India’s High Commissioner to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma will deliver remarks at a lunch event hosted by the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations. This event will take place at Sofitel Montréal, 1155 Sherbrooke St. W. Details online.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.), Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.) and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) will take part in the 2023 Global Progress Action Summit. Other speakers include Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre; UN Special Envoy on Climate Action & Finance Mark Carney; U.K. Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer; former … Read more
As part of his visit to Canada from Sept. 13-16, Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will visit the Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1920 Baile St. At 4 p.m. (local time), he will then visit the Mission of Santa Cruz, 60 Rachel St. W., followed by a visit to the Parc du Portugal and surrounding community before departing for Toronto. … Read more
The Montreal Council on Foreign Relations hosts a lunch event on the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Québec’s delegation in Japan featuring Kanji Yamanouchi, Japan’s ambassador to Canada; and Chénier La Salle, Québec’s general delegate to Tokyo. This hybrid, bilingual event will take place at Sofitel Montréal, 1155 Sherbrooke St. W. Details online.
McGill University hosts a panel discussion, “Evolving U.S. Media Perceptions of Canada in a Changing World: How our neighbours to the south see their neighbors to the north.” Canadian journalists working for prominent American media news outlets will discuss their work and changing U.S. perceptions of Canada within and beyond the mass media. This event will … Read more
Dr. Rob Annan, president and CEO of Genome Canada, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and to the President of the Treasury Board Greg Fergus (Hull—Aylmer, Que.) will announce the allocation of funding for new climate-smart food and agriculture investments in genomics. This event will be held at La Centrale Agricole, 1401 rue Legendre Ouest. Contact nkatz@genomecanada.ca.
McGill University hosts Huda Mukbi who will discuss her memoir, Agent of Change: My Life Fighting Terrorists, Spies, and Institutional Racism. The first Black Arab-Canadian Muslim woman to join the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Mukbi takes us behind the curtain of a leading spy agency during a fraught time, recounting her experiences as an intelligence officer for the CSIS. … Read more
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.), joined by Liberal MP Patricia Lattanzio (Saint-Léonard–Saint-Michel, Que.) and Claire Ducharme, Regional Vice-President in Quebec at the Nature Conservancy of Canada, will make an announcement on the recovery of species at risk in the St. Lawrence Lowlands. This event will be held at the Esplanade Tranquille, Le Réfectoire, 1442 Clark St. Call 819-230-1557.
The Globe and Mail hosts the second in a series of town hall events taking place across Canada on ‘Public-Private Health Care’. Moderated by health columnist André Picard, these town halls will focus on approaches to improving patient access, experience, equity and outcomes across public and private systems in Canada. Participants include former Quebec health minister Dr. Gaétan … Read more
The Montreal Council of Foreign Relations hosts a lunch event featuring remarks by Kurt Edwards, director general of the International Business Aviation Council. This event will take place at Le Westin Montréal, 270 Saint-Antoine St. W. Details online.
