Glendon Grads Address Canada@150
Videos of Conference Speakers
In September 2017, some of our most accomplished alumni came back to Glendon to offer a mix of observations, best wishes, predictions and advice to Canada during its 150th year. The conversations of the day followed the tradition of other Glendon Conferences such as the Quebec: Year Eight in 1967, the Last Lecture of Your Life in 1972, the millennium lectures in 2000. Our presenters included political and corporate leaders, diplomats, educators, commentators, social activists and diversity, equity and homelessness advocates.
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Dr. Steven Bednarski (BA’95)
Prize-winning medievalist,
castle dweller and environmental historian
Gregory Belton (BA’80)
Entrepreneur, golfer extraordinaire, philanthropist, aircraft dweller
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Greg Sorbara (BA’78, LLB’81, LLD’13)
Finance minister turned Chancellor,
farmer, hotelier and philanthropist
Dr. Ann Cavoukian (BA’76)
Former privacy commissioner, Privacy and Big Data Institute Director
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Dr. Kenneth Courtis (BA’68)
Economic Advisor, entrepreneur,
Former Goldman Sachs executive, Tokyo
Rita Davies (BA’72)
Nuit Blanche founder, culture
advocate; now Ontario Arts Council Chair
Annie Demirjian (BA’77)
Champion of democratic governance;
now educating others
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Terrie-Lynne Devonish (BA’92, LLB’95)
Corporate lawyer, Top 40 Under 40 list, Champion for Diversity
Chantal Hébert (BA’76, LLD’12)
Political columnist with the
Toronto Starand TV panelist
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Gordon Henderson (BA’72)
Documentary producer and novelist
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John McNee (BA’73)
Secretary General
Global Centre for Pluralism
Former U.N. ambassador
Dr. Gary O’Brien (BA’73)
Parliamentary librarian turned clerk
of the sober Red Chamber
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Millennial lawyer and slayer
of gender-based discrimination
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Michael Perley (BA’70)
Dogged fighter of acid rain and
Big Tobacco (when not in a canoe)
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Dr. Ian Roberge (BA’98)
Political scientist tracking public
policy, finance fat cats,
money laundering
Dr. Sylvain Roy (BA’02)
Mental health practitioner, innovative
thinker, animator, advocate for homeless
