About The Hub
Who We Are
The Hub is a not-for-profit digital news outlet committed to independent analysis and spirited debate about Canada’s past, present and future.
Why The Hub?
The Hub is for readers who want to go deeper into the issues that matter. Each day our reporters and editors cover the stories and ideas driving the public conversation about politics, public policy, and the economy. We do this through a combination of innovative news reporting, expert commentary, podcasts, newsletters, videos, and social media. Canadians seem to like what The Hub has on offer with over one million users engaging with our platform each month.
Full disclosure: The Hub has a point of view. We believe in the value of economic freedom and consumer choice, robust debate of contemporary issues and ideas and having a strong national identity and shared national purpose. We also are not fans of government funding for news and journalism. This is why we signed The Ottawa Declaration calling on digital news outlets to reject government payroll subsidies.
Our Case for Support
Federal legislation will soon allow digital news outlets to fund upwards of 50 percent of their newsroom costs through direct and indirect government subsidies.
This means that not only will the news produced by the CBC be majority government funded, but so too will the news journalism of private media outlets like the Globe and Mail, Postmedia, and many local newspapers.
More government funding of news equals less public trust in the media. It undermines journalism’s role in holding the powerful, including the government, to account. In trying to save journalism, government risks killing it—with far-reaching consequences for our democracy.
The Hub does not accept government subsidies. In doing so we forego hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial support. So if you share our belief in the importance of maintaining a truly independent press, support our journalism and analysis.
Advertise With Us
Over 1 million users engage with The Hub’s content each month. To reach this influential audience we offer a range of advertising services.
Our Team
Rudyard Griffiths
PUBLISHER & CO-FOUNDER
Sean Speer
EDITOR-AT-LARGE, RESEARCH DIRECTOR & CO-FOUNDER
Harrison Lowman
MANAGING EDITOR
L. Graeme Smith
DEPUTY EDITOR
Amal Attar-Guzman
CONTENT EDITOR
Alisha Rao
CONTENT COORDINATOR
Kiernan Green
DATA VISUALIZATION JOURNALIST
Taylor Jackson
RESEARCH & PRIZE MANAGER
Élie Cantin-Nantel
Ottawa Correspondent
Kenneth Whyte
SENIOR ADVISER
Rudyard Griffiths
PUBLISHER & CO-FOUNDER
Rudyard Griffiths is the Publisher and Co-Founder of The Hub. He is also a senior fellow at the Munk School of Public Policy, and chair of the Munk Debates. In 2015, he organized and moderated the Munk Debate on Canada’s Foreign Policy featuring the leaders of the Conservative Party, NDP, and Liberal Party. You can watch it here. Rudyard is also a former newspaper columnist and news anchor on CTV News Channel and Bloomberg Canada.
Sean Speer
EDITOR-AT-LARGE, RESEARCH DIRECTOR & CO-FOUNDER
Sean Speer is The Hub’s Editor-at-Large. He is also a university lecturer at the University of Toronto and Carleton University, as well as a think-tank scholar and columnist. He previously served as a senior economic adviser to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Harrison Lowman
MANAGING EDITOR
Harrison Lowman is The Hub’s Managing Editor. He has worked for more than a decade in journalism, including at TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, CBC News, CTV National News, and The Literary Review of Canada. He’s also an enthusiastic Scout leader.
L. Graeme Smith
DEPUTY EDITOR
Luke Smith is The Hub’s Deputy Editor. He is a writer and editor with previous experience in marketing and communications, including working on the international trade and investment team at Edmonton Economic Development Corporation.
Amal Attar-Guzman
CONTENT EDITOR
Amal is The Hub’s Content Editor, Content Manager and Podcast Producer. She was a marketing coordinator at the Munk Debates and a Master’s graduate from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto.
Alisha Rao
CONTENT COORDINATOR
Alisha Rao is The Hub’s Content Coordinator. She has previously worked as a program specialist at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and is a Master’s graduate of Queen’s University.
Kiernan Green
DATA VISUALIZATION JOURNALIST
Kiernan is The Hub’s Data Visualization Journalist. He was previously a journalism fellow for The Canadian Press and CBC News, where he produced for Rosemary Barton Live, contributed to CBC’s NewsLabs and did business reporting. He graduated from the School of Journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University with minors in global politics and history.
Taylor Jackson
RESEARCH & PRIZE MANAGER
Taylor is The Hub’s Research and Prize Manager. He is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of Toronto. He has worked with several think tanks in Canada and the U.S. and previously served as a senior advisor to the Ontario Minister of Finance.
Élie Cantin-Nantel
Ottawa Correspondent
Élie Cantin-Nantel is The Hub’s Ottawa Correspondent. Prior to joining the team, he practiced journalism for a variety of outlets. Élie also has experience working on Parliament Hill and is completing a joint honours in communication and political science at the University of Ottawa. He is bilingual.
Kenneth Whyte
SENIOR ADVISER
Ken is the editor and publisher at The Sutherland House, former SVP Public Policy at Rogers Communications, former editor-in-chief and publisher of Maclean’s, and founding editor of the National Post.
