The University of Ottawa hosts a webinar, “Taliban Redux – What’s next for Afghanistan? A Canadian law enforcement perspective,” featuring William Malone who served in Afghanistan and the Deputy Canadian Police Commander in 2011-2012. He will provide some perspective on the current situation currently unfolding in that country. This event will take place online.
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities will release its Election 2021 recommendations to federal parties titled Frontline Solutions for Canada’s Recovery. Participants include FCM President Joanne Vanderheyden, FCM Second Vice-President Scott Pearce, FCM Rural Forum Chair Ray Orb, and FCM’s Big Cities Mayors’ Caucus Chair, Halifax Mayor Mike Savage. This event will take place online. Call 613-907-6395.
Honest Talk podcast hosts Catherine Clark and Jennifer Stewart speak with executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada Cindy Blackstock, who has dedicated her entire career to improving the lives of First Nations, Métis and Inuit children. This event will take place online.
The Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald will publicly release The Healing Path Forward: 2021 Federal Election Priorities for First Nations and Canada, during a virtual press conference today. The document sets out First Nations priorities for the upcoming federal election and seeks specific commitments from all parties. Call 613-612-7229.
Evidence for Democracy hosts “100 Debates on the Environment: Ottawa Centre,” a virtual debate on the environment with the candidates running to be MP Ottawa Centre in Canada’s 44th federal election. Participants include Angela Keller-Herzog (Green Party); Angella MacEwen (NDP), Carol Clemenhagen (Conservative Party, TBC) and Yasir Naqvi (Liberal Party). This event will take place online.
Algonquin College hosts a webinar on “Canada’s Residential Schools Tragedy” featuring Ry Moran, founding director of the University of Manitoba’s National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. This event will take place online.
The North American Society for Intelligence History hosts a webinar on “The Canadian intelligence system and global pandemics” featuring Wesley Wark, senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation. Wark will explore how the Canadian intelligence system suffered a serious failure early in the pandemic, partly the result of problems within the Public Health Agency of … Read more
Carleton University and the Parliamentary Centre host an “Election Primer for Diplomats, Politicos and Interested Observers.” Learn about the issues that are shaping the campaign and voter trends; regional differences and key ridings; Leaders’ debates, party strategy, and the role of the media. David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, will give a presentation followed by a panel discussion featuring Joël-Denis … Read more
The Balsillie School of International Affairs hosts a webinar, “Afghanistan 2021: What Went Wrong and What Comes Next?” On the eve of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, a panel of experts will reflect on these questions, and on the broader lessons to be learned from the Afghan experience about statebuilding and peacebuilding. Participants include Sally Armstrong, journalist, author, and human rights advocate; Seyed … Read more
The Canadian International Council’s Edmonton chapter hosts a webinar on “Women In Afghanistan and the U.S. Withdrawal,” a discussion of the situation in Afghanistan with Zahra Nader, a Ph.D. student at York University who worked as a journalist with local and international media from Kabul (2011-2017). This event will take place online.
