Andrew Mack Lecture Series

The Andrew Mack Lecture is an annual lecture series providing a platform for the world's most pressing global issues featuring distinguished academics, activists, journalists, and leaders from around the world. 

This lecture series is hosted in honour of the late Andrew Mack, an Adjunct Professor at the School for International Studies and the former Director of the Human Security Research Group (HSRG). Donations to the Andrew Mack Memorial Fund will pay tribute to Andrew by supporting his passion for the School for International Studies at SFU and helping to support this annual lecture series.

2025: From Backlash to Breakthrough: How DEI and Human Security Intersect and Why It Matters

Speaker: Camellia Bryan, Assistant Professor at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia

2024: Pursuing Disarmament and Demilitarization Amidst Global Violence

Speaker: Organiser, activist, and writer Ray Acheson

2023: How Indigenous Women’s Knowledge and Power Can Transform Our Understanding of Human Security

Speaker: Author and journalist Angela Sterritt

2022: The State of Human Tragedy in Afghanistan One Year On 

Speaker: Afghan journalist Lotfullah Najafizada