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Peter Mansbridge

Peter Mansbridge is one of Canada’s most respected journalists. He is the former chief correspondent for CBC News and anchor of The National, CBC’s flagship nightly newscast where he worked for thirty years reporting on national and international news stories such as federal elections, foreign conflicts, natural disasters, the fall of the Berlin Wall, 9/11, the 2014 Parliament Hill shootings, and numerous Olympic Games. From 1999 to 2017, he hosted Mansbridge One on One, a weekly program featuring conversations with world leaders, music legends, and sports heroes. Mansbridge has received over a dozen national awards for broadcast excellence, including a lifetime achievement award from the Academy of Canadian Screen and Television. He is a distinguished fellow of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. He is 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 bestseller, Extraordinary Canadians, and Peter Mansbridge One on One: Favourite Conversations and the Stories Behind Them. He lives in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter @PeterMansbridge, visit him at ThePeterMansbridge.com, or listen to his weekly podcast, The Bridge, wherever you find your podcasts.

Books by Peter Mansbridge

Canada Unscripted

CBC & NFB Icons Unfiltered

by (author) Vic Sarin, William Shatner, Alanis Obomsiwin, David Suzuki, Peter Mansbridge, Louise Lore, Denys Arcand, Brian Stewart, Mark Starowitz, Adrienne Clarkson & Tantoo Cardinal

How Canada Works

The People Who Make Our Nation Thrive

by (author) Peter Mansbridge & Mark Bulgutch

Inspiring Canadians

Forty Brilliant Canadians and Their Visions for the Nation

by (author) Mark Bulgutch
foreword by Peter Mansbridge

Off the Record

by (author) Peter Mansbridge

Extraordinary Canadians

Stories from the Heart of Our Nation

by (author) Peter Mansbridge
with Mark Bulgutch

Anatomy of an Election

Canada's Federal General Election of 2019 Through the Lens of Political Law

by (author) Gregory Tardi
foreword by Peter Mansbridge

Forty Fathers

Men Talk about Parenting

edited by Tessa Lloyd
foreword by Peter Mansbridge

They Fought in Colour / La Guerre en couleur

A New Look at Canada's First World War Effort / Nouveau regard sur le Canada dans la Première Guerre mondiale

edited by The Vimy Foundation
foreword by Paul Gross
afterword by Peter Mansbridge
translated by Daniel Poliquin

Campaign Confessions

Tales from the War Rooms of Politics

by (author) John Laschinger
with Geoffrey Stevens
foreword by Peter Mansbridge

Peter Mansbridge One on One

Favourite Conversations and the Stories Behind Them

by (author) Peter Mansbridge

Penetration

Bruce MacKinnon Cartoons: the 25th Anniversary Collection

by (author) Bruce MacKinnon
foreword by Peter Mansbridge