Event Location: Online

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates host a public webinar, “Empowering women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: Experiences from the UAE and Canada” featuring Canadian and Emirati women at different stages of their STEM education and careers, highlighting the importance of gender equity in STEM. This event will take place … Read more

The Council of Canadian Academies will release Fault Lines, a report on the socioeconomic impacts of science and health misinformation on the public and public policy in Canada. The report details the impacts of misinformation on individuals, communities, and society; what makes people particularly susceptible; and how to improve societal resilience. The report also estimates the health impacts and … Read more

Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti (LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, Que.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Gary Anandasangaree (Scarborough—Rouge Park, Ont.) will announce funding to help address the overrepresentation of Inuit in the justice system in the Nunatsiavut region in Labrador. This event will take place online. Call 343-574-3446.

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute, the Japan Foundation Toronto and the Embassy of Japan host a webinar, “Defending democracies from disinformation: An imperative for Canada-Japan strategic cooperation.” Panelists will examine the current state of disinformation threats and countermeasures/practices in Canada and Japan, as well as the potential for Canada-Japan cooperation in fighting against potential disinformation campaigns. Japan’s ambassador to Canada Kanji Yamanouchi will deliver remarks. … Read more

Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) will announce the finalists selected under the Novel Technologies Streams of the Food Waste Reduction Challenge to find new solutions to food waste. This event will take place online. Call 343-541-9229.

The Centre for International Governance Innovation hosts a workshop on “Rethinking Canada’s Competition Policy in a Digital Economy.” The federal government’s recent consultation on the future of competition policy is an opportunity to examine the implications of digital data for markets and to rethink the policy frameworks that underpin those markets. Canada can learn from how other countries … Read more

The Walrus magazine hosts “The Walrus Talks: Trust in Democracy” Participants including former Liberal cabinet minister Catherine McKenna will discuss key findings from the 2023 CanTrust Index conducted by Proof Strategies which featured questions about which leaders and levels of government that people across Canada find trustworthy, as well as which sectors, corporations, services, and institutions have strong … Read more

Simon Fraser University hosts a webinar, “Canada’s Game – violence, misogyny and racism in hockey.” Canada’s sports minister says there is a “systemic problem” of sexual violence and toxic masculinity in Canada’s hockey culture. Sports journalist Laura Robinson and Courtney Szto, assistant professor of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University, will discuss the Hockey Canada scandal as a jumping off … Read more

PSG Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard will take part in a webinar, “Culturally Responsive Healthcare to Reduce Gender Based Violence,” hosted by Dalhousie University. Participants will examine how healthcare systems incorporate culturally appropriate programming, resources and services to support better responses to gender-based violence in African Nova Scotian Communities. This event will take place online.

The Institute of Public Administration of Canada’s Manitoba branch hosts a webinar, “Emergency Management in Canada.” Johanu Botha, assistant deputy minister, Emergency Management, Government of Manitoba, will explore how in Canada, the challenge of developing emergency management systems is affected by the divide between federal and local governments, the constitutional responsibility and policy capacity of provinces, Indigenous … Read more