Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassdor to the United Nations in New York, will take part in a discussion with Prof. Paul Evans, University of British Columbia, on Canada’s role in renewing multilateralism and the future of multilateral institutions in a post-COVID world. This event will take place online.
Famous 5 Ottawa hosts a webinar, “Building Canada’s Future: Embracing All Women”. Hill Times managing editor Charelle Evelyn will moderate a discussion on building Canada’s future that includes meaningful reconciliation, diversity and equal opportunity for underrepresented Canadians. Panelists include Najia Haneefi, executive board of WLUML and co-chair of the Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan-Ottawa chapter; Jennifer Podemski, … Read more
Conservative Senator Victor Oh will deliver remarks at “Canada’s 44th Parliament and Asia Policy,” a webinar hosted by the Canada-ASEAN Initiatives. Other speakers include former Liberal MP Bryon Wilfert; Sophia Leong, advisory board member, Canada-ASEAN Initiatives; Dr. Lại Thái Bình, deputy director-general of the East Sea Institute, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam; and Luis Silva, former Toronto school trustee. This event will … Read more
The Institute of Public Administration of Canada hosts a webinar, “How Committees Work: From Parliament Hill to City Hall.” Paul Cardegna, procedural clerk, House of Commons; Stephanie Feldman, analyst, Library of Parliament; and Caitlin Salter MacDonald, deputy city clerk and manager, City of Ottawa, will share their unique perspectives on the role that committees play in … Read more
The Canada International Council hosts a webinar on “Canada-China: Where To Now?” exploring the future of Canada-China relations following the release of the two Michaels. Panelists include Jeff Nankivell, president and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and Canada’s former consul general to Hong Kong and Macau; Prof. Paul Evans, University of British Columbia’s School of Public Policy and … Read more
Former Conservative cabinet minister Lisa Raitt and former Liberal deputy prime minsiter Anne McLellan will co-host the two-day Coalition for a Bettter Future summit. Speakers include Carolyn Wilkins, former Bank of Canada senior deputy governor; Derrick Rossi, co-founder of biotechnology company Moderna; Paul Romer, a co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics Sciences; Monica Gattinger, director of the University of Ottawa’s Institute for Science, Society and … Read more
The Bank of Canada will announce its decision on the target for the overnight rate. Details online.
Former senator and retired general Roméo Dallaire will take part in “Re-envisioning leadership,” the seventh in a series of lectures on “Leadership in Times of Conflict and Crisis” hosted by Dalhousie University. Dallaire will be joined by world experts in leadership, peace and security, children’s rights, war crimes, humanitarian law, and mental injury. This event will take place online.
Dalhousie University hosts a webinar on “Calls to Justice of the MMIWG Inquiry.” Alex Neve, former secretary general of Amnesty International Canada; Dr. Sherry Pictou, assistant professor of Law and Management, Dalhousie University; and Cheryl Simon, assistant professor of Aboriginal Law and Indigenous Governance, Dalhousie University, will ask why the Inquiry matters, what it means to call the situation … Read more
The Toronto International Festival of Authors hosts a webinar on “Finding Truth and Reconciliation in Canada.” Chief Bev Sellars (Xat’sull First Nation), Anne Spice (Tlingit member of Kwanlin Dun First Nation) and Kisha Supernant (Métis/Papaschase/British) will look at the resurgence of Indigenous legal and governance systems intentionally moving away from settler colonial institutions. This event will take place online.
