Rudyard Griffiths

Rudyard Griffiths (born 1970) is the director of the semi-annual Munk Debates and the Grano Speakers Series, two leading Canadian public discussion series. He is a co-founder of the Historica-Dominion Institute, Canada's largest history and civics NGO. Rudyard is a board member of the Stratford Shakespearian Festival and the Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson’s Canadian Institute for Citizenship. He is member of the advisory boards of the Canadian Nuclear Waste Management Organization and the U.K. based Ditchley Foundation. In September 2008, he was appointed Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of the Canadian Forces College. In 2006, he was recognized by The Globe and Mail as one of Canada's Top 40 under 40. Rudyard Griffiths is a columnist with The National Post and co-host of the daily Business News Network television show Squeeze Play. He has edited twelve books on Canadian history, politics and international affairs. He is the author of Who We Are: A Citizen's Manifesto published by Douglas and McIntyre Books in 2009. Who We Are was a Globe and Mail Best Book of 2009 and a runner up for the 2010 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for political writing. Rudyard lives in Toronto.