The Economic Club of Canada presents speaker Jon Fairest, president and CEO Sanofi Canada. He will discuss “From Transformation to Sustainability: Sharing Health-Care Risk and Realizing Social Benefit.” The event will be held at the Westin, 11 Colonel By Drive. More information is available online.
The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering presents a talk ‘Putting Humpty together again: rebuilding peatlands after resource extraction’ with Line Rochefort, Université Laval. The event will be held at the Government Conference Centre, Colonel By. Register by Feb. 4, 2013, by contacting Donna Boag: 613-991-6369.
The Canadian International Council National Capital Branch has launched a new report on an investigation into resource-related and resource-generated policy entitled “The Nine Habits of Highly Effective Resource Economies” with Madelaine Drohan, The Economist. The event will be held in the Rideau Room, Sheraton Hotel, 150 Albert Street. Call 613-903-4011 or contact: ottawa@opencanada.org.
The Aga Khan Foundation Canada presents a seminar and live webcast on “Tracing Health to Its Roots, Linking Early Childhood Development to Healthy Adulthood,’ with speaker Dr. Stephen Lye, Fraser Mustard for Human University of Toronto. The event will be held at the delegation of Ismaili, 199 Sussex Drive. Call 613-237-2532 x 131. Contact: melisa@akfc.ca.
Third Wall Theatre Company presents a reading by Henry Beissel entitled, "When Africa Calls: Uhuru" as part of its Empty Spaces Series. The event will be held at James United Church, 650 Lyon Street. More information is available online.
Justice Barry L. Strayer was instrumental in the design of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the patriation of Canada’s Constitution. Strayer will discuss his new book Canada’s Constitutional Revolution at a luncheon. The event will be held at Rideau Club, 99 Bank Street. Call 613-233-7787 or Contact: lepagec@rideauclub.ca.
The 2012 Fall Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development will be tabled in the House of Commons. More information is available online.
The Centre for European Studies at Carleton University presents a roundtable discussion on “Europe: Still a Continent of Multiculturalism?” with guest speakers, Valerie Amiraux, Phil Triadafilopolous and Robert Gould, in honour of Robert Gould’s retirement as associate director of the centre. The event will be held in room 2228, River Building, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By … Read more
Governor General David Johnston will receive the credentials of three ambassadors: Nancy Ndiaye Ngom, ambassador-designate of the Republic of Senegal; Riadh Essid, ambassador-designate of the Republic of Tunisia; Jean-Louis Wolzfeld, ambassador-designate of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The event will be held at Rideau Hall. Call 613-998-9166.
The Governor General’s Performing Arts Award Gala will be held. The gala is a star-studded event featuring moving tributes and spectacular performances by some of Canada’s leading artists. The event will be held at the National Arts Centre. More information is available online.
