The Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) will protest the budgetary choices of the government in front of the Prime Minister's office on Wellington St. Call 514-919-2843.
Please join guest speaker Marie Lemay, CEO of the National Capital Commission for a talk on “Ottawa Businesses and the New NCC" at the Rideau Room of the Sheraton Hotel. For more information visit www.ottawachamber.ca.
Please join guest speaker Nicole Morgan, Royal Military College of Canada, for a talk on “The Role of the Internet in Al Qaeda Recruitment.” Part of the CSDS-CCISS Strategic Analysis Seminar Series at 78 Lisgar Street. Email kurt.jensen@sympatico.com.
The Canadian & Turkish Women’s Association of Ottawa present author Elizabeth Hay who will discuss her award-winning book Late Nights on Air at the Library and Archives of Canada. Call 613-590-9520.
CPAWS and WWF-Canada host a special reception in honour of Canada’s oceans and celebrating the establishment of Gwaii Haanas, Canada’s “Galapagos of the North” as Canada’s first National Marine Conversation Area at the Chateau Laurier. Call 613-569-7226 ext. 232.
First Nations scholar and activist Calvin Helin will talk about his new book, The Economic Dependency Trap, at Carleton University's Robertson Hall. Call 613-520-2777.
The Centre for Security and Defence Studies at Carleton University presents guest speaker James Fergusson, of the University of Manitoba. He will discuss Canada and Ballistic Missile Defence from 1954 to 2009 at Carleton's Robertson Hall. Call 613-520-2600 ext. 6671.
The Public Policy Forum presents a conference “Canada’s Aging Workforce: A National Conference on Maximizing Employment Opportunities for Mature Workers” at the Delta Ottawa Hotel. For more information visit www.ppforum.ca.
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East presents American scholar Norman Finkelstein, who will discuss the situation in Gaza, the raid on the S.S. Mavi Marmara, the current stage of the peace process and the prospect of another regional war. the event will take place at the University of Ottawa's Alumni Auditorium. For … Read more
Please join journalist and national affairs columnist Chantal Hébert for this year’s Dick, Ruth and Judy Bell Lecture Series – “The Shifting Political Landscape” at Carleton University's Southam Hall. Call 613-520-3741.
