Event Location: Online

The University of Ottawa’s Task Force on National Security will release its report, “A New National Security Strategy for Canada,” evaluating the changing security environment facing Canada and how best to respond. Speakers include task force co-chair Vincent Rigby, former national security and intelligence advisor to the prime minister, and uOttawa professor and author Thomas Juneau, a former National Defence policy officer. This event … Read more

The University of Ottawa and Global Affairs Canada host a webinar, “Why Do Donors’ Approaches to Aid Effectiveness Differ?” In a new book, Simone Dietrich explores the institutional, normative, and political economic factors shaping Northern donors’ approaches to aid effectiveness. She will take part in a discussion with current and former senior Canadian development officials to explore how … Read more

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Andy Fillmore (Halifax, N.S.) will announce the winners of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s 2022 Storytellers Challenge. This event will take place online. Contact laurie.bouchard@ised-isde.gc.ca.

Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne (Saint-Maurice–Champlain, Que.) will provide an update on his meetings with his international counterparts and business leaders during his trip in Germany and Belgium, including the discussions that took place at the G7 Digital Ministers meeting in Düsseldorf on May 10-11. Contact laurie.bouchard@ised-isde.gc.ca.

The Royal Society of Canada hosts a webinar, “Investing in Canada’s Nursing Workforce Post-Pandemic: A Call to Action” based on a recent policy briefing of the same title. In this town hall, the report authors will discuss key challenges facing nurses to help Canada through, and beyond, the pandemic. This event will take place online.

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute hosts a webinar on “How Innovation Works” with Matt Ridley, author of How Innovation Works and Why It Flourishes in Freedom. Ridley will discuss with MLI’s Aaron Wudrick how innovation should be seen as an incremental, bottom-up process that happens to society as a direct result of the human habit of exchange, rather than an orderly, top-down … Read more

On behalf of Minister for Rural Economic Development Gudie Hutchings (Long Range Mountains, N.L.), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Terry Duguid (Winnipeg South, Man.) will announce an investment to improve high-speed Internet access in Manitoba. This event will take place online. Call 343-571-9582.

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post a new PBO report entitled The Industrial and Technological Benefits Policy: An Analysis of Contractor Obligations and Fulfillment online. This report analyses transactions and investments made from 2015-2019 under the Industrial and Technological Benefits Policy for Canadian defence and security procurement, as administered by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. … Read more

Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti (LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, Que.), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser (Central Nova, N.S.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Andy Fillmore (Halifax, N.S.) will make a funding announcement regarding support for victims of crime in Nova Scotia. They will be joined by … Read more

The Canadian International Council hosts a webinar “Democracy Under Siege – The Cyberwarfare Age.” A panel of experts will discuss what’s next for Democracy and Canada’s role in the world. This event will take place online.