THE HUB - Key Persons


Alisha Rao

Job Titles:
  • CONTENT COORDINATOR
Alisha previously worked as a program specialist at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and is a Master's graduate of Queen's University.

Amal Attar-Guzman

Job Titles:
  • CONTENT EDITOR
  • Marketing Coordinator at the Munk Debates
Amal is a marketing coordinator at the Munk Debates and a Master's graduate from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto.

Harrison Lowman

Job Titles:
  • MANAGING EDITOR

Ken Whyte

Job Titles:
  • Editor
  • Publisher
  • SENIOR ADVISER
Ken is the editor and publisher at The Sutherland House, former SVP Public Policy at Rogers Communications, former editor-in-chief and publisher of Maclean's, and founding editor of the National Post.

Luke Smith

Job Titles:
  • DEPUTY EDITOR
  • Writer and Editor
Luke is a writer and editor with previous experience in marketing and communications, including working on the international trade and investment team at Edmonton Economic Development Corporation.

Michael Hallsworth

Job Titles:
  • Consultant

Rudyard Griffiths - Founder

Job Titles:
  • CO - FOUNDER
  • Member of the Hub Team
  • PUBLISHER
  • Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Public Policy
Rudyard is a senior fellow at the Munk School of Public Policy and chair of the Munk Debates. He is a former newspaper columnist and news anchor on CTV News Channel and Bloomberg Canada.

Sean Speer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hub Team
  • EDITOR - at - LARGE, RESEARCH DIRECTOR & CO - FOUNDER
The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer exchanges with Ian Brodie, the former chief of staff to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, to get an insider's perspective on the ins and outs of briefing a prime minister. Sean is a university lecturer at the University of Toronto and Carleton University as well as a think-tank scholar and columnist. He previously served as a senior economic adviser to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Taylor Jackson

Job Titles:
  • RESEARCH & PRIZE MANAGER
Taylor is a Ph.D. student in Political Science at the University of Toronto. He has worked with several think tanks in Canada and the U.S. and previously served as a senior advisor to the Ontario Minister of Finance.