2013
- Speech at Spring Convocation 2013
May 2013 - 10 lessons over 10 years
March 11, 2013 - Final Summit statement
February 26, 2013 - Two minutes on accessibility and perseverance
February 25, 2013 - Two minutes on quality and governance
February 25, 2013 - “We have to keep telling our story,” Principal says
Q&A with the McGill Reporter
February 22, 2013
2012
- Healthy economies need healthy research investment
Op-ed published in Research Money magazine
November 6, 2012 - Quebec in the race for global talent
Speech delivered to CORIM
October 19, 2012
2011
- The transformative power of a gift: McGill and Quebec – 190 Years of History
Speech delivered to the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal
November 25, 2011 - Ahead of the Storm: Research Libraries and the Future of the Research University
Speech delivered at the 158th membership meeting of the Association of Research Libraries and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries
May 5, 2011 - The Power of Knowledge
Response to Daily editorial, March 30th, 2011
April 8, 2011
2010
- University Day address at UNC-Chapel Hill
University Day address delivered at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
October 12, 2010 - Higher Education and Innovation: The Canada-U.S. Story
Speech delivered in Boston, Massachusetts, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Fulbright Canada
September 15, 2010 - Speech to the Commission parlementaire de la culture et de l’éducation
September 7, 2010 - Universities and the future of Quebec: Comme les deux doigts de la main
Speech to the Canadian Club of Montreal
June 14, 2010
2009
- Canada's Innovation Deficit
Article published in Policy Options
June 2009 issue - "Could Do Better"
Op-Ed article published in The Gazette
May 14, 2009 - Op-Ed: The Little Engine that Could
Op-Ed article published in The Gazette
April 14, 2009 - The Little Engine that Could
Speech to the Canadian Club, Toronto
March 30, 2009 - And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: Forming the Global Leaders of the Future
Speech to the Canada-UK Chamber of Commerce, London
March 18, 2009 - From Campus to the Four Corners of the Globe: Research Partnerships and the Entrepreneurial University
Speech to the France-Canada Chamber of Commerce, Paris
March 17, 2009
2008 and earlier
- 2008 Gairdner Awards Dinner
October 23, 2008 - The Amazing Race: How Strategic Universities Will Drive Canada's Performance in the New Global Arena
Speech to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce
April 30, 2008 - Universities: Key Players in the Global Economy
Speech to the Conseil des relations internationales de Montréal
March 10, 2008 - McGill: Un atout essentiel pour le Québec
McGill University Presentation before the Commission de l’éducation de L’Assemblée nationale du Québec
January 16, 2007 - For a New Quiet Revolution
Speech to the Montreal Board of Trade/Chambre de Commerce du Montréal Métropolitain
November 21, 2006 - McGill: Leadership in a New Century
Dorothy Walton Killam Lecture
October 12, 2004 - Discours devant la Commission parlementaire de l'éducation
September 28, 2004 - Universities at a Crossroads/Les universités à un moment décisif
Speech to the Canadian Club of Montreal/Cercle Canadien de Montréal
March 8, 2004 - Universities, Innovation and the Growth of Communities
Presentation to the Montreal Board of Trade/Chambre de Commerce du Montréal Métropolitain
May 13, 2003 - Principal Munroe-Blum's installation
March 10, 2003