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Bob Hunter

May 8, 2012

Canadian environmentalist, journalist, author and politician Bob Hunter was an environmental crusader and one of the co-founders of Greenpeace.

Bruce Kirkby

May 7, 2012

Bruce Kirkby is a Canadian adventurer, photographer and author who has crossed the Arabian desert by camel, fought crocodiles on the Nile, been taken hostage in Ethiopia and been shot at in Borneo.

Pamela Wallin is a Canadian journalist and diplomat who was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 2008. She has appeared on many television networks, including the CBC, where she co-hosted Prime Time News.

David Wolman

May 4, 2012

David Wolman is a journalist and a contributing editor at Wired Magazine. His book The End of Money explores a topic that many readers have always taken for granted: the cash in their pockets.

André Picard

May 3, 2012

André Picard is the public health reporter at The Globe and Mail and one of Canada’s top public policy writers. He is the author of four books on health issues in Canada and is currently serving as the CIBC Scholar-in-Residence at … Read more

Michael Ignatieff

April 23, 2012

Canadian academic, author, journalist and former politician Michael Ignatieff has written extensively on questions of human rights, foreign policy and nation-building. He was Leader of the Official Opposition in Canada from 2008 to 2011.

David Rakoff

April 20, 2012

David Rakoff is a New York-based Canadian writer and journalist, best known for his comical autobiographical essays. His unique voice blends sharp critique of American excess with a defense of pessimism, melancholy and negative thinking.