Event Location: Online

The Assembly of First Nations hosts its annual general meeting, where the next national chief will be elected. This event will take place online.

The Toronto Association for Business Economics hosts a webinar on “Economic Policymaking in Practice” featuring Sean Speer, fellow-in-residence and Prime Minister of Canada Fellow at the Public Policy Forum, who will share his lessons learned from the Global Financial Crisis (when Speer was senior economic advisor to then-prime minister Stephen Harper) that apply today and how policy may … Read more

Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) will host an Atlantic Women in Business Forum where she will discuss Budget 2021 and make a funding announcement. This event will take place online. Contact Catherine.mounier-desrochers@canada.ca.

Former NDP MP Romeo Saganash will take part in a conversation with Jocelyn Bell, editor and publisher of Broadview Magazine, as part of the “Seeking Justice Together” symposium hosted by Citizens for Public Justice from May 17-20. This event will take place online.

The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering (PAGSE) hosts “On the Path to a Net-Zero Carbon Economy: Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage,” part of its Bacon & Eggheads virtual series. Don Lawton of Carbon Management Canada and the University of Calgary, will focus on the opportunities and potential barriers for implementing carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies on a large scale in … Read more

Gina Wilson, Deputy Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Youth; acting Deputy Minister of Canadian Heritage; and the Deputy Minister Champion for Indigenous Federal Employees, will deliver the keynote address as part of the Women’s March Ottawa 2021 programming. This event will take place online.

Independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould (Vancouver-Granville, B.C.) will deliver remarks on “UNDRIP Is the Start, Not the Finishing Line,” part of the 2021 Tom Courchene Distinguished Speaker Series hosted by Queen’s University. Wilson-Raybould will answer questions on why do governments struggle to effect true reconciliation? What should governments, Indigenous peoples, and the public do to drive forward the … Read more

The Conference of Defence Associations Institute hosts a webinar on “From Fault Lines to Firewalls: How Digital Borders are Remapping the World,” exploring how states can ensure cyber sovereignty in the age of cloud computing and great power competition. Speakers include Emily Harding, deputy director and senior fellow with the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and … Read more

The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post a new legislative costing note entitled Tobacco Taxation Increase. Call 613-992-8026.

Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) and Liberal MP Francis Drouin (Glengarry–Prescott–Russell, Ont.) will virtually join producers from across the country to announce funding in support of the inclusion of Canadian youth in the agriculture and agri-food sector. Details online. Call 343-549-2326.