Past Talks

We were fortunate to have Ted Barris come as the speaker at the forum because he was a last-minute substitution for the previously booked speaker. Well done, Talks Committee! Ted has had a great deal of experience making presentations about…

Coffee at 9:30 a.m. – Speaker at 10:15 a.m. Location: Innis College Elizabeth Hay is the Giller Prize-winning author of six novels, including ‘Late Nights on Air’ and ‘Snow Road Station’. Her memoir about her parents, ‘All Things Consoled’, won…

Toronto activist and community developer Andrew ‘Jay’ Cox is co-founder and COO of myRESET which aims to reintegrate people with a criminal record back into the workforce.

Piera Savage, a staff lawyer at Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC), works towards racial equity by advocating for BLAC’s clients and breaking down systemic barriers to equality.

Lawyer Kyle Elliott leads diversity and inclusion outreach initiatives at Blake, Cassels & Graydon and is president of the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers.

Margaret Prugovecki introduced Kathleen Wynne. Wynne was born in Richmond Hill, one of four daughters. She attended Queen’s University, OISE and UofT. Wynne had a 22-year political career, as trustee on the Toronto School Board, as MPP in the Ontario Legislature, as Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party and as Premier of Ontario from 2013-2018. She continued as MPP for Don Valley West until 2022. Since 2021, she has been a professor at the University of Toronto where she mentors future politicians and change-makers.

Bruce Sellery is a charming, over-the-top presenter who was able to make a dull- sounding topic about personal finances engaging, entertaining, thought-provoking and insightful. No doubt many of you will have heard or seen Bruce on many broadcast media. He is a regular speaker on money matters on CBC Radio.

Charles said he hates the words “awesome” and “iconic.” I won’t use awesome but he is a Canadian icon, an “enfant terrible” when younger and Canada’s Andy Warhol with his “iconic” moose art. See “Monarch of the North” above. Charles painted a picture of Queen Elizabeth on mooseback that became famous and controversial overnight (Queen on Moose 1972) and he has been painting moose ever since. In the picture above, that’s Charles as a 4-year-old touching the nose of a moose at the CNE in 1947. As Canada’s moose artist, he did weigh in on Toronto’s Moose in the City project of 2000. “It looked like a horse.” He didn’t like it.

Personal finance expert Bruce Sellery is CEO of Credit Canada, National Money Columnist for CBC Radio, contributor to Cityline TV, host of podcast Moolala, and author of two bestselling books. Bruce hosted Million Dollar Neighborhood on the Oprah Winfrey Network, and spent 10 years with BNN Bloomberg.

Kathleen Wynne had a 22-year political career: as trustee on the Toronto School Board, as MPP in the Ontario Legislature, as Minister of Education and of Aboriginal Affairs, as Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party and as Premier of Ontario from 2013-2018. She continued as MPP for Don Valley West until 2022. Since 2021, she has been a Professor at the University of Toronto where she mentors future politicos and change-makers.

Personal finance expert Bruce Sellery is CEO of Credit Canada, National Money Columnist for CBC Radio, contributor to Cityline TV, host of podcast Moolala, and author of two bestselling books. Bruce hosted Million Dollar Neighborhood on the Oprah Winfrey Network, and spent 10 years with BNN Bloomberg.