS joined the Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson and landscape architect Walter Kehm in conversation with author John Lorinc about the past and future of Ontario Place. Their conversation marked the opening of Steven Evans’s photography exhibit of black-and-white photographs of Ontario Place from between November 2021 and February 2024.
You can watch their conversation online.
You can also see ...
- February 25, 2024 – JRS speaks about the future of Toronto at the West End Phoenix In a conversation moderated by city columnist Edward Keenan, JRS and the Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson spoke about the future of Toronto at the West End Phoenix office. They discussed their lives as Torontonians, where this city has been, where it’s going and how it can become the best Toronto possible. A significant part of ...
- November 23, 2023 – JRS talks with Haroon Siddiqui about his new book “My Name is Not Harry” At The Ismaili Centre in Toronto, JRS joined Haroon Siddiqui, editorial page editor emeritus of the Toronto Star and former President of PEN Canada, in conversation about Siddiqui’s new book My Name is Not Harry.
“Veteran Toronto Star editor Haroon Siddiqui, brown and Muslim, has spent a life on the media front lines, covering conflicts both ...
- October 29, 2023 – JRS discusses John Greyson’s film “International Dawn Chorus Day” about the deaths of two Egyptian activists JRS, The Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson, Leena Manimekalai and John Greyson discussed Greyson’s award-winning short film “International Dawn Chorus Day” at The Ageless Film Festival in Toronto. The event was moderated by Kaveh Shahrooz and co-hosted by The Ageless International Film Festival, HotDocs, PEN Canada, Rainbow Railroad and the Centre for Free Expression.
“International Dawn Chorus ...
- October 17, 2023 – JRS reflects on his 1995 CBC Massey Lectures ”The Unconscious Civilization” “Knowledge, the Enlightenment believed, could protect us from the follies of ideology. But John Ralston Saul maintains that ‘knowing’ has not made us ‘conscious.’ Instead we have become increasingly passive, our society increasingly conformist. There are no easy solutions to this problem, Saul says, but change is still possible.”
In celebration of Massey College’s 60th anniversary, ...
- September 29, 2023 – JRS speaks at The Lafontaine-Baldwin Youth Conference at the Sharon Temple The Lafontaine-Baldwin Youth Conference at the Sharon Temple was organized as a collaboration between Pickering College (co-host), the York Region District School Board, the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation, and the Sharon Temple (co-host).
Eighty high school students from across York Region and Georgina Island participated in a full day and evening of guest speakers, ...
Interviews
- August 20, 2021 – LISTEN to JRS on Radio-Canada speaking on the protection of French in Canada August 20, 2021 - LISTEN to JRS on Radio-Canada speaking on the protection of French in Canada
- December 28, 2020 – JRS interviewed for South Korean television on Globalism in 2021 and repairing division of Trump Era – Arirang Global Insights December 28, 2020 - JRS interviewed for South Korean television on Globalism in 2021 and repairing division of Trump Era - Arirang Global Insights
- May 31, 2020 – WATCH Interview with Chris Hedges “Covid-19 & critic of globalization John Ralston Saul” – ON CONTACT May 31, 2020 - WATCH Interview with Chris Hedges "Covid-19 & critic of globalization John Ralston Saul" - ON CONTACT
- May 31, 2020 – INTERVIEW with Radio-Canada – “Un appel à sortir des vieilles ornières dans l’après-COVID” (FR) May 31, 2020 - INTERVIEW with Radio-Canada - "Un appel à sortir des vieilles ornières dans l’après-COVID" (FR)
- May 13, 2020 – INTERVIEW: Watch JRS speak to South Korean TV series Arirang Global Insights on the COVID-19 crisis and what it means for the collapse of globalism – Full Interview Here May 13, 2020 - INTERVIEW: Watch JRS speak to South Korean TV series Arirang Global Insights on the COVID-19 crisis and what it means for the collapse of globalism - Full Interview Here
