ISG Senator Kim Pate will take part in a press conference hosted by the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action for the launch of its report on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police: The Toxic Culture of the RCMP: Misogyny, Racism, and Violence against Women in Canada’s National Police Force. Pate will be joined by Dr. Pamela Palmater, Mi’kmaq lawyer, professor chair in … Read more
The Globe and Mail hosts a webinar, “Health Care in Canada: How Might it Drive Economic Growth?” exploring what a new health care system in Canada might look like, and the strategies, partnerships and polices that will support national prosperity for the long term. Participants include Canadian Medical Association President Dr. Katharine Smart; Cheryl Prescod, executive director, Black … Read more
The Toronto Associatino of Business Economics hosts a webinar, “More Money, More Choices –An Overview of Canada’s 2022 Budget Season.” The 2022 Canadian budget season has come to a close, and it wasn’t without surprises. Randall Bartlett (Desjardins Group) and Dominique Lapointe (Laurentian Bank Securities) will discuss what the latest budget season means for government taxing, spending … Read more
Carleton University hosts the first in the Shannon Lecture series: “Orcas, Pipelines, and the Politics of Science on the West Coast.” Prof. Jason Colby will discuss the symbols of the West Coast orca whale and Alberta oil, and how the values they represent have clashed in heated debates over Canadian energy and environmental policy. This event will take place online.
The Conference of Defence Associations Institute hosts a webinar: “The Promises and Pitfalls of Foreign Military Training: Implications for the Canadian Armed Forces.” Recent research and contemporary events provide a mixed picture regarding foreign military training (FMT). For supplying nations, what are the benefits of FMT? For recipient countries, what are the main advantages of receiving training from … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute hosts a webinar, “Canada in Question: Exploring our Citizenship in the Twenty-First Century,” a panel discussion on Peter MacKinnon’s newest book, Canada in Question: Exploring Our Citizenship in the Twenty-First Century. Examining pressing questions around Canadian citizenship, this book delves into contemporary issues that come into play in identifying what it means to be Canadian. The full release … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute hosts the second webinar in the series “Mining, Indigenous communities, and our resource-dependent future.” MLI’s First Nations panel will evaluate the current state of impact and benefit agreements, how community perceptions of resource development are evolving, and the role of revenue sharing in creating win-win situations, with a focus on Ontario. This event will take … Read more
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) will announce a new project and highlight the expansion of the Low Carbon Economy Fund. Call 819-230-1557.
President of the Queen’s Privy Council and Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.) will announce funding to support both capacity building and domestic deployment to four Canadian emergency management NGOs under the Supporting a Humanitarian Workforce to Respond to COVID-19 and Other Large-Scale Emergencies program. This event will take place online. Contact annie.cullinan@qpc-cpr.gc.ca.
On behalf of Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and to the Minister of Sport Adam van Koeverden (Milton, Ont.) will announce a new national research network that aims to improve health outcomes for Canadians living with heart failure. He will be joined by Liberal MP Patricia Lattanzio (Saint-Léonard–Saint-Michel, Que.). … Read more
