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- 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
- A Place Called Home: A Reading and Conversation with Lawrence Hill — Lawrence Hill · Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto Metropolitan University · Friday, September 25, 2026
- The Public Intellectual Today — John Ralston Saul — John Ralston Saul · Isabel Bader Theatre (University of Toronto) · Friday, September 25, 2026
- Climate Justice and Collective Action — Naomi Klein · University of Toronto — Convocation Hall · Friday, September 25, 2026
- Writers & Company — An Evening with Kazuo Ishiguro — Kazuo Ishiguro · Harbourfront Centre · Friday, September 25, 2026
- Capital and Inequality Today: A Lecture by Thomas Piketty — Thomas Piketty · University of Toronto — Convocation Hall · Friday, September 25, 2026
- Mariana Mazzucato — Public Purpose and the Future of Innovation — Mariana Mazzucato · Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto · Friday, September 25, 2026
- Contemporary Curators: The Role of Criticism Today — Jerry Saltz · Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) · Friday, September 25, 2026
- Global Order and the West: A Munk Debate Talk with Fareed Zakaria — Fareed Zakaria · Roy Thomson Hall (Munk Debates) · Friday, September 25, 2026