Event Location: Ottawa

The Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association holds its annual general meeting. More information is available online. 

The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada is hosting the Ottawa launch of The National Conversation on Asia. The launch reception will follow a high-level Asia Strategy Session taking place earlier in the day between Deputy Ministers and members of The Futures Group on Asia, a panel of experts on Asia from across Canada. The reception … Read more

Join members of the Canadian Health Food Association for their Natural Health Products Awareness Day reception. The event will take place at the Parliamentary Dining Room, Rooms 601 & 602, Parliament Hill. Call 613-233-8906.

A short documentary “The Biases of CBC” will be screened, followed by a panel discussion with panelists including Honest Reporting Canada's Mark Fegelman, Sun News's Brian Lilley and others. Presented by the Free Thinking Film Society. The event will take place at Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street. More information is available online. 

The Canadian War Museum will have several Remembrance Day activities. Catch the broadcast of the official Remembrance Day ceremony from the War Memorial. Later on, join guest speaker Suzanne Evans for the Silver Cross Lecture as she discusses the history of the Silver Cross Medal, a memento created in 1919 as a tribute to the … Read more

The National wreath laying ceremony for Remembrance Day will take place at the National War Memorial. Five deserving Canadian Forces personnel and a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will stand sentry. The event will take place at the intersection of Elgin and Wellington Street. Call 613-591-3335.

Join CEO of the NCC Marie Lemay for an illustrated lecture on “Building a Vibrant Capital for all Canadians.” Presented by the Canadian and Turkish Women’s Association of Ottawa. The event will take place in Salon A, Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street. More information is available online. 

Canadian War Museum historian Tim Cook will speak at the event "In Flanders Field with the Canadian Army Medical Corps" on the context in which Lt. Col. John McCrae wrote his famous poem during WW1. The event will take place at the Barney Danson Theatre, Canadian War Museum, 1 Vimy Place. More information is available … Read more

Author Bill Blaikie will sign copies and discuss his new book The Blaikie Report: An Insider’s Look at Faith and Politics. During his 30 years in politics he served as NDP critic for social policy, health, environment, foreign affairs and trade. The event will take place at Chapters, 47 Rideau Street.

Chair CBC/Radio-Canada board of directors Timothy Casgrain, president and CEO Hubert T. Lacroix and vice-president and CFO Suzanne Morris will review highlights of 2010-2011 and provide an overview of CBC’s direction for the current fiscal year and the future. To mark the broadcaster’s 75th anniversary, a presentation by foreign correspondents, including Nahlah Ayed will discuss … Read more