Roy Earnest Bonisteel, CM (29 May 1930 – 16 August 2013) was a Canadian journalist and, from 1967 to 1989, host of the CBC Television program Man Alive.

He received an appointment as head of ecumenical radio operations for the Anglican, Roman Catholic and United churches, in Vancouver, the first person to have such an assignment.

[3] Bonisteel started a religious open-line radio program titled God Talk on CKWX, with a panel consisting of Rev.

In the next 22 years, Bonisteel would go on to interview Malcolm Muggeridge, Elie Wiesel, Mother Teresa, 14th Dalai Lama, Hans Küng and many others.

He summed up his philosophy in a speech at the 80th anniversary celebration of Grace United Church in Weyburn, Saskatchewan: "We are moulded into a materialist world where we do a lot of eating, drinking and making merry until we ask the basic questions 'Who am I?

[5] After retiring from the CBC, Bonisteel hosted panel discussions on death and bereavement as part of the TVOntario anthology series Saying Goodbye,[6] and later served as a citizenship judge[4] for seven years.