The Empire Club of Canada
Hon. Wab Kinew
Premier of Manitoba
David Herle
Moderator
Co-founder, Air Quotes Media, Host of the Curse of Politics and The Herle Burly podcasts, Partner, Rubicon Strategy
The Honourable David J. McGuinty, MP
Minister of National Defence
Adrienne Arsenault
Moderator
Chief Correspondent of CBC News, Host, THE NATIONAL
Kearie Daniel
Founder and Executive Director, Black Women’s Institute for Health
Nam Kiwanuka
Moderator
Co-host, The Agenda with Steve Paikin, Host, TVO's The Thread with Nam Kiwanuka, Host, The Agenda in the Summer
Dr. Cindy Maxwell
Vice President, Medical Affairs & System Transformation, Lead Medical Executive, Women’s College Hospital at University of Toronto
Dr. Bukola Salami
Full Professor, Department of Community Health Services, University of Calgary, Registered Nurse, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Black and Racialized People’s Health
Dr. Modupe Tunde-Byass
Inaugural President, Black Physicians of Canada (BPC), Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (UK) and Canada, Staff Obstetrician-Gynecologist, North York General Hospital
The Honourable Doug Downey
Attorney General of Ontario
Elizabeth Hall
Moderator
Executive Director and General Counsel, Ontario Bar Association
Adrienne Batra
Moderator
Reporter, Editor-in-Chief, Toronto Sun
Colin Field
Producer and Director, We Lend a Hand
Lechin Lu
Associate Director, Institute for Gender and the Economy at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management
Gilbert Reid
Writer and Founding Director, The King and Empire Foundation
Bonnie Sitter
Author, Onion Skins and Peach Fuzz, Historical Producer, We Lend a Hand
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Established in 1903, as a response to Canadian political unrest, the Empire Club of Canada quickly became a leading speakers’ forum.
The club invites speakers to present various perspectives—including those that may not be popular but should be heard. Since its inception, the Empire Club has hosted 3500 prominent Canadian and international leaders, including Prince Edward, the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan, Audrey Hepburn, Margaret Mead, Christopher Plumber, Roberta Bondar, Maureen Forrester, Adrienne Clarkson, Margaret Thatcher, Vladamir Putin and Bill Gates, to name but a few. Topics encompass business, politics, education, trade, labour, culture, international issues, as well as, other relevant topics that emerge.
