The conversation will cover the most pressing human rights challenges, the role that Canada can play, and the strategies for defending rights in a world where leaders increasingly disregard international laws.

In Private Letters, Public Matters, Michael Pearson, the grandson of former Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, draws on family correspondence to illuminate the personal side of one of Canada's most influential political figures. Through these letters, Pearson offers a window into the relationships, reflections, and private moments that accompanied Lester B. Pearson's very public life in diplomacy and politics.

Canada, Apartheid, and the Defence of the Liberal Order argues that for Canadians, the struggle against apartheid was not just about South Africa or racial injustice, but defending a global system predicated on norms, rules, and institutions in which Ottawa had a real stake both geopolitically and, more significantly, ideologically.

Join the Canadian International Council for a special virtual conversation between renowned historian Margaret MacMillan and CIC's Executive Director Melanie Walker, marking the 80th anniversary of International Journal.

Join historians Stephen Azzi, Patrice Dutil, and Robert Bothwell, for a discussion of the ways Canada's Prime Ministers have managed their often fractious and difficult Cabinets.

Join Trinity alumni, faculty, and experts to explore the strengths, limitations and impact of international law in an increasingly complex global landscape. The evening will begin with a moderated panel discussion, followed by an audience Q&A and a reception to connect and continue the conversation.

Join historians Stephen Azzi, Patrice Dutil, and Robert Bothwell, for a discussion of the ways Canada's Prime Ministers have managed their often fractious and difficult Cabinets.

This conference will examine how Canada and the international community should respond to profound political changes underway in the United States.

This conference will examine how Canada and the international community should respond to profound political changes underway in the United States.

In The Beaver and The Dragon, acclaimed sinologist Charles Burton takes readers inside Canada’s most fateful geopolitical miscalculation. Drawing on a lifetime of engagement, Burton chronicles China’s strategic ascent and the naïveté that allowed it to happen.

Join us as George S. Takach shows us why Taiwan matters—to its own people and to the world—and why democracies everywhere advance their national interests when they support it.

Join us for a conversation with Dr. John F. Jungclaussen, historian, commentator and former London Bureau Chief of one of Germany’s leading newspapers, Die Zeit, on the ascendancy of right-wing populism in much of Europe.

As Canada's longest serving, arguably most successful, and certainly most eccentric Prime Minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King is a figure of perennial fascination. Join us for fresh perspectives on neglected aspects of King's life and career.

This talk will analyze the complexities inherent in the reciprocity of war and strategy by examining coalition warfare through the prism of the British Army’s experiences in Multi-National Division South East (MND SE) and Basra in the Iraq War, 2006-2009.

Join us for the launch of On the Ground: My Life as a Foreign Correspondent with special guest Brian Stewart. On the Ground is powerful memoir revealing the pressures, joys, and traumas of witnessing history up close and personal, from one of Canada’s most prominent and decorated foreign correspondents.

Join us for discussion of two recent books exploring a neglected dimensions of both Canadian and international history - Canadian Intelligence in the Cold War. Alan Barnes explores the role of Canadian intelligence in continental defence policies, while Timothy Andrews Sayle traces the evolution of intelligence cooperation between Canada, Britain, and the United States.

Join us for the launch of Chrétien and the World: Canadian Foreign Policy from 1993 to 2003 with special guest the Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien. Books will be available for purchase. A private reception will follow the presentation. This book launch is part of 2025 Couchiching Conference, co-hosted by the Canadian International Council  and the Aga Khan Museum.

Join a discussion with journalist Tim Mak about the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War. As founder of The Counteroffensive, a Kyiv-based publication that covers the war from the ground, Mak speaks with authority on questions of strategy and tactics, the role of changing military technology, the geopolitics of the conflict, and the experiences of those caught up in it.

This roundtable will debate what the International Journal's dictum, to 'contribute in a substantial way to the knowledge of Canadians on problems of international relations and [to] express to other countries the Canadian viewpoint on international questions,' means today.

The Canadian International Council is honoured to welcome Edward Luce, Chief U.S. Commentator and Columnist for the Financial Times, to deliver a special lecture on May 26, 2025 in Toronto.

Join us for an evening of expert insight and timely discussion exploring Canada’s approach to hosting the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta—marking both the G7’s 50th anniversary and the first multilateral engagement on the world stage for President Trump in his second term.

Join Canadian foreign policy expert and author Adam Chapnick for a discussion on our changing world, Canada's place in it, and the relationship with the U.S. under Trump.

Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the more than 5 million Ukrainian Catholics worldwide, will deliver a public lecture at the Isabel Bader Theatre at Victoria College (93 Charles Street West) at the University of Toronto on February 25 at 7 p.m.

Professor and New York Times best-selling author Timothy Snyder will respond to the lecture. Snyder teaches at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and is a leading public intellectual in modern Central European politics.