Event Location: Online

The Public Sector Network hosts a virtual event, “Procurement Modernization,” exploring how can the procurement function in the public sector rapidly adapt to the changes that are needed and improve the speed to market during these unprecedented times? Speakers include Arianne Reza, Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Services and Procurement Canada; Barbara Robertson, Senior Technical Advisor, Procurement Modernization, Elections Canada; and Val Wawrzynczak, Supply Project … Read more

ISG Senator Murray Sinclair will take part in a webinar on “Racial Inequality and Disparity” hosted by Aksis: Edmonton’s Aboriginal Business & Professional Association. He will be joined by Dr. Wanda Costen for a discussion on why correcting social and economic imbalances is so critical to our collective future. This event will take place online.

The Ottawa Economics Association hosts a presentation from Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux on the latest economic and fiscal outlook. Giroux will share his assessment of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Canadian economy and the federal government’s balance sheet. This event will take place online.

Carleton University hosts a lecture on “Legitimacy Crisis, Democratic Representation and the Future of European Integration.” Christina J. Schneider, professor of political science at University of California San Diego will will reflect on the European Union’s democratic legitimacy in the post-Brexit era. This event will take place online.

Carleton University hosts an online lecture on “Inclusion, Exclusion, and Migrant Farm Labour in Canada.” Edward Dunsworth, assistant professor of history and classical studies at McGill University will discuss how often-racist immigration policies and labour practices determined not only who could enter the Canadian farm labour market, but also the conditions of workers’ participation and their … Read more

ISG Senator Rosa Galvez hosts and moderates an exclusive webinar for parliamentary offices and key government officials on “For a Healthy Canada: Benefits of a Clean and Sustainable Recovery For Canadians’ Health,” the second in a series on “Path towards relaunching the economy and protecting the health of Canadians.” Dr. Kristie Ebi, Dr. Trevor Hancock, and Dr. Elaine McDonald will focus on … Read more

Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan (St. John’s South–Mount Pearl, Nfld.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources Paul Lefebvre (Sudbury, Ont.) will participate in virtual sessions of the 11th Clean Energy Ministerial pre-events hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This event will take place online. Call 613-447-3488.

ISG Senator Kim Pate and Green Party MP Paul Manly (Nanaimo-Ladysmith, B.C.) will take part in a national town hall on Guaranteed Livable Income, hosted by Coalition Canada. Panelists Tracy Smith Carrier, associate professor, School of Social Work, Western University; Evelyn Forget, economist and professor, University of Manitoba; and Robert Case, associate professor of Social Development Studies, Renison University College, will explain … Read more

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (FedNor) Terry Sheehan (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) will announce FedNor funding to support clean-tech, business innovation and expansion, economic growth and the creation of good paying jobs in the Nipissing-Timiskaming region. Details online. Call 705-690-0957.

Senator Mobina Jaffer will host an online call for intervention in the humanitarian crisis taking place as thousands of Yazidi leave refugee camps to return to Sinjar. Speakers include Christine McDowell, Women Refugees Advocacy Project; Aveen, a Yazidi woman and her daughter; Ellen Woodsworth, Women Transforming Cities; Lloyd Axworthy, World Refugee & Migration Council. Details … Read more