Univerity of Toronto's various Speaker Series
  • University of Toronto's Centre for the Study of the United States: Speaker Series - this is mostly politics, economy and societal differences between Canada and the US.
  • UofT's Centre for Innovation Law and Policy is a great site for a look at global political issues. They also have a speaker series (that has nothing booked right now) with archives containing the PowerPoint presentations.
  • UofT's Bookstore Speaker Series - usually talks by an author who has just published a book. There are sometimes interesting speakers.

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