Event Location: Online

Carleton University hosts a lecture on “‘A beacon of hope for the people of Afghanistan’: Racialized Political Elites and Memorialization of War,” a work-in-progress by Dr. Laura J. Kwak, assistant professor at York University. Kwak will examine the memorialization of the Korean war under the Harper government and narratives circulated by Asian Canadian Conservative political elites about rescue from communism/terrorism, … Read more

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole (Durham, Ont.) will sit down for an in-depth conservation with Maclean’s writer Paul Wells. This event will take place online.

The Canadian Club of Toronto and the Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy will present former federal cabinet minister Ralph Goodale with the Society’s 2020 Award for Excellence in the Cause of Parliamentary Democracy. This event will take place online.

National Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan (Vancouver South, B.C.) will participate in a virtual panel discussion entitled “COVID-19 Consequences for Defence” as part of the Rīga Conference 2020. This event will take place online. Call 613-996-3100.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (FedNor) Terry Sheehan (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) will make a virtual FedNor announcement to support technology, innovation, R&D, and recovery efforts in the Timmins-James Bay region. This event will take place online. Call 705-690-0957.

Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) will make an announcement regarding the Creative Export Canada program in Ontario. This event will take place online. Call 819-994-9101.

Minister of Middle Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance Mona Fortier (Ottawa-Vanier, Ont.) will take part in a virtual town hall meeting hosted by the Windsor-Essex United Way. She will be joined by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion Irek Kusmierczyk (Windsor-Tecumseh, Ont.). This event will take place online. Call 613-762-9446.

Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins will take part in a panel discussion on “Women’s leadership driving an inclusive recovery,” part of the Women’s Forum Global Meeting. This event will take place online.

Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem will participate in a panel discussion on “Sustainable Finance and the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy” hosted by the Public Policy Forum. This event will take place online.

Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.), accompanied by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade Rachel Bendayan (Outremont, Que.), will announce Government of Canada financial assistance to support the launch of commercial activities by ExCellThera Inc., a company focusing on cellular and molecular medicine at the advanced clinical … Read more