McGill University hosts a webinar on “Understanding global post-pandemic economic recovery” featuring Christopher Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy; Danielle Goldfarb, Head of Global Research at Real-Time Interactive Worldwide Intelligence; and Sylvain Leduc, Executive Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. This event will take place online.
York University hosts a webinar on “Canada’s Response to COVID-19.” Prof. Steven J. Hoffman, Director of Global Strategy Lab and Professor of Global Health, Law and Political Science, will detail Canada’s response to COVID-19, draw comparisons to other countries, and discuss what’s next in our efforts to end this pandemic and start a gradual return to normalcy. … Read more
The University of Ottawa hosts a webinar on “Threat in the Time of Pandemic.” Phil Gurski, Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology hub at the University of Ottawa, will explore the groups and actions that pose the greatest threat to public safety and national security during the pandemic. This event will take place online.
The Recovery Project hosts an online conversation with former U.K. politician David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, who will discuss what COVID-19 means for global politics, equitable and sustainable growth, and the future of democracy. This event will take place online.
Former senator Hugh Segal will discuss his new book, Bootstraps Need Boots, in an online conversation hosted by the Ottawa International Writers Festival. The book lays out the moral framework and the economic rationale for a universal guaranteed annual income for all. This event will take place online.
Families, Children and Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen (York South-Weston, Ont.) will join Children First Canada’s Founder and CEO Sara Austin for a conversation about the impact of COVID-19 on children. This event will take place online.
The Association for Canadian Studies’s COVID-19 Social Impacts Network will hold a press conference to release the results of its nation-wide COVID-19 survey among the 12-17 year old population in Canada. Tasha Kheiriddin will moderate the virtual press conference featuring Deborah Morrison, President and CEO, Experiences Canada; Ashley Manuel, Managing Director, Association for Canadian Studies; and Nora Spinks, … Read more
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz will deliver the University of Alberta Eric J. Hanson Memorial Lecture on “Monetary Policy in Unknowable Times.” This event will take place online.
Governor General Julie Payette will host a virtual conversation with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal and Music Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera of New York. The discussion will focus on the arts and culture communities during the pandemic, and the unique challenges faced by performers … Read more
Mining Watch Canada will release a report, Predicting the impacts of mining deep sea polymetallic nodules in the Pacific Ocean, which it commissioned with the Deep Sea Mining Campaign. The report calls for a moratorium on the mining of deep sea nodules. The report will be released online. Call 613-256-8331.
