1996
Wednesday, June 12
Robert Fulford
Journalist, editor, author – cultural commentator & critic
The Invention of Toronto – A City Defined by its Artists
Winter Garden Theatre

John Raulston Saul1997
Monday, June 9
John Raulston Saul
Novelist, essayist
Toronto and the Idea of the Public Good
Winter Garden Theatre

1998
Monday, October 5
Ursula Franklin
Professor emerita, University of Toronto; physicist; civic watchdog
Citonday, October 16
Robert Fung & Michael Kirkland
Waterfront Revitalization Task Force Chair/Architect
Our Last Best Chance: Realizing a Century Old Dream
Winter Garden Theatre

2002
Monday, October 21
David Crombie
Former mayor of Toronto & Member of Parliament
The Idea of Toronto
Winter Garden Theatre

Sean Conway2003
Monday, October 20
Sean Conway
Historian & former Ontario MPP
Toronto as a Capital: Fence Posts and Fingerprints, the Growth of our Democracy
The Carlu

2004
Monday, October 18
Her Excellency Adrienne Clarkson
Governor General of Canada
Green Thoughts in a Green Shade: The Making of a Good City
The Carlu

2005
Monday, October 17
John Honderich
Former publisher of the Toronto Star and the Mayor of Toronto’s Special Ambassador on the cities agenda
Creative Toronto: Isn’t It About Time?
The Carlu


David Mirvish
2006
Monday, October 30
Bruce Kuwabara
Founding Partner of Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects
Toronto’s Cultural Renascence: Revival or Survival
The Carlu

2007
Monday, October 15
David Mirvish
Mirvish Productions
The Night of Nights: The History of Theatre in Toronto
The Carlu

2008
Monday, October 27th
John Campbell, President and CEO, Waterfront Toronto
A Shore Thing: The Future of Toronto's Waterfront
The Carlu