Matti Siemiatycki is on a mission to improve our cities. As Director of the Infrastructure Institute and a Professor at the University of Toronto, he’s a leading expert on how to build and pay for the large-scale projects that shape our urban lives. From subways to bridges, Matti’s work focuses on making sure these massive investments are smart, effective, and truly benefit the communities they’re meant to serve. He’s a go-to voice in the media on all things infrastructure and city planning, and he’s ready to share his insights on how we can tackle Toronto’s traffic woes. Continue reading Matti Siemiatycki – Toronto Congestion and Planning – November 25, 2025
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Andrew Coyne, “Media in Decline, Democracy in Crisis: How Each Can Be Turned Around”, October 28, 2025
Andrew Coyne is one of Canada’s most respected and influential political journalists. With a career spanning more than three decades, he has provided sharp, insightful commentary on national affairs for the country’s leading publications. Andrew last spoke to the Whiff in 2017 and a lot has transpired in Canadian and US politics since then for him to discuss with us this time.
Continue reading Andrew Coyne, “Media in Decline, Democracy in Crisis: How Each Can Be Turned Around”, October 28, 2025
David A. Wilson, Professor. Spies, Rogues, and Informers: Irish Revolutionaries and the Canadian Secret Police, Sept 30, 2025
David Wilson is Professor of Celtic Studies and History at the University of Toronto and General Editor of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. He is the author or editor of twelve books, including a prize-winning two-volume biography of Thomas D’Arcy McGee. His most recent work, Canadian Spy Story: Irish Revolutionaries and the Secret Police, has won multiple awards. He was interviewed for his previous book The History of the Future here.