The Royal Society of Canada hosts a virtual edition of “G7 Research Summit on The Future of Digital Health.” Domestic and international leaders will envision a future in which citizens feel increasingly inspired by and connected to the opportunities afforded by Digital Health. Mona Nemer, Canada’s Chief Science Advisor, will deliver remarks. This event will take … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute hosts a webinar on “Rising to the Challenge: Why we need supply chain resilience and economic security in the COVID era,” examining how democratic allies can cooperate to defend our economic security in the pandemic and beyond. Speakers include Akira Igata, executive director, Centre for Rule Making Strategies, Tama University; Juita Mohamad, fellow, … Read more
Conservative shadow minister for International Development and Human Rights Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.) will take part in a policy roundtable on “Uyghurs Under Threat” hosted by the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies and Concordia University. This event will take place online.
On behalf of Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan (St. John’s South–Mount Pearl, Nfld.), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources Paul Lefebvre (Sudbury, Ont.) will make a climate change adaptation announcement benefiting Indigenous communities. This event will take place online. Call 613-447-3488.
ISG Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard will take part in a panel discussion on “A Roadmap for Canada’s Black Youth” hosted by the Empire Club of Canada. She will be joined by Stephanie Dei, UN Women National Coordinator; and Georgette Morris, Graduate Studies, Ethics and Public Affairs. This event will take place online.
The Munk Debates hosts a Munk Dialogue with Zhang Weiwei, China’s leading scholar of geopolitics on America’s growing rivalry with the Middle Kingdom and why China’s unique system of governance means it will come out on top. This event will take place online.
Former senator Lt.-Gen. (ret) Roméo A. Dallaire will take part in a conversation on “The Moral Injuries of COVID-19,” hosted by the Canadian Club of Ottawa. Dallaire will speak with Dr. Shelly Whitman, executive director of the Dallaire Institute, on mental health and moral injury – be it on the battlefield or at home, touching on themes such as veterans’ mental health, … Read more
The Assembly of First Nations hosts its annual general assembly which will take place virtually. AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde will deliver remarks both days. Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) will deliver remarks at 4:15 p.m. This evening, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett (Toronto-St. Paul’s, Ont.), Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti (LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, Que.), Indigenous Services … Read more
Canada’s chief trade commissioner Sara Wilshaw will take part in “Free Trade Agreements Panel: Let’s Diversity” hosted by the Ottawa Board of Trade. Other participants include Anders Fisker and Delphine Adenot Owusu with the European Chamber of Commerce in Canada. This event will take place online.
Canada 2020 hosts a webinar, “Keeping Canada Connected” part of its Crisis to Resilience series. Panelists include Simon Kennedy, deputy minister of Industry, Science and Economic Development Canada; Michèle Beck, vice president, North American Sales, Telesat; Dean Prevost, president of Rogers Business, Rogers Communications; and Willa Black, vice-president, Corporate Affairs, CISCO. Then at 1:30 p.m. (ET), Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development Maryam … Read more
