Event Location: Online

On Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day, Consrvative Senator Salma Ataullahjan, and Liberal MPs Salma Zahid (Scarborough Centre—Don Valley East, Ont.) and Sameer Zuberi (Pierrefonds–Dollard, Que.) will hold a virtual press conference through the Parliament Press Gallery to release the Report of the Canadian Parliamentary Delegation on the Rohingya Crisis in Bangladesh. Contact kasserine@gestaltcomms.com.

The Canadian Federation of Students has published a letter, calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney (Nepean, Ont.) to address the racist delays, denials and interrogations of Gazan graduate students admitted to Canadian universities. Alongside, PSSAR Network, the Canadian Federation of Students demands immediate accountability and resolve from the federal government. Contact kasserine@gestaltcomms.com.

The Canadian Beekeepers Federation (CBF) will hold a press conference to call on the government to implement a four-front “Tariff Honey Action Plan” before a crippling 50 per cent U.S. tariff takes effect this month, threatening the collapse of the nation’s critical agricultural infrastructure. Contact Cdnbeefedoffice@gmail.com.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada officials, as well as an official from the Canadian Coast Guard, will provide a wrap-up of this year’s Operation North Pacific Guard mission, a high seas mission to detect and deter illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in the North Pacific Ocean. Contact DFO.NCRMedia-MediasRCN.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute hosts a webinar examining the structural reforms needed to restore Canada’s long-term economic growth and productivity. Acting Director of Domestic Policy Peter Copeland will join Senior Fellows Trevor Tombe and Tim Sargent to discuss productivity, investment, internal trade, competitiveness, CUSMA and trade diversification. Details are available online.

The Canadian International Council and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Canada host a virtual discussion on the impact of artificial intelligence on information integrity, democratic resilience and foreign interference. CBC News AI Strategy and Transformation Leader Ringnam Wangkhang and Toronto Metropolitan University’s Democratic Engagement Exchange Policy and Strategic Initiatives Lead Madeleine Case are among the featured speakers. Details are available online.

NDP Leader Avi Lewis will host an online Green New Deal webinar to discuss climate policy, affordability and organizing around a proposed Green New Deal. Naomi Klein, Janelle Lapointe and JP Hornick will also participate in the event. RSVP online.

Graduate student unions across Canada have signed a public letter calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney (Nepean, Ont.) to resolve obstacles blocking Palestinian graduate students from attending schools in Canada. Contact kasserine@gestaltcomms.com.

The Bank of Canada will publish its summary of deliberations from the July 15 interest rate decision. The summary will be posted on the Bank’s website. Details are available online.

The Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association (GLEPHA) will host a free webinar exploring the Canadian Framework for Trauma-Informed Response in Policing, developed by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. The session will examine the framework’s evidence-based Six “R” Model for responding to trauma in policing and feature presentations by Barrie, Ont., Police Service … Read more