Event Location: Online

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Mike Kelloway (Cape Breton-Canso, N.S.), on behalf of Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe, N.B.), will announce support for the Riverdale Community Services Society. This event will take place online. Contact: Marianne.Blondin@acoa-apeca.gc.ca.

The Balsillie School for International Affairs hosts a lecture: “Multipolar or Multiplex: Rising Powers, the West and the Rest.” The rise of non-Western powers, and the decline of the U.S., are creating a new world ordering that is best described as “multiplex”. Amitav Acharya, UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance and Distinguished Professor at the School … Read more

Concordia University hosts a panel discussion: “Reform Canada’s Temporary Foreign Workers program.” A panel of experts will discuss the multiple ways to reform the broken Temporary Foreign Workers program by reconsidering their migrant statues, the working and living conditions under contract, and removing power from employers’ hand by reallocating it to the federal government. This event will take place … Read more

Concordia University hosts a webinar, “Health, Human Rights and Pandemic Restrictions in Canada,” part of its Human Rights Speaker Series. Ubaka Ogbogu, associate professor, University of Alberta, asks how do health, human rights, and pandemic restrictions relate in the Canadian context? Under what conditions can governments restrict our rights for public health? Are measures such as lockdowns, curfews … Read more

Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) will take part in a webinar on “Fueling Canada’s Low-Carbon Future” hosted by the Empire Club of Canada. He will be joined by Susannah Pierce, country chair of Shell Canada. This event will take place online.

Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) will announce funding to fight climate change through the Low Carbon Economy Fund. He will be joined by Liberal MP Wayne Long (Saint John–Rothesay, N.B.) and funding program recipients. This event will take place online. Call 819-230-1557.

ISG Senator Howard Wetston will take part in “The Canadian Competition Act in the Digital Era,” a webinar hosted by the C.D. Howe Institute. He will be joined by Edward Iacobucci, professor and TSE Chair in Capital Markets, University of Toronto. This event will take place online.

McGill University presents the 2022 Mallory Lecture: “When Injustice is Fully Bilingual.” Emilie Nicolas, columnist with Le Devoir and The Montreal Gazette, will explore the impact of the French-English duality on social movements that advocate for decolonization, antiracism and social justice in Canada. This event will take place online.

The Canadian Club of Ottawa hosts a webinar, “Harnessing Canada’s Green Resource Potential.” Don Lindsay, president and CEO of Teck Resources Limited and outgoing chair of the Business Council of Canada, will join Bob Masterson, president and CEO of the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada, for a discussion on how governments, companies and people can work … Read more

Liberal MP Leah Taylor Roy (Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill, Ont.) will deliver remarks on “Playbook for Success—Lessons from a Political Journey,” part of York University’s McLaughlin College 2022 First-Year Student Celebration. This event will take place online.