6th Annual John Meisel Lecture featuring Peter MacLeod

Date

Thursday November 7, 2024
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Location

2024: Maximum Democracy or Learning to love the public

Photo of Peter MacLeod

The John Meisel Lecture Series in Contemporary Political Controversies Sixth Annual Lecture

Maximum Democracy or Learning to love the public

Peter MacLeod

Founder and Principal, MASS LBP 


Thursday, November 7, 2024

Lecture 4:00-5:30pm

Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202

Light refreshments served


成人大片 the lecture:

It鈥檚 easy to feel skeptical about democracy. It鈥檚 even easier to be skeptical about the public. But in this year鈥檚 Meisel lecture, Peter MacLeod makes the case for why much of the dysfunction and polarization within western democracies can only be undone when we fundamentally change our relationship with the public. As he argues, it鈥檚 not that people are impossibly divided or disinterested in politics, it鈥檚 that we fail to tap into the capability of citizens to create public value or play an expanded role in the work of governing. Democratic norms should not be taken for granted and recent domestic and global events demonstrate why they must be regenerated. In response to this challenge, MacLeod describes an audacious vision that seeks to re-energize politics by dramatically expanding the public鈥檚 role in the next chapter of our democratic evolution.

成人大片 the speaker:

Peter MacLeod is the principal of MASS LBP and one of Canada鈥檚 leading experts in public engagement and deliberative democracy. Since its founding in 2007, MASS has completed more than 250 major policy projects for governments and public agencies across Canada while popularizing the use of Civic Lotteries and Citizens鈥 Assemblies, and earning international recognition for its work.

He writes and speaks frequently about the citizen鈥檚 experience of the state, the importance of public imagination, and the future of responsible government.

He and Richard Johnson are also the authors of the forthcoming book, 鈥淒emocracy鈥檚 Second Act鈥 which will be published next year. Find him on Twitter @petermacleod and at .