2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture
- Date
- May 20, 2025
- Time
- 6:00 PM EDT - 8:00 PM EDT
- Location
- Sears Atrium, 3rd floor, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre Toronto, ON M5B 1Z4
- Website
- https://broadbentinstitute.ca/events/2025-ellen-meiksins-wood-lecture/ (external link)
The 2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Prize is awarded to economics and politics commentator Grace Blakeley for critical analysis of economic systems and neoliberalism capitalism that helps movements take back democratic power for the working-class.
Each year’s prize recipient also delivers the Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture.
We invite you to join us on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 for the Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture at Toronto Metropolitan University, at the Sears Atrium (3rd Floor, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre), starting at 6pm EDT, followed by a reception with light refreshments.
About Grace Blakeley
Grace Blakeley is a staff writer at Tribune Magazine, a columnist for Zeteo News, and the author of several books, including 'Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom (external link) '.
She is the former economics commentator for the New Statesman, and her work has been featured in publications including The Guardian, The Independent, MSNBC News, Jacobin, and Current Affairs. Grace appears frequently in UK and international media, including BBC Question Time, Talk TV's Piers Morgan Uncensored, and MTV News.