The Disability Without Poverty (DWP) Clare Li Research Collective is hosting a full-day virtual online forum on disability and poverty, featuring two parallel streams of presentations from people with lived experience, service providers, academic researchers and community advocates. Sessions will address housing barriers, lived experience of poverty, navigating income supports, drug laws and homelessness, disability … Read more
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) will hold a technical briefing on the measures published during OSFI’s fourth Quarterly Release Day of 2025. OSFI Risk Assessment and Intervention Hub Executive Director Jacqueline Friedland and Policy and Risk Response Executive Director Theresa Hinz will present Via Zoom. Contact media-medias@osfi-bsif.gc.ca
Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Jason Jacques will post a new report entitled “ Supplementary Estimates (B) 2025-2026 ” on the PBO website. Contact sloane.mask@parl.gc.ca
Canada’s Drug Agency (CDA) will host a webinar highlighting “A Prescription for Action: A Pan-Canadian Strategy for Advancing the Appropriate Use of Prescription Medications,” their five-year national plan launched in September. The event will outline why a pan-Canadian approach is needed, explain the strategy’s goals and priorities, and showcase early progress with partners. Speakers include CDA Director of … Read more
Health care under attack in war zones will be the focus of a Canadian Health Coalition webinar, exploring violations of international law and the systemic targeting of health care workers. Obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Safa Elhassan, primary physician Dr. Yipeng Ge, and former UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory Michael Lynk will discuss the … Read more
Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Jason Jacques will post a new report entitled “Budget 2025: Issues for Parliamentarians” on the PBO website. Contact sloane.mask@parl.gc.ca 613-992-8044
The Institute on Governance is offering a professional development course on navigating change in Canada’s public service. The online session will examine the evolving role of public servants in the context of Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Sabia’s call for focus, simplification, and accountability. Participants will explore reforms in Canada and internationally, and assess … Read more
The Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association (GLEPHA) hosts a webinar on the role of trauma-informed communities in addressing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Director of the Center for Community Resilience at George Washington University, Dr. Wendy Ellis, will explore the “Pair of ACEs” model and how sectors like housing, education and law enforcement can collaborate to build … Read more
The Canadian Cancer Society will release Canadian Cancer Statistics 2025. The annual report, produced in partnership with Statistics Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada, provides updated national estimates of new cancer cases and deaths by sex, age, and region. Details are available online. Contact victoria.young@cancer.ca
The Toronto Association for Business Economics hosts a webinar, “Living on the Edge: Federal Budget Post-Mortem,” with C.D. Howe Institute President and CEO William Robson and Conference Board of Canada Chief Economist Pedro Antunes. Tickets for the online event are available online.
