Margaret MacMillan's latest book Paris 1919 (published as Peacemakers in England) won the Samuel Johnson Prize, the PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize, and the Duff Cooper Prize and was a finalist for the Westminster Medal in Military Literature.She received her Ph.D. from Oxford University and is provost of Trinity College and professor of history at the University of Toronto. Her previous books include Women of the Raj and Canada and NATO. MacMillan, the great-granddaughter of David Lloyd George, lives in Toronto.

James Orbinski is the past president of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). This veteran of many of the world's most disturbing and complex humanitarian emergencies accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of MSF in 1999.

Vincent Tovell, a senior fellow at Massey College, was appointed to the Order of Canada on March 2004. Tovell was cited for his immense contribution to Canadian radio and television over the past six decades. “As a producer,he has had a brilliant career in broadcasting, particularly in the field of arts and history documentaries. In addition, he was the driving force behind many effective advocacy programs as he explored and articulated Canada’s unique cultural identity.” He was named an officer, the order’s second highest designation after companion.

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