Beyond the Spotlight: The Many Faces of Leadership
Join us for the 18th annual Ivey - Thomas d’Aquino Lecture on Leadership. The lecture will be take place on Friday, November 1, 2024 in the Auditorium at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.
The Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership, Ivey Business School and Thomas d’Aquino are pleased to host the 18th annual Ivey - Thomas d’Aquino Lecture on Leadership presented by this year’s guest speaker, Steve Paikin. Mr. Paikin is a renown and respected Canadian journalist, author, documentary producer, and the host of TVOntario’s flagship current affairs program, The Agenda.
Although the concept of a leader often conjures images of charismatic figures and larger-than-life personalities, leadership is never one-size-fits-all. Join journalist Steve Paikin as he shares some observations gleaned from interviewing countless leaders over his career. He will explore the contrasts between bold, magnetic leaders and those who lead with quiet strength and introspection, revealing how both styles (and those in between) can be equally effective in mobilizing support.
Doors will open at 5:00p.m. on November 1 and we will convene in the Auditorium of the National Gallery of Canada. At 5:30p.m., Mr. Paikin will be introduced by Thomas d’Aquino and will be invited to the podium. At the lecture’s conclusion, he will receive questions and comments from the audience. The lecture portion of the evening is scheduled to conclude at 7:00 p.m.
Steve Paikin OC, OOnt is a Canadian journalist, author, and documentary producer. Paikin has primarily worked for TVOntario (TVO), Ontario's public broadcaster, and is anchor of TVO's flagship current affairs program, The Agenda with Steve Paikin.
A native of Hamilton, Ontario, Paikin graduated from Hillfield Strathallan College and continued to university where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto (Victoria University, Toronto). Later, Paikin received his master's degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University. He served as sports editor for the University of Toronto's independent weekly, The Newspaper, while pursuing his BA, and was the play-by-play voice of the Varsity Blues hockey and football teams on U of T Radio.
Paikin was an anchor and Queen's Park correspondent for CBC Television's Toronto station CBLT-TV, and host of a daily news and current affairs program on CBC Newsworld. He also held reporting jobs in private radio and print media, including the Hamilton Spectator and Toronto radio station CHFI, where he was Toronto City Hall reporter from 1982–85.
In 1992, Paikin began work at TVO, hosting the political series Between the Lines until 1994. He also co-created the Queen's Park magazine Fourth Reading, which he hosted for 14 years. In 1994, Paikin began co-hosting duties (with Mary Hynes for two years, and then Paula Todd) on Studio 2 until 2006. In 1998, he co-created and began hosting Diplomatic Immunity, a weekly foreign affairs commentary show.
In 2006, TVO cancelled Studio 2 and replaced it with a new program, The Agenda with Steve Paikin. Paikin frequently is selected to be the moderator of election debates. He acted as a moderator for federal leaders debates in 2006, 2008, and 2011; and for Ontario provincial leaders debates in 2007, 2011, 2014, 2018 and 2022.
Aside from his hosting and journalistic endeavors, Paikin has produced a number of feature-length documentaries: Return to the Warsaw Ghetto; A Main Street Man; Balkan Madness; Teachers, Tories and Turmoil; and Chairman of the Board: The Life and Death of John Robarts. For 1993's Return to the Warsaw Ghetto, Paikin won the "Silver Screen Award" at the U.S. International Film and Video Festival, and received awards at the Yorkton Film Festival in Saskatchewan and at China's Shanghai Film Festival.
He holds honorary doctorates from McMaster University, Victoria University, Laurentian University, York University, and honorary diplomas from Humber College, Centennial College, Mohawk College and Fanshawe College. He was later appointed chancellor of Laurentian University in Sudbury in October 2013, a position which was terminated following the university's restructuring amidst financial difficulties in 2021. In December 2013, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and invested into the Order of Ontario.
About the Thomas d'Aquino Lecture on Leadership
At a dinner in Toronto in January 2006 attended by 1000 guests saluting Thomas d’Aquino’s remarkable contributions to national and international business, public policy, education and the arts, Ivey announced the establishment of the Thomas d’Aquino Lecture on Leadership. Now entering its 18th year, the lecture, hosted by Ivey’s Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership, is traditionally is presented twice – once to students at Ivey and once in either Ottawa or Toronto before a group of private and public sector leaders. The lecture content also forms the basis of Ivey’s ongoing educational programming.
Following the inaugural lecture by Mr. d’Aquino in 2006, presenters have included:
- Kevin Lynch, Clerk of the Privy Council;
- David Dodge, Bank of Canada Governor;
- The Honourable John Manley, Deputy Prime Minister;
- Mark Carney, Bank of Canada Governor and Governor of the Bank of England;
- Linda Hasenfratz, Linamar Corporation Chief Executive;
- The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada;
- Tom Jenkins, OpenText Chairman;
- Annette Verschuren, CEo of Home Depot Canada;
- Dominic Barton, McKinsey & Company Managing Partner;
- The Honourable Perrin Beatty, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Commerce;
- The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Deputy Chairwoman, TD Securities;
- Harley Finkelstein, President of Shopify;
- Goldy Hyder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Business Council of Canada (BCC); and
- Zita Cobb, Founder and CEO, Shorefast.
Click HERE for more information on this annual lecture and to access scripts and videos of past presenters.
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