We live at a unique time in modern history. Democracy is in retreat around the world, and authoritarian leaders are on the rise. There is an urgent need to understand what is happening – and also to find hope for a way forward.

Please join us on November 3 for the third lecture in the Democracy in Peril series featuring Michael Ignatieff.

The Democracy in Peril speakers’ series – organized by the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics, University of Manitoba, in partnership with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights – will bring a number of the world’s leading thinkers on authoritarianism to Winnipeg where they will each give a free public lecture at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

Join us for an evening on what it will take to protect democratic institutions, and the values behind them, at a time when the rules that once held the world together are being torn up.

This event is free, but registration is required.

View image in fullscreen gallery Man in a suit and red tie speaks into a microphone and gestures, seated before a Central European University backdrop.

A historian, author and former Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Ignatieff served as President and Rector of Central European University from 2016 to 2021, leading it through its forced move from Budapest to Vienna. Now Rector Emeritus of CEU and a recipient of the 2024 Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences, he is one of the world’s foremost voices on human rights and the defence of liberal democracy.