Blind hockey player Mark DeMontis and the Courage Canada team will be presented with a cheque from Boston Pizza and treated to an honourary dinner. The event will take place at Boston Pizza, 1640 Carling Avenue. Call 289-241-3997.
Blind hockey player Mark DeMontis will drop the puck at an Ottawa Senators game. The event will take place at Gate 1, Scotiabank Place, 1000 Palladium Drive. Call 289-241-3997.
Blind hockey player Mark DeMontis will be available to chat about his cross-country inline skate from Halifax to Toronto in support of his cause, Courage Canada. Mark and his team will be met by city councillor Scott Moffat, and DeMontis’s parents. The event will take place at Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, Laurier … Read more
The International Development Research Centre will present "Diverging stories of son preference in South Asia: a comparison of Bangladesh and India." These studies in both India and Bangladesh explore diverging trends. The Bangladesh study draws on a survey of 5000 women in different districts in Bangladesh, including the village where London University Professor Naila Kabeer … Read more
Douglas & McIntyre will host the launch of Joshua Knelman's "Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives Through the Secret World of Stolen Art." Knelman will join director of communications for Canada's National Arts Centre Rosemary Thompson for a discussion at Collected Works, 1242 Wellington Street West. Call 613-722-1265.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer will hold a technical briefing of the new report entitled "Fiscal Sustainability Report 2011" that provides an assessment of the sustainability of federal and provincial-territorial government finances over the long term. The report is available online. The event will take place in Room 120, 1 Wellington Street. Call 613-992-8026.
NDP MPs Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet (Hochelaga, QC), Jonathan Genest-Jourdain (Manicouagan, QC), and Romeo Saganash (Abitibi–Baie-James–Nunavik—Eeyou) will hold a press conference to announce the tabling of a petition asking for the restoration of funding for Wapikoni mobile in the Charles Lynch Press Theatre, 130-S Centre Block. Call 613-222-6993.
NDP Finance critic Peggy Nash (Parkdale-High Park, ON) will hold a media availability about the opposition day motion of the Official Opposition. The motion will focus on the worsening economic situation and how this affects Canadian families. The availability will take place in the Foyer of the House of Commons. Call 613-295-9228.
Canadian Teachers' Federation and the Association canadienne d'éducation de langue française will launch a new resource for immigrant families in Francophone minority settings. The resource is designed to foster dialogue on the issue of welcoming new immigrant families to better help their children develop, expand and improve their French-language skills and make French a centerpiece … Read more
The 2011 October Report by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Scott Vaughan will be tabled in the House of Commons. A news conference on the report will be held in the National Press Theatre, 150 Wellington Street. Call 613-952-0213 ext. 6292.
