Editing Massey Lectures (section)

{{Short description|Canadian lecture series}}
{{for|the William E. Massey Sr., Lectures at Harvard University|Massey Lectures (Harvard University)}}

The '''Massey Lectures''' is an annual five-part series of [[lectures]] given in Canada by distinguished writers, thinkers, and scholars who explore important ideas and issues of contemporary interest.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/past-masseys-lectures-1.4439273| title = Archives {{!}} CBC Massey Lectures {{!}} CBC Radio}} </ref> Created in 1961 in honour of [[Vincent Massey]], a former [[Governor General of Canada]] and coordinator of the 1951 [[Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences|Massey Report]], it is widely regarded as one of the most acclaimed lecture series in the country.

Notable Massey lecturers have included [[Northrop Frye]], [[John Kenneth Galbraith]], [[Noam Chomsky]], [[Jean Vanier]], [[Margaret Atwood]], [[Ursula Franklin]], [[George Steiner]], [[Claude Levi Strauss]], and Nobel laureates [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], [[George Wald]], [[Willy Brandt]], and [[Doris Lessing]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-massey-lectures|title=The Massey Lectures &#124; the Canadian Encyclopedia}}</ref> In 2003, novelist [[Thomas King (novelist)|Thomas King]] was the first person of [[Cherokee descent|Cherokee]] descent to be invited as a lecturer.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/thomas-king-still-not-the-indian-you-had-in-mind/article4426067/| title = Thomas King, still not the Indian you had in mind – The Globe and Mail| website = [[The Globe and Mail]]| date = 19 July 2012| last1 = David| first1 = Daniel}} </ref>