Event Location: Ottawa and Online

Leaders from coastal First Nations will hold a press conference to outline how salmon aquaculture can support food security, attract investment and advance economic reconciliation. Speakers include First Nations Finfish Stewardship Coalition Spokesperson Dallas Smith and Isaiah Robinson, Deputy Chief of the Kitasoo Xai’Xais First Nation. The event takes place in Room 135-B, West Block. Contact: ssmith@blueskystrategygroup.com

Chiefs and leaders from across British Columbia will meet with federal officials and hold a press conference to press for clarity and action on the federal commitment to ban open-net pen fish farms by 2029. The event will take place in Room 135-B, West Block. Contact: ShalinaKajani@shaw.ca

Conservative Employment Critic Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.) will participate in a press conference on transnational repression and forced labour, alongside Campaign for Uyghurs Executive Director Rushan Abbas, Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project Executive Director Mehmet Tohti, and more. The panel will examine threats to democratic freedoms and global supply chains, including implications for Canada, ahead of the CUSMA review. The … Read more

The Canadian Association of Occupational Therapy will hold a press conference urging the federal government to include occupational therapists in the Canada Student Loan Forgiveness program to address gaps in rural and remote health care. The organization says the exclusion is contributing to longer wait times and limited access to care for seniors, children and … Read more

The Canadian Vaping Association (CVA) will hold a press conference on concerns that vaping excise taxes are fueling the illicit market and hurting government revenue. CVA President Sam Tam will present recommendations to reform the tax framework. The event takes place in Room 135-B, West Block. Contact abouman@thecva.org

Valour in the Presence of the Enemy will bring Petition E-6661 to the floor of the House of Commons, signed by more than 16,000 Canadians and supported by all-party motions in three provincial legislatures. A press conference will follow, featuring General Rick Hillier, former Chief of the Defence Staff, Liberal MP Pauline Rochefort (Nipissing–Timiskaming, Ont.), … Read more

Bloc Québécois Heritage critic Martin Champoux (Drummond, Que.), along with Bloc MPs Sébastien Lemire (Abitibi—Témiscamingue, Que.) and Alexis Deschênes (Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj, Que.), will hold a press scrum on support for regional and national media. The event will take place in the second-floor foyer, West Block, House of Commons. The event can be followed online. Call 613-402-0443

Canada’s Drug Agency will host Symposium 2026, a three-day event bringing together policymakers, researchers and health experts to discuss evidence-based decision-making and the future of health systems. The program will focus on emerging trends, health technology assessment and building resilient, future-ready care systems. The event will be held in a hybrid format, with in-person attendance … Read more

The Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics at the University of Ottawa hosts a talk titled “Rewriting the Rules: Gender-Responsive Lawmaking for the Twenty-First Century.” Ramona Vijeyarasa, law professor at the University of Technology of Sydney, Australia, will consider what law would look like if written with women in mind, including a legislative tour of … Read more

The Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics at the University of Ottawa hosts a seminar on “The Gendered Ethics of the Transnational Fertility Industry and the Future of (Assisted) Reproduction.” Riika Homanene, research fellow in gender studies and sociology at the University of Lapland, will draw on ethnographic research on the transnational fertility sector … Read more