Lecture
Louis Applebaum and Harold Town (1975-1976)
Jan 20, 1976
“Creating a Climate for Creativity” 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
“The Individual and the Welfare State” 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
“Woman’s Role – A Time of Redefinition” Doris Anderson was editor of Chatelaine, Canada’s largest circulation magazine and a champion of women’s 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
“Fame, Romance, and Money -Thoughts on Women Writers” 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
“Femininity and Feminism” 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’s College, [...]
Paul Gérin-Lajoie (1974-1975)
Nov 28, 1974
“The Development Crises and the Canadian Dilemma” Paul Gérin-Lajoie was President of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). He was born in Montreal in 1920, and studied at Université de Montreal and Oxford University. He served as Quebec’s first Minister of [...]
Michael R. Lubbock (1974-1975)
Nov 26, 1974
“Free Enterprise Responsibility in Latin America” 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’s Bay [...]
Joan V. Robinson (1973-1974)
Nov 25, 1974
“The Mythology of Growth” Joan V. Robinson was a distinguished economist from the University of Cambridge and a central figure of post-Keynesian economics. She was the author of The Economics of Imperfect Competition, which challenged the belief that industries are [...]
Ian McHarg (1972-1973)
Oct 25, 1972
“Design with Nature” Ian McHarg was an expert on town planning. Born in Scotland in 1920, he was a proponent of regional planning using natural systems. After his work with the Royal Engineers during the Second World War, he moved to the United States to attend the Harvard [...]
Raymond Moriyama (1972-1973)
Oct 24, 1972
“Growth, Temporal and Spiritual” Raymond Moriyama is a well-known Canadian architect. He was born in Vancouver in 1929 and a graduate of the University of Toronto and McGill. Moriyama’s childhood experience as a Japanese Canadian internee during the Second World War was [...]