Tony Keller Wins the Donner Prize for Borderline Chaos | The Globe and Mail

Published: 15 May 2026

May 15, 2026 | Tony Keller has won the Donner Prize for Borderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right, and Then Wrong, written for the 2025 McGill Max Bell Lectures. The $60,000 prize,...

Tony Keller on the Future of Canadian Immigration

10 Dec 2025

Canada’s immigration system was once regarded as a quiet success story, with public confidence and support across the country. In recent years, shifts in policy decisions and rapid population...

Anil Wasif on Canada's Immigration Policy Breakdown | Policy Magazine

Published: 3 November 2025

October 30, 2025 | Writing in Policy Magazine, MPP '21 Anil Wasif reflected on the opening of the 2025 Max Bell Lecture in Calgary, featuring Globe and Mail columnist Tony Keller. Drawing on Keller...

The Future of Canadian Immigration

Thursday, November 27, 2025 17:30to20:30

In the final of three 2025 McGill Max Bell Lectures, Tony Keller explores the options for restoring the Canadian immigration consensus, rediscovering the immigration middle-ground shared by most...

Five Walls and a Door: The Secret Sauce of Canadian Immigration

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 17:00to20:00

In the second of three 2025 McGill Max Bell Lectures, Tony Keller explores how modern Canada built an economically successful, politically popular immigration system.Canadian Museum of Immigration...

How Canada Got Immigration Right, and Then Wrong

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 17:00to20:00

In the first of three 2025 McGill Max Bell Lectures, Tony Keller explores how Canada’s unique immigration history made modern Canada.National Music Centre | Studio Bell, 300-851 4 Street SE,...

Tony Keller is the 2025 McGill Max Bell Lecturer

27 Jan 2025

Look forward to his book, "Five Walls and a Door: How Canada got immigration right, and then wrong" this fall.

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