Event Location: Online

Green Party Leader Annamie Paul will take part in this year’s virtual Couchiching Conference, on the theme “Raising Hope: Canada in the World After COVID-19.” Other participants include former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin; Danielle Martin, MD, executive vice president and chief medical executive at Toronto’s Women’s College Hospital; and Thomas Homer-Dixon, author of Commanding Hope: The Power We Have to … Read more

The Canadian International Council, Global Canada and CanWaCH host a multi-day conference, “Foreign Policy By Canadians,” focused on the policy proposals on four fundamental objectives in Canada’s foreign policy: Health, Security, Prosperity and Dignity. Participants will receive a discussion guide for their preferred topic and will be invited to deliberate with other citizens in an … Read more

The University of Ottawa Press and Library and Archives Canada host a webinar: “Vulnerable: COVID-19, Equity and Social Triage Phenomena” exploring the multiple inequities exacerbated by the pandemic and by measures taken (centred on the law, policy and ethics) to stop it from spreading, based on the 2020 report Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19. Speakers include Sophie Theiriault, professor and … Read more

The Canadian Association for Business Economics hosts the inaugural Mike McCracken Lecture on Full Employment featuring Dr. Lael Brainard, member of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System. Carolyn A. Wilkins, former senior deputy governor of the Bank of Canada, will moderate the discussion. This event will take place online.

Carleton University hosts a talk by Robert Vitalis entitled, “Racism’s Raw Materials”. He will be discussing how racism shapes debates on the geopolitics of oil, drawing on his new book Oilcraft: The Myths of Scarcity and Security that Haunt U.S. Energy Policy. This event will take place online.

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole (Durham, Ont.) will take part in a meet-and-greet fundraising event online.

The Group of 78 hosts a webinar on “Israel and Palestine: Future Directions in the Middle East,” exploring the regional outlook of Israel, Palestine and the broader Middle East. Participants include Dr. Alaa Tartir, researcher, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva; Inès Abdel Razek, advocacy director, Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy; Dr. Shir Hever, independent economic researcher and journalist; Dr. Jeremy Wildeman, research … Read more

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission will hold a virtual hearing to consider the applications by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Société Radio-Canada to renew the licences for its English and French-language radio and television services. This event will take place online. Call 819-997-9403.

The Assembly of First Nations host the first in a series of leadership gatherings on “First Nations Child and Family Services and Self-Determination” which will take place until April 13. This introductory presentation will focus on the new Indigenous child and family services legislation, An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families (the Act). … Read more

The McGill Institute for the Study of Canada hosts a bilingual panel discussion on “Rediscovering Louis St-Laurent,” exploring the influence of a politician whose astute policies and bold resolve moved Canada into the modern era. Participants include former Quebec premier Jean Charest, Patrice Dutil, Ryerson University professor; Mary Janigan, historian and author; Xavier Gélinas, curator of political history at the Canadian … Read more