The legendary anchor is still sparking vital conversations for Canadians—and not just on his daily podcast, The Bridge. Peter Mansbridge returns to Wordfest with About A Noble Profession: Inspiring Stories of the Teachers Who Shape Our World, co-authored with his former CBC colleague and longtime collaborator, Mark Bulgutch. Says education expert Dr. Jody Carrington, “This book is a beautiful, necessary love letter to the people who keep showing up, often unseen and under-appreciated, as some of the most critical life-changers and life-savers of our next generation.”
This timely conversation, hosted by The Calgary Eyeopener‘s Loren McGinnis (whose wife is an educator), includes an audience Q&A and post-show book signing. Eager to be first in line to meet Peter Mansbridge? You can pre-order About a Noble Profession here and pick it up at the Owl’s Nest Book table before the show.
Loren McGinnis
Lively Conversation
Libations Bar, with non-alcoholic options
Audience Q&A
Book Signing
75 minutes. No intermission
Peter Mansbridge is one of Canada’s most respected journalists. He is the former chief correspondent for CBC News; anchor of The National, CBC’s flagship nightly newscast where he worked for 30 years reporting on national and international news stories; and host of Mansbridge One on One. He has received over a dozen national awards for broadcast excellence, including a lifetime achievement award from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. He is a distinguished fellow of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto and the former two-term chancellor of Mount Allison University. In 2008 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada—the country’s highest civilian honour—and in 2012 he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. He is the author of the instant #1 national bestsellers Off the Record and Extraordinary Canadians, as well as the national bestseller Peter Mansbridge One on One: Favourite Conversations and the Stories Behind Them. He lives in Stratford, Ontario.
From #1 bestselling authors Peter Mansbridge and Mark Bulgutch comes a collection of Canadian stories inviting us to celebrate the impact and influence of teachers and the students whose lives they have changed forever.
Few people make more of an impact on young people’s lives than teachers. Parents, of course, are vital for a child’s future, but it is our teachers who choose to devote their daily lives to illuminating the world around them, selflessly spending their careers changing the trajectories of the young people in their charge. Teaching can be a thankless job, but these homeroom heroes dedicate themselves not only to following the curriculum but to protecting their students, recognizing their struggles, and intervening when necessary, helping to shape them into productive members of society and the leaders of our future. From elementary and secondary schools, to post-secondary and even in hospital and prison settings, these stories will inform, entertain, and grab you by the heart.
Through dozens of profiles of teachers, and some students, Canada’s most authoritative news voice, Peter Mansbridge, along with veteran journalist Mark Bulgutch, recount true stories of teachers on the front lines of this vital profession as they contend with students’ challenges with their course material, mental health, language skills, sexuality, and many other matters.
A Noble Profession celebrates the experiences of teachers and students, making an ideal gift for any teacher in your life and any students and parents who want to understand the challenges and witness the triumphs in the classrooms that dot the country.
Loren McGinnis
Lively Conversation
Libations Bar, with non-alcoholic options
Audience Q&A
Book Signing
75 minutes. No intermission
Loren McGinnis is the host of The Calgary Eyeopener, the city’s No. 1 radio show, on CBC Radio One. He joined the team at CBC Calgary in 2022 after a distinguished career as a reporter, producer, and host for CBC North Radio One in the Northwest Territories, Western Nunavut, and Northern Alberta. For almost a decade, he was the morning host of The Trailbreaker on CBC North Radio One.
Outside of work, McGinnis is a dad, a standup comedian, and a (slow) long-distance runner.
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