Roy MacGregor

Topics

Sports/Athletics Education Media Political Current events

Presentations

This Country
In this presentation, MacGregor explores Canada. MacGregor knows the country intimately and, in all likelihood, has seen more of it than almost any living Canadian.

Canadian Nature
MacGregor discusses the importance of the outdoors, the landscape, to Canadians, and why "escape" is as much a part of the Canadian psyche as the rivers and railroads.

Kid's Literacy
The Screech Owls were created by MacGregor to attract "the reluctant reader," - boys who will not pick up books. The Screech Owls, a peewee hockey team that solves everything from the theft of the Stanley Cup to murders, is Canada's most popular current series.

The National Game
MacGregor has been hailed by the Globe and Mail as "Canada's best hockey writer." Author of several classics in the game, MacGregor's love of the national game is infectious.

Summary Profile

When Shelagh Rogers of CBC's Canada Now called Roy MacGregor "the heir to Peter Gzowski," no explanation was required.

What Gzowski was to radio in Canada, MacGregor is to print. When he was named an Officer in the Order of Canada in 2005, the citation read: "One of our most gifted storytellers, Roy MacGregor is renowned for evoking the subtle nuances of our Canadian identity in his columns and books."

MacGregor is also a highly entertaining public speaker, a natural comic and passionate storyteller with a sense of this country that, from 30 years of travel, is second to none. "His insightful columns," says the Order of Canada citation, "have taught us about our country, as he guides us through Canada's out-of-the-way places, rural areas, small towns and Aboriginal communities."

His "beat" on page A2 of The Globe and Mail is the country itself, from politics to wilderness, the meaning of hockey to the foibles of family life.

This acclaimed journalist and best-selling author has won numerous national and international awards. He is currently working on a book that, with luck, may finally explain Canada to Canadians.

Client Testimonials:

"Roy is a tremendous story-teller and a genuinely likeable and accessible guy. His sharp insights into what it means to be Canadian were delivered with gentle humour. The audience had great fun asking him questions after his speech on a wide variety of subjects and his responses were honest, animated, wry and very funny! We received many compliments from our delegates for having Roy as our luncheon speaker. He truly is a national treasure."

President, Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association