We invite you to join us on Wednesday, April 22 for the 2026 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture, delivered by Bhaskar Sunkara, at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Tune in to the livestream at 6 pm EDT on the Broadbent Institute’s YouTube channel and schedule a reminder notification so you don’t miss out.

🔗 broadbentinstitute.ca/events/2026-ellen-meiksins-wood-lecture/

Bhaskar Sunkara is the 2026 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecturer. Ellen Meiksins Wood believed deeply in the importance of encouraging a new generation to rethink socialism, keyed to the class and social movements of the time. In recognition of Ellen’s distinguished legacy of historical scholarship on political thought, the Ellen Meiksins Wood Prize is given annually to an academic, labor activist, or writer and recognizes outstanding contributions in political theory, social or economic history, human rights, or sociology. As the founding editor of Jacobin, president of The Nation, and publisher of Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy, Sunkara helped lay the intellectual foundations for this generation’s socialist movements, including the movement behind Zohran Mamdani’s historic campaign for Mayor of New York City.

The event is sponsored by our office.