Mel Smith Lectures

Every year, since 1999, Trinity Western University has had the opportunity to host the Annual Mel Smith Lecture and Scholarship Presentation.

Lecture topics have ranged from proportional representation to aboriginal self-government.

Speakers to date have included the following:

• Rafe Mair (1999)
• Preston Manning (2000)
• Gordon Gibson (2001)
• Nick Loenen (2002)
• Ted Morton (2003)
• John Weston (2004)
• Ken Carty (2005)
• David Elton (2006)
• Chuck Strahl (2007)
• Ralph Klein (2008)
• Deborah Grey (2009)
• Janet Epp-Buckingham (2010)
• Lloyd Mackey (2011)
• Bill Blaikie (2012)

With the kind permission of these speakers, we are able to make the transcripts, or notes, of their lectures available on this website. 

Please click on the links provided below to access these transcripts.

The Role of BC in Constitutional Reform (1999)

Thinking Big About the Future (2000)

B.C. and Canada: The Old Ways and New (2001)

Should Canada Consider Proportional Representation? (2002)

Our Turn: a New Course for the West (2003)

Why Never Give In (2004)

Turning Voters Into Citizens (2005)

Citizen Engagement: Democracy At Its Best (2006)

Logging, Politics, and Life [Speech Notes] (2007)

Government and Politics: Ralph's Way (2008)

Power Parliament and Preston Manning: My Life as a Reformer (2009)

Grain Trucks, Graven Images, and Grave Consequences (2010)

The Role of a Christian Press in a Pluralistic Society (2011)

Two Social Gospels or One? (2012)