2026 Beatty Lecture - Peter Howitt
2026 Beatty Lecturer: Peter Howitt
How Do We Sustain Growth in an Age of Disruption — and Who Benefits?
Understanding how economic growth occurs—and how societies can sustain it—has been central to the work of Canadian economist and 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences laureate Peter Howitt, who will deliver the 2026 Beatty Lecture at McGill University on October 22 during the University’s annual Homecoming festivities.
Nahlah Ayed, host of CBC’s national radio program Ideas, will moderate the event.
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2026
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Location: Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal, H3A 1E3, CA
About the Lecture
Established in 1952, the Beatty Lecture is McGill's most distinguished and endowed lectureship, and one of Canada's longest running lecture series. The Beatty Lecture aims to foster the exchange of ideas by bringing the world’s leading thinkers to McGill to give a public lecture on a subject of their choice and spend one or two days engaging with McGill faculty and students. The Lecture takes place in the fall, on the University’s downtown campus.
