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- Revisiting the Tipping Point — Malcolm Gladwell · Roy Thomson Hall · Thursday, September 10, 2026
- The Quantum Universe: Everything That Can Happen Does — Prof. Brian Cox · Royal Albert Hall · Tuesday, September 15, 2026
- Between the World and Me: A Decade Later — Ta-Nehisi Coates · Brooklyn Academy of Music · Thursday, September 17, 2026
- Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist — Kate Raworth · SFJAZZ Center · Tuesday, September 29, 2026
- Homo Deus: The Next Century — Yuval Noah Harari · Massey Hall · Friday, October 2, 2026
- The City and Its Discontents — Elif Shafak · Barbican Centre · Thursday, October 8, 2026
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Science and Indigenous Wisdom — Robin Wall Kimmerer · Daniels Spectrum · Tuesday, October 20, 2026
- Think Again: The Art of Rethinking — Adam Grant · Meridian Hall · Thursday, November 5, 2026
- Justice and the Common Good: A Public Lecture with Michael J. Sandel — Michael J. Sandel · University of Toronto, Convocation Hall · Saturday, September 5, 2026
- Munk Debate at Roy Thomson Hall: The Future of Democracy — Experts in Conversation — Rudyard Griffiths; Anne Applebaum; Yascha Mounk; Francis Fukuyama · Roy Thomson Hall (Munk Debates) · Saturday, September 5, 2026
- Antiracism and Public Policy: Structural Change in Democratic Societies — Ibram X. Kendi · Massey College, University of Toronto · Tuesday, September 8, 2026
- Appel Salon: Malcolm Gladwell — New Perspectives on Storytelling — Malcolm Gladwell · Toronto Reference Library (Appel Salon) · Tuesday, September 8, 2026
- Novel Landscapes: Ruth Ozeki Reads and Talks — Ruth Ozeki · Toronto Reference Library (Appel Salon) · Tuesday, September 8, 2026
- Justice and the Public: Michael Sandel on Civic Life — Michael J. Sandel · Massey College, University of Toronto · Wednesday, September 9, 2026
- Artist Talk: Hito Steyerl on Image Economies and Visual Politics — Hito Steyerl · Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) — Walker Court Lecture · Wednesday, September 9, 2026
- Trade and Empire: Mary Beard in Conversation — Mary Beard · Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) · Wednesday, September 9, 2026