NDP leader Singh to take part in Maclean’s Live

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) will sit down with Maclean’s senior writer Paul Wells to discuss the strangest Parliament ever and the NDP’s plan for the months ahead. This event will take place online.

Webinar “Indigenous Economic Resilience”

Canada 2020 hosts a webinar on “Indigenous Economic Reconciliation,” part of the new media series, Crisis to Resilience. Details to follow. This event will take place online.

Webinar:”Americans and Canadians Working Together on Migration in the Biden-Harris Era”

The Refugee Council USA, the Association for Canadian Studies and Metropolis North America host a webinar with two panel discussions on “The Path Forward: Americans and Canadians Working Together on Migration in the Biden-Harris Era.” Participants include former NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, professor at the University of Montréal; former Quebec immigration minister David Heurtel, government relations counsel at Fasken; and former … Read more

Munk Dialogue with Bari Weiss

The Munk Debates hosts a Munk Dialogue with American journalist Bari Weiss on the future of speech and open debate in contemporary society, and how we forge common understandings about the things that matter in time of extreme political and ideological polarization. This event will take place online.

Book Launch: “When Politics Comes Before Patients”

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute host the launch for Dr. Shawn Whatley‘s new book: When Politics Comes Before Patients: Why and How Canadian Medicare is Failing. Whatley will read from his book and moderate a panel discussion on healthcare featuring Pat Rich, health care journalist and commentator; former editor-in-chief of The Medical Post and publisher, CMAJ; Dr. David Jacobs, chair of the Ontario Specialists … Read more

Minister Ng to deliver remarks

Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade Mary Ng (Markham-Thornhill, Ont.) will join Isabelle Hudon, Canada’s Ambassador to France, for a panel discussion with Canadian women entrepreneurs on the opportunities created by the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. This event will take place online. Call 343-551-0246.

Canada’s Librarian and Archivist to take part in two events

Leslie Weir, Librarian and Archivist of Canada, will take part in a panel discussion on “Artificial Intelligence and Culture: The Future of Knowledge,” part of the Conference of Montreal hosted by the International Economic Forum of the Americas. This event will take place online. Then at 7:00 p.m. EST, Weir will speak with former governor general Adrienne Clarkson, part of LAC’s … Read more

Webinar: “The world : responding to the challenges of our time”

The Montreal Council on Foreign Relations hosts a webinar with Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, New York, who will speak about his new book in a webinar titled “The World: Responding to the Challenges of Our Time.” This event will take place online.

Webinar: “Populism in the American Election: Lessons for Canada”

The Pearson Centre hosts a webinar on “Populism in the American Election: Lessons for Canada.” Megaphone politics, bumper sticker slogans and tweets are the main forms of political discourse. So, that’s in the United States, but it’s in Canada, too. Former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty will take part in a conversation with Justin Best, author and associate professor of policy … Read more

In Conversation with Peter Mansbridge

The Pearson Centre hosts a conversation with former CBC chief correspondant Peter Mansbridge about his new book, Extraordinary Canadians. In his new book, Mansbridge recounts the stories from some of his favourite Canadians —advocates, politicians, doctors, veterans, immigrants, business leaders, and more. This event will take place online.