Rudyard Griffiths
Business News Network Co-Anchor & Best-Selling Author
Rudyard Griffiths is the co-anchor of National Affairs on CTV News Channel. Griffiths first joined CTV in 2009 as co-host of Squeeze Play, BNN's daily business and politics show. He is also the author of the bestselling book, Who We Are: A Citizen's Manifesto. A respected and passionate public commentator, Griffiths is founder of the Dominion Institute and is credited for the organization’s success in executing large-scale public dialogue campaigns on various national and international issues. Rudyard speaks on a variety of matters pertaining to Canadians, such as identity, diversity, and the future of the nation.
Rudyard Griffiths is the co-anchor of National Affairs on CTV News Channel. Griffiths first joined CTV in 2009 as co-host of Squeeze Play, BNN's daily business and politics show.
Griffiths has edited twelve books on Canadian history, politics, and international affairs, and is the author of Who We Are: A Citizen's Manifesto (2009). The former National Post and Toronto Star columnist is the director of the semi-annual Munk Debates and the Grano Speakers Series, two leading Canadian public discussion series.
Griffiths is the co-founder of the Historica-Dominion Institute, Canada's largest history and civics NGO, of which he is a founding board member. Griffiths is also a founding board member of His Highness the Aga Khan's Center for Global Pluralism in Ottawa.
In 2006, Rudyard Griffiths was recognized by The Globe and Mail as one of Canada's Top 40 under 40.
In September 2008, he was appointed Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of the Canadian Forces College.
Griffiths studied history and political science at Trinity College, University of Toronto and completed a master's degree in political theory at Cambridge University.
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7. National Unity: Understanding How the Debate over National Unity is Changing and what it Means for Canada's Future
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6. Nation Building: How Defining Moments in Canada's Past Teach Us to be Smart Nation Builders Today
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5. Re-inventing Our Shared Citizenship: How to get Young People Engaged and Excited about the Democratic Process
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4. Climate Change: How Canadian Citizens and Government can Prepare for Rapid Ecological Change in the 21st Century
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3. Demographics: How the Aging of Our Society will test Canadian Institutions and Values in New, Unexpected and Exciting Ways
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2. Canada and the World: Why What We Do on the World Stage Matters to the Domestic Challenges Facing Canada Today
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1. Cultural Diversity: How High Immigration is Revolutionising Canadian Society, Corporations and National Politics
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Your talk was thought-provoking and provocative, and will undoubtedly get many of your fellow Banff Forum members thinking more deeply about their rights and responsibilities as Canadian citizens. It was one of our most highly-rated sessions this year.
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December 2009American Myths: What Canadians Think They Know About the United States
Comprising 15 essays, American Myths offers a wide-ranging look at the perceptions and preconceptions Canadians have about their neighbours to the south. Intelligent, thought-provoking, and often polarizing, American Myths issues a challenge to Canadian readers: strive to better understand who we are, or run the risk of defining ourselves simply in opposition to the U.S. It is required reading for anyone interested in this country's future.
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March 2009Who We Are: A Citizen's Manifesto
In this timely and provocative book, Rudyard Griffiths argues that this vision of Canada is an intellectual and practical dead end. Without a strong national identity and robust civic values, the country will be hard pressed to meet the daunting challenges that lie ahead: the social costs of an aging population, the unavoidable effects of global warming and the fallout of a dysfunctional immigration system.
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October 2008101 Things Canadians Should Know About Canada
101 Things Canadians Should Know About Canada is the Dominion Institute's playful rebuttal of the notion that we are a nation of contrasts, a country always searching for a consensus as to what Canada "is". Based on the results of a definitive national survey that asked a wide variety of Canadians to name the people, places, events, accomplishments, and symbols that define this country, a ranked list of 101 items was created. In 101 Things, that list is expanded into a series of fascinating short essays, written by a number of well-known Canadian writers, actors, and journalists, and complemented by charming illustrations by The Globe and Mail's Anthony Jenkins.
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September 2008Canada in 2020: Twenty Leading Voices Imagine Canada's Future
In Canada in 2020: Twenty Leading Voices Imagine Canada's Future, twenty of Canada's leading commentators explore the ways in which this country is likely to change (or not) over the coming decades. Daniel Stoffman imagines Toronto as the Sao Paulo of the north, the result of a poorly managed immigration policy. Chantal Hébert paints a picture of Canada without Quebec. Andrew Cohen envisions a country in which Ottawa has become merely a symbol, and in which Canada Day has given way to People's Day. Jennifer Welsh puts forth a plan to remedy Canada's diminishing international stature.
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