Book Talk: Private Letters, Public Matters: The Family Correspondence of Lester B. Pearson
Online & in-person
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May 25, 2026 | 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Location | In-person: Boardroom and Library, 315 Bloor St. West, Toronto, M5S 0A7 & Online via Zoom
In Private Letters, Public Matters, Michael Pearson, the grandson of former Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, draws on family correspondence to illuminate the personal side of one of Canada's most influential political figures. Through these letters, Pearson offers a window into the relationships, reflections, and private moments that accompanied Lester B. Pearson's very public life in diplomacy and politics.
Michael Pearson (MA, International Affairs, Carleton University) is a retired federal public servant, having worked in several ministries. He was a political policy advisor to 4 Canadian foreign ministers, a global fisheries negotiator and ran the international affairs department at Health during the COVID pandemic.
Sponsored by the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, Trinity College.