Neil Seeman

Neil Seeman is an author, educator, essayist, entrepreneur and the CEO of publishing firm Sutherland House Experts. Neil teaches creative writing at the School of Continuing Studies at the University of Toronto, and is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, and a Fellow of the Fields Institute, the Investigative Journalism Bureau, Massey College, and the HIVE Lab.

Neil founded technology firm RIWI Corp. and he is the author or co-author of several books on mental health topics, one of which, XXL, was shortlisted for the Donner Book Prize and was selected as an “outstanding” title by the University Press Books Committee.

He was a founding editorial board member of the National Post and co-founder of the Health Strategy Innovation Cell. Neil is a regular contributor to the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, and the National Post.

Neil’s last book was Accelerated Minds: Unlocking the Fascinating, Inspiring, and Often Destructive Impulses that Drive the Entrepreneurial Brain (Sutherland House). Neil is a graduate of the University of Toronto Law School (JD) and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (MPH).