Canada, Apartheid, and the Defence of the Liberal Order

Dr. Daniel Manulak discusses his book

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)
Left: Nelson Mandela; Right, Brian Mulroney. "Canada, Apartheid, and the Defence of the Liberal Order"title.

Canada, Apartheid, and the Defence of the Liberal Order, by Daniel Manulak, UBC Press, 2026.

From the late 1950s to the mid-1990s, Canadian policy-makers shared a remarkably similar world view that shaped their approach toward South African apartheid and the risks it posed to global race relations. Why did Ottawa take a leading role internationally in addressing an issue seemingly peripheral to its national interests?

Daniel Manulak

Photo: University of Toronto

Daniel Manulak is an international and global historian, with a focus on Canada, transnational activism, and global order. Daniel was a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the University of Toronto's Department of History from 2024-2026, and a former William Lyon Mackenzie King Postdoctoral Fellow in the Canada Program at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. He completed his PhD at Western University in 2021. He is a graduate of the Tri-U History program, completing his MA at the University of Waterloo in 2013.

Sources: University of Toronto Profile and LinkedIn.

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