McGill University hosts a webinar, “Defining freedom in the time of COVID.” Governments around the world are going to great lengths to protect their populations from COVID-19. How effective are these measures at curbing the spread of the virus? At what point could the costs of limiting personal freedom outweigh public health benefits, and are … Read more
The Institute of Public Administration of Canada hosts a webinar, “What Is The Public Servant’s Role In Canadian Democracy?” Jared Wesley, associate professor of olitical Science at the University of Alberta; and Brendan Boyd, assistant professor of Anthropology, Economics and Political Science at MacEwan University, will discuss their SSHRC-funded research project, exposing tensions and discussing important ways to improve our understanding of … Read more
The University of Ottawa hosts a webinar “Working for Human Rights Series with Alex Neve.” Alex Neve, Canadian human rights activist and former Secretary-general of Amnesty International Canada (2000-2020), currently Senior Fellow at the University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, will discuss his career path. This event will take place online.
Green Party Parliamentary Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) will take part in a panel, “Tibetan Plateau: Climate Change and Environmental Human Rights” hosted by the Canada Tibet Committee and the University of Ottawa. Other participants include David R. Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, and Dechen Palmo, Research Fellow, Tibet Policy Institute, Central Tibetan Administration, India. This event … Read more
Canada 2020 hosts a webinar, “Max Bergmann and Stephen Saideman on the crisis in Ukraine.” Max Bergmann, Senior Fellow and Director for Europe and Russia at the Center for American Progress, and Stephen Saideman, Director of the Canadian Defence and Security Network and Paterson Chair in International Affairs at Carleton University, will take part in a … Read more
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will publish a new PBO report entitled Cost Estimate of the Federal National Child Care Plan, providing an estimated cost of the provincial and territorial aspects of the federal national child care plan announced in Budget 2021. A new PBO legislative costing note entitled Making the Disability Tax Credit Refundable will also be publised at the … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) will join farmers from Quebec and Saskatchewan to discuss Agricultural Clean Technology investments on farms, which are helping to make farming practices more sustainable. This event will take place online. Call 343-541-9229.
To mark Black History Month, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser (Central Nova, N.S.) and the Institute for Canadian Citizenship will welcome 25 candidates into the Canadian family at a special virtual citizenship ceremony. Among the special guests are Caroline Xavier, Associate Deputy Minister at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada; Judge Rochelle Ivri and Ghanaian-Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan. This event … Read more
Minister for Rural Economic Development Gudie Hutchings (Long Range Mountains, N.L.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and to the Minister of Northern Affairs Yvonne Jones (Labrador, N.L.) will announce a federal investment to improve high-speed Internet access in North West River and the Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation in Newfoundland and Labrador. This event will take place online. Call 343-551-0898.
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission will hold a webinar related to the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ Near Surface Disposal Facility proposed for Deep River, Ont. This public webinar will provide a general overview of CNSC staff’s technical findings and recommendations to the Commission, from the environmental assessment and licensing regulatory review, for the proposed NSDF. This event … Read more
