Whether it's economics, geopolitics or international security and terrorism, few people have a better understanding of global issues than Professor Janice Gross Stein. Her dynamic presentations provide a unique perspective into what's really happening around the world—from China to Russia to the Middle East and Europe—and what it means to her audiences. Professor Stein's presentations not only connect the dots regarding key events but provide a look at where things are headed and where the potential dangers and opportunities may lie. Both realistic and hopeful, she leaves her audiences with a better understanding of current global issues and a clear, compelling vision of the future.

Stein is the Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management in the Department of Political Science and the founding director of the Munk School for Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an honorary foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

She is the co-author, with Eugene Lang, of the prize-winning work The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar and her most recent book is titled Diplomacy in the Digital Age. She has provided commentary for networks such as CBC, CTV, TVO and CNN and columns and comment for The Globe and Mail and The National Post.

Professor Stein was the Massey Lecturer in 2001 and a Trudeau fellow. She was awarded the Molson Prize by the Canada Council for an outstanding contribution by a social scientist to public debate and has received an honorary doctorate of laws from the University of Alberta, McMaster University, the University of Cape Breton and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is a member of the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario.