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• 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. […]

• 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 […]

• 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 […]

• 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. […]

• 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 […]

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• 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. […]

• 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 […]

• 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 […]

• 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. […]

• 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 […]

• 6 Degrees: The Global Forum for Inclusion