Jordan B. Peterson

Jordan Peterson is a Canadian psychologist and author known for his lectures, books and online videos. Raised in Alberta, he studied political science and psychology at the University of Alberta and earned a doctorate in clinical psychology from McGill University. He taught and researched at Harvard University before joining the University of Toronto as a psychology professor in 1998. His first book, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief, appeared in 1999. He started a YouTube channel in 2013, uploading lectures and interviews. His second book, 12 Rules for Life, became a bestseller in several countries in 2018, and Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life followed in 2021, when he retired from the university. He became chancellor of Ralston College in 2022. He appeared in the documentaries No Safe Spaces (2019) and What Is a Woman? (2022).