Career

University of Toronto

1963–1980

Director Centre for Culture and Technology / Toronto, Ontario Canada

University of Toronto

1946–1979

Professor (became a full professor in 1952) St. Michael’s College / Toronto, Ontario Canada

DISTINGUISHED LECTURES

1978

Lecturer Fourth Annual Pound Lecture in the Humanities / University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho USA

1971

Lecturer Gerstein Lecture Series / York University, Toronto, Ontario Canada

1970

Lecturer Mary C. Richardson Lecture / State University College of Arts and Science, Geneseo, New York USA

1970

Lecturer Gillett Lecture Series / University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario Canada

1970

Lecturer Congressional Breakfast / Washington, District of Columbia USA

1967

Lecturer Purves Memorial Lecture / American Institute of Architects, New York, New York USA

1967

Lecturer Marfleet Lectures / University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario USA

1966

Lecturer Second Annual A.V.B. Geoghegan Lecture / University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

Fordham University

1967–1968

Albert Schweitzer Chair in the Humanities Bronx, New York USA

National Association of Educational Broadcasters and U.S. Office of Education

1959–1960

Director Project in Understanding New Media

Explorations Magazine

1954–1959

Co-editor

Ford Foundation Seminar on Culture and Communication

1953–1955

Chairman

University of Windsor

1944–1946

Taught English Assumption University / Windsor, Ontario Canada

Saint Louis University

1937–1944

Taught English St. Louis, Missouri USA

University of Wisconsin

1936–1937

Teaching Assistant Madison, Wisconsin USA

Professional affiliations

1973

Vatican Pontifical Commission for Social Communications Vatican City, Italy Consultor

1964

The Royal Society of Canada Ottawa, Ontario Canada Fellow

Accomplishments of note

2015

Author, non-fiction: Culture Is Our Business (Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1st Edition, 1970) Wipf and Stock Publishers / Eugene, Oregon USA with Foreword by Eric McLuhan Sequel to The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Man. Translated into Spanish

2011

Author, non-fiction: Media and Formal Cause Publisher: NeoPoiesis Press, LLC / Houston, Texas USA with Eric McLuhan (Author) One of the 10 best books of 2011 - Artforum Magazine

2011

Author, non-fiction: The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man, (1st Edition 1962); reprinted 1966, 1967, 1968, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010 Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division, Centennial Edition / Toronto, Ontario CANADA with New essays by W. Terrence Gordon, Elena Lamberti and Dominique Scheffel-Dunand Translated into French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Catalan, Greek, Chinese, Czech, Galician, Romanian, Basque, Serbo-Croat, Swedish, Turkish and Russian

2011

Author, non-fiction, bestseller: The Medium Is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects (Publisher: Bantam Books/Random House, 1st Edition, 1967) Publisher: Gingko Press Inc. / Berkeley, California USA with Quentin Fiore (Author) and co-ordinated by Jerome Agel Translated into German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Chinese

2011

Author, non-fiction: Counterblast: 1954 Facsimile Publisher: Gingko Press Inc. / Berkeley, California USA with W. Terrence Gordon (Author) Distributed in 1954 as a hand-made 'zine'. Translated into French.

2011

Author, non-fiction: From Cliche to Archetype (Publisher: The Viking Press, 1st Edition, 1970) Publisher: Gingko Press Inc. / Berkeley, California USA with Wilfred Watson (Author) Translated into French, Italian and Spanish

2011

Author, non-fiction: Theories of Communication Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Group / New York, New York USA with Eric McLuhan

2010

Author, non-fiction: The Medium and the Light: Reflections on Religion and Media Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers / Eugene, Oregon USA with Jacek Szklarek (Editor) and Eric McLuhan (Contributor)

2010

Author, non-fiction: Counterblast (Publisher: Harcourt-Brace (1969) London: Rapp & Whiting, Canada: McClelland & Stewart) Publisher: Gingko Press Inc. / Berkeley, California USA with Harley Parker (Illustrator) Translated into Spanish

2006

Author, non-fiction: The Classical Trivium - The Place of Thomas Nashe in the Learning of his Time Publisher: Gingko Press Inc. / Berkeley, California USA with W. Terrence Gordon (Editor)

2005

Author, non-fiction: McLuhan Unbound Publisher: Gingko Press Inc. / Berkeley, California USA with Eric McLuhan (Editor) and W. Terrance Gordon (Editor)

2003

Author, non-fiction: Understanding Me: Lectures and Interviews Publisher: McClelland and Stewart / Toronto, Ontario USA with an introductory essay by Tom Wolfe, edited by Stephanie McLuhan and David Staines Nineteen previously unpublished lectures and interviews

2003

Author, non-fiction: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1st Edition, 1964; Publisher: Mentor, 2nd Edition, 1966) Publisher: Gingko Press Inc., Critical Edition / Berkeley, California USA with Edit by W. Terrence Gordon Best-known book. Translated into Italian, French, Spanish, German, Chinese, Czech, Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Hebrew, Czech, Finnish, Korean, Lithuanian and Polish

2002

Television Documentary: Marshall McLuhan's ABC TVOntario Production / Toronto, Ontario CANADA Includes footage of interviews with McLuhan and his family members

2002

Television documentary: Out of Orbit: The Life and Times of Marshall McLuhan / Carl Bessai, Director, writer and cinematography Raven West Films Ltd. in association with CBC Television with Manfred Becker (Writer); Laura Lightbown (Producer); Manfred Becker (Editor); and Vince Ma (Music)

2002

Author, non-fiction: The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Man (Publisher: Vanguard Press, 1st Edition 1951) Publisher: Gingko Press Inc. / Corte Madera., California USA (reissue) Translated into German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese and French

2002

Documentary: McLuhan’s Wake Produced by Primitive Entertainment / co-production with the National Film Board of Canada, in association with TVOntario with Written by David Sobelman and directed by Kevin McMahon; conceived and co-produced by David Sobelman

2002

Television Documentary: The McLuhan Probes / produced and directed by David Sobelman. TVOntario Production / Toronto, Ontario CANADA with Steven Pinchuck, Editor; Rudy Buttignol, Executive Producer

2002

Author, non-fiction: The Book of Probes Publisher: Gingko Press Inc. / Berkeley, California USA with David Carson; edited and introduced by Eric McLuhan and William Kuhns

2001

Author, non-fiction: War and Peace in the Global Village: An Inventory of Some of the Current Spastic Situations That Could Be Eliminated By More Feedforward (Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1st Edition, 1968) Publisher: Gingko Press Inc. / Berkeley, California USA with Quentin Fiore (Author) and coordinated by Jerome Agel Translated into French, German, Spanish and Russian

1999

Audio recording: The Medium is the Massage with Marshall McLuhan SME Records, SRCS 8912 / JAPAN Original mono recording released on LP; Columbia, CS 9501, CL 2701 / USA 1968

1996

Audio recording: Understanding McLuhan CD-ROM co-produced by Southam Interactive and The Voyager Company

1996

Documentary: The Video McLuhan Set of six video tapes with Written by Tom Wolfe and produced by Stephanie McLuhan-Ortved

1988

Author, non-fiction: Laws of Media: The New Science Publisher: University of Toronto Press / Toronto, Ontario CANADA with Eric McLuhan (Author) Translated into Italian and Bulgarian

1988

Author, non-fiction: The Global Village: Transformations in World Life and Media in the 21st Century; reprinted 1992 Oxford University Press, First Printing Edition / New York, New York USA with Bruce R. Powers (Author) One of his last collaborative efforts. Translated into German and Spanish

1984

Television documentary: Marshall McLuhan: The Man and His Message gives us Mr. McLuhan lecturing, crticizing and analyzing, with Hosted by Tom Wolfe. Produced and directed by Stephanie McLuhan-Ortved The documentary gives us Mr. McLuhan lecturing, crticizing and analyzing

1977

Actor, cameo scene in Annie Hall United Artists Production with Written (with Marshall Brickman) and directed by Woody Allen. Starring Diane Keaton, Woody Allen, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon, Shelley Duvall, and Christopher Walken

1977

Author, non-fiction: City as Classroom: Understanding Language and Media Publisher: The Book Society of Canada Limited / Agincourt, Ontario CANADA with Kathryn Hutchon (Author) and Eric McLuhan (Author) Translated into Italian. Reprinted as Media, Messages and Language: The World as your Classroom / Publisher: National Textbook Co., Skokie, Illinois: 1980

1977

Documentary: The Bad Trip About/against the Spadina Expressway in Toronto, Canada with Jane Jacobs

1972

Author, non-fiction: Take Today: The Executive as Drop Out Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch, Inc. with Barrington Nevitt

1970

Author, non-fiction: Voices of Literature, Book III: Sounds, Masks, Roles Publisher: Holt, Rinehart & Winston / New York, New York USA with R. J. Schoeck

1969

Author, non-fiction: Marshall McLuhan’s DEW-Line Newsletter Publisher: Human Development Corporation / New York, New York USA The newsletter was published between 1968 and 1970

1968

Author, non-fiction: Through the Vanishing Point: Space in Poetry and Painting Publisher: Harper & Row / New York, New York; 1st Edition with Harley Parker (Author) Translated into Italian and Portuguese

1967

Audio recording: Wyndham Lewis Recalled: Marshall McLuhan Recalls Lewis The Society For Art Publications ‎– Volume XXIV No.11 / CANADA Included in issue no. 114 of ArtsCanada magazine which has features on The Great Ware, Wyndham Lewis and the underground press

1967

Author, non-fiction: Verbi-Voco-Visual Explorations Publisher: Something Else Press / New York, New York USA

1965

Author, non-fiction: Voices of Literature, Book Two Publisher: Holt, Rinehart & Winston of Canada, Limited with Richard J. Schoeck, Head of the Department of English at St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto The second of a two-volume anthology for high schools

1964

Author, non-fiction: Voices of Literature, Book One Publisher: Holt, Rinehart & Winston of Canada, Limited with Richard J. Schoeck, Professor of English at St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto The first of a two-volume anthology for high schools

1960

Editor: Explorations in Communication: An Anthology Publisher: Beacon Press / Boston, Massachusetts USA with Edmund Carpenter (Editor)

1960

Author, non-fiction: Report on Project in Understanding New Media Commissioned by the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare / Washington, District of Columbia Prepared for the National Association of Educational Broadcasters

Professional honors and awards

1975

Appointed to the McDermott Chair University of Dallas / Irving, Texas USA

1975

“Man of Achievement” Diploma International Biographical Centre / Cambridge, England UK

1974

Civic “Award of Merit” Mayor David Crombie at Toronto City Hall / Toronto, Ontario Canada

1973

Citation The Religious Educational Association of the United States and Canada

1973

Appointment as Consultor of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications Vatican

1972

President’s Cabinet Award University of Detroit

1971

Christian Culture Gold Medal Award Assumption University Outstanding exponent of Christian ideals

1971

Gold Medal Award President of the Italian Republic / Rimini, Italy In recognition of original work as philosopher of the mass media

1970

President’s Award The Institute of Public Relations / United Kingdom

1970

Companion of the Order of Canada Governor General of Canada For contributions to the understanding of the relationships between media and society

1967

Molson Award Canada Council for the Arts Outstanding Achievement in the Social Sciences

1967

Honorary Award in Culture and Communication Niagara University / Lewiston, New York USA