International Development Minister Karina Gould (Burlington, Ont.) will take part in a conversation with the Canadian International Council Young Professionals Network, sharing her insights on Canada’s efforts in providing humanitarian assistance around the world, the implementation of a Feminist International Assistance Policy, and her thoughts on the opportunities and challenges for today’s leaders and the next generation of … Read more
Families, Children and Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen (York South-Weston, Ont.) will announce additional support for quality early learning, childcare and schools in New Brunswick. This event will take place online. Call 819-994-5559.
Liberal MP Hedy Fry (Vancouver Centre, B.C.), Bloc Québécois MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, Que.), NDP MP Heather MacPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, Alta.) and Green Party Parliamentary Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) will take part in a webinar on “Why hasn’t Canada signed the UN Nuclear Ban Treaty?” hosted by the Group of 78. Anti-nuclear activist Setsuko Thurlow will also participate. This event will take place online.
ISG Senator Yuen Pau Woo will deliver remarks at a webinar hosted by the Canada-China Friendship Society. This event will take place online.
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett (Toronto-St. Paul’s, Ont.) will deliver remarks on the second day of the “Women in Leadership in the Canadian Public Sector” roadshow, hosted by the Public Sector Network. At 9:50 a.m. (EST) Minister of Digital Government Joyce Murray (Vancouver Quadra, B.C.) will speak, followed by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Soraya Martinez Ferrada (Hochelaga, … Read more
Minister of Labour Filomena Tassi (Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas, Ont.) will deliver remarks at the opening day of the “Women in Leadership in the Canadian Public Sector” roadshow, Nov. 16-20. Kelly Gillis, Deputy Minister, Infrastructure and Communities, Infrastructure Canada, will also speak on “Understanding and Integrating the Unique Differences/Skills Women Possess as Senior Executives.” This event will take place online.
The Assembly of First Nations hosts its 2020 Water Summit, raising awareness on urgent and emerging water issues facing First Nations across the country. National Chief Perry Bellegarde will deliver remarks. Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs, Que.) will deliver remarks. Other invited guests include Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) and Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.). This event … Read more
The Ottawa Economics Association hosts a webinar on “Building Back Better and Future Proofing Canada’s Labour Market: An OECD Perspective,” with Jonathan Barr, deputy head of division and head of the Employment and Skills Unit, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions, and Cities. This event will take place online.
The Toronto Association for Business Economics hosts a webinar on “Public Policies for the Pandemic.” Canadian public policy experts Armine Yalnizyan, Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers, and Rebekah Young, Director, Fiscal & Provincial Economics, Scotiabank Economics, will discuss how policymakers have an opportunity to evaluate and adjust the recovery programs rolled out to-date, and propose a suite of longer-term … Read more
Carleton University hosts a lecture on “Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: Canada in Transnational Comparison.” Prof. Bonny Ibhawoh from McMaster University will examine the politics and contestations over collective memory in the work of truth commissions, from South Africa’s post-apartheid TRC to Canada’s Residential School TRC. This event will take place online.
