High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rudyard Griffiths (born 1970) is an author, public commentator and advisor to various not-for-profit foundations and organizations in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. Griffiths is the author of Who We Are: A Citizen's Manifesto (2009). In his book Griffiths argues that Canada has become a postmodern state a nation that downplays its history and makes few demands on its citizens, allowing them to define their allegiances by their region, their ethnic group or the language they speak. According to Griffiths the notion of a national identity, with shared responsibilities and a common purpose, is considered out of date, even a disadvantage in a world of transnational economies, resurgent regions and global migration.