Archive for the ‘Lectures’ Category


A special talk with Philippine ABS-CBN broadcast journalist and McLuhan Award Winner (2022) for Investigative Journalism Karmina Constantino. You are invited to an in-person event happening this Tuesday, MAY 16, at 6:00 pm. It’s at St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto, in the Charbonnel Lounge in Brennan Hall (81 St Mary Street, Toronto). […]



An invitation from Paolo Granata to everyone interested in media in this digital era… I’d like to extend an invitation to you for a unique talk on journalism and media ecology that will be held on Wednesday, March 15th at 6:30 pm. The event will take place at Toronto Metropolitan University, Rogers Communications Centre, The Venn […]



A special talk with Philippine ABS-CBN news correspondent and McLuhan Award for Investigative Journalism Christian Esguerra. Date & Time: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 – 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EST Location: Rogers Communications Centre (The Venn, RCC 103) 80 Gould Street, Toronto, ON M5B 2M7 About this event Join the School of Journalism at Toronto […]



B. W. Powe has his way with words – in many a milieu. He’s a poet, novelist, essayist and critic, as well as being a philosopher and university professor. He is most noted for his writings on Northrop Frye and Marshall McLuhan, who figures prominently in his professional affiliations – Powe is a fellow of the […]



McLuhan & Composed Theater Dr. Richard Cavell is a media theorist and Professor of English at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. His work has often examined the ideas of his mentor Marshall McLuhan – the influential Canadian philosopher and media theorist – but from a unique stand point, by considering him as […]



© The Estate of Yousuf Karsh. All Rights Reserved SEEKING AUDIO OR VIDEO RECORDINGS OF MARSHALL MCLUHAN INTERVIEWS AND/OR TALKS THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AND 2. RECOLLECTED ANECDOTES OF MARSHALL MCLUHAN Author and independent McLuhan scholar Bill Kuhns (see https://tinyurl.com/y4haa8gf) and his collaborators are seeking information from the members the McLuhan community […]



Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt Watch the above video which is 1.5 hours in duration Q&A Online Video Session (in English) with – ANDREW McLUHAN and – BARUCH GOTTLIEB (curator “Global Warning”, lecturer, media artist) Andrew McLuhan is Director of The McLuhan Institute – an organization to preserve and promote McLuhan studies. He, recently emerging as […]



Ronald J. Deibert, is a professor with the Munk School & the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, & Director of the Citizen Lab From November 9 to 16, 2020, Ronald J. Deibert, a professor with the Munk School and the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, and director […]



Quebec’s Quiet Revolution, October 1970 Written by Chloe Merritt on October 20, 2020 The McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC) invited Jonathan Slater, a professor of public relations at State University of New York Plattsburgh (SUNY) on Oct. 14 to give a lecture exploring the influence of Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan on the role of mass […]



Understanding Media Intensive is a 12-part look at media theorist Marshall McLuhan’s major 1964 work “Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man,” taught by Andrew McLuhan, Director of The McLuhan Institute. In an age where our media environment conditions and structures our reality in increasingly potent ways, Understanding Media provides important foundational knowledge on how our cultural traumas and […]