Liberal MP Justin Trudeau (Papineau. QC) and Conservative Quebec Senator Patrick Brazeau will take part in a charity boxing match to raise money for cancer research. The event will take place at the Hampton Inn Convention Centre.
The Canadian Payments Association is launching its new payment guides for consumers and small business. The event is taking place in the Banking, Trade and Commerce Room, 256-S Centre Block, Parliament Hill. Call 613-238-4173 x 3248.
Jack Mintz from the School of Public Policy will give a talk and release a paper entitled "Reforming the GST: The Case for Fairness and Efficiency." This event is presented by the Public Policy Forum. The event takes place at the Rideau Club, 99 Bank Street, 15th floor. More information is available online.
Approximately 500 students from both English and French language high schools in Ottawa and Gatineau, QC, will attend the 25th Annual Conference on World Issues, a day of workshops on a wide range of international and security issues. The event is presented by the Centre for Security and Defence Studies at Carleton University. The event … Read more
The Conference of Defence Associations presents the 2012 Ottawa Conference on Defence and Security. Keynote speaker include: National Defence Minister Peter MacKay (Central Nova, NS), U.S. Secretary of the Navy, Lt.-Gen Ray Mabus, Commander NATO forces in Libya Charles Bouchard and Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Walter Natynczyk. The event takes place at the … Read more
Speaker Quentin Grafton from the Australian Bureau of Resources and Energy will present a lecture entitled "The Resources Commodity Boom: Past and Future Perspectives." The event is presented by the Economic Club of Canada. The event takes place at the Westin Hotel, 11 Colonel By Drive. More information is available online.
Speaker Kelly Greenhill from Tufts University will participate in a lecture entitled "Whispers of War, Mongers of Fear: Understanding the Origins of Threat Perception and Proliferation." More information is available online.
Carleton University is holding a conference entitled "Jewish Spaces, Jewish Places” and launching an international travelling exhibition about prisoners of the Dachau concentration camp. The interdisciplinary graduate student conference, hosted by the Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies will feature a keynote address by Michael Meng, Clemson University, on the postwar history of … Read more
Chairman of the World Gold Council Ian Telfer will present a lecture entitled "Why Gold is a Currency, Not Just a Commodity." This lecture is presented by the Economic Club of Canada. The event takes place at the Hilton Toronto, 145 Richmond Street West. More information is available online.
The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering presents a talk entitled "Decision-making in an uncertain world, " with guest Daniel Krewski from the University of Ottawa. The event takes place at the Government Conference Centre. Call 613-991-6369.
