Common Voices
The Common Voices Lecture Series brings world-acclaimed speakers and the community together to address some of the most important and interesting topics of our times.
This series is designed to bring you into an engaging learning experience outside the confines of the classroom, with speakers that would not be accessible otherwise. Reaching beyond the walls of academia, each lecture engages our community in critical conversations with illustrious contemporary thinkers. Discussing topics from economics to social justice, artistic pursuits, political, sustainability, and more, we often discover that no matter the topic our community speaks with Common Voices!
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Upcoming Events
July 2025
Board of Directors Meeting
Board of Directors Meeting
Each month the TRUSU Board of Directors meets to: discuss activities that have taken place since the last meeting, discuss upcoming plans and initiatives, review TRUSU grant app...
August 2025
Board of Directors Meeting
Board of Directors Meeting
Each month the TRUSU Board of Directors meets to: discuss activities that have taken place since the last meeting, discuss upcoming plans and initiatives, review TRUSU grant app...
September 2025
Board of Directors Meeting
Board of Directors Meeting
Each month the TRUSU Board of Directors meets to: discuss activities that have taken place since the last meeting, discuss upcoming plans and initiatives, review TRUSU grant app...
October 2025
Board of Directors Meeting
Board of Directors Meeting
Each month the TRUSU Board of Directors meets to: discuss activities that have taken place since the last meeting, discuss upcoming plans and initiatives, review TRUSU grant app...
November 2025
Board of Directors Meeting
Board of Directors Meeting
Each month the TRUSU Board of Directors meets to: discuss activities that have taken place since the last meeting, discuss upcoming plans and initiatives, review TRUSU grant app...
December 2025
Board of Directors Meeting
Board of Directors Meeting
Each month the TRUSU Board of Directors meets to: discuss activities that have taken place since the last meeting, discuss upcoming plans and initiatives, review TRUSU grant app...
Past Speakers Include
| Hayley Wickenheiser | “Being Female in a Male Dominated Sport” | Winter 2023 |
| Dr. Brian Goldman | “Will Someone Please Invent an App for That?” | Winter 2019 |
| Terry O’Reilly | “Jump the Fence: The Power of Counterintuitive Thinking” | Winter 2018 |
| Naomi Klein | “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate” | Winter 2017 |
| Richard Florida | “The Creative Class” | Fall 2015 |
| Cornel West | “Justice: What Love Looks Like in Public” | Winter 2015 |
| Jane Goodall | “Hope for the Planet” | Winter 2014 |
| Margaret Atwood | “Zombies and the Future of Humanity” | Winter 2013 |
| Peter Mansbridge | “Canadians Internationally” | Winter 2012 |
| Phil Fontaine | “Truth and Reconciliation” | Winter 2011 |
| Stephen Lewis | “The Millennium Development Goals” | Winter 2010 |
| Avi Lewis | “Understanding the Financial Crisis” | Fall 2009 |
| Michael Geist | “Copyright in the Public Interest” | Winter 2009 |
| Thomas Homer-Dixon | “Climate Change and Canadian Innovation” | Fall 2007 |
| David Suzuki | “Climate Change and Sustainability” | Fall 2006 |