A partnership involving national organizations representing teachers, Indigenous peoples and champions for human rights will join forces to launch a major initiative that will play out in Canadian schools from coast to coast to coast. The launch event will be held at the Château Laurier, Laurier Room. The launch will also be broadcast online. Call … Read more
On behalf of Public Safety Minister Vic Toews (Provencher, Man.), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety Candice Bergen (Portage-Lisgar, Man.) at the Ottawa Coalition to End Human Trafficking's second bi-annual Fall Forum. Conservative MP Joy Smith (Kildonan-St. Paul, Man.) will also be speaking. The event will be held at Vanier-Richelieu Community Centre, 300 … Read more
Members of Parliament and Human Rights groups will be on hand to make statements in honour of International Human Rights Day and against the Security Certificates/Secret Trials in Canada. The system will be the subject of a new appeal in 2013 before the Supreme Court of Canada. 2013 will also be the year Canada is … Read more
On behalf of Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney (Levis-Bellechasse, Que.), Conservative Ontario Senator Vernon White will join family members of Canadian veterans who participated in the Battle of Hong Kong in a wreath-laying ceremony to mark the 71st anniversary of the Battle of Hong Kong. The event will be held at "C" Force Memorial Wall, … Read more
The Museum for Human Rights will present a special International Human Rights Day celebration. The event will be held at the Château Laurier, Laurier Room. RSVP by email.
Daniel Légère, president of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) New Brunswick, and CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador president Wayne Lucas, will be taking part in a press conference alongside CUPE national president, Paul Moist, and CUPE national secretary-treasurer, Charles Fleury, and NDP MP Yvon Godin (Acadie-Bathurst, N.B.) to discuss the negative impact on the unemployed through recent changes by the government to … Read more
Dr. Sherry Cooper, BMO Financial Group, will give a talk at a luncheon to members of the Canadian Club of Ottawa. The event will be held at the Chateau Laurier Hotel Ballroom, 1 Rideau Street. More information is available online.
Canada 2020, an independent think tank, presents “The Canada We Want in 2020 Speaker Series: Equality of Opportunity – a Canadian dream?” The event will be held at the Chateau Laurier Hotel, 1 Rideau Street. More information is available online.
The Canada-United Kingdom Inter-Parliamentary Association holds its Annual General Meeting. More information is available online.
Chamberfest presents the Arion Baroque Orchestra in concert. The event will be held at the Dominion-Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper Street. More information is available online.
