The Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians hosts the 6th Annual Douglas C. Frith Fundraising Dinner at the Ballroom of the Chateau Laurier. Call 613-947-1690.
Please join special guest Sheila Copps for a women-only outreach event at the Liberal Party of Canada headquarters at 81 Metcalfe Street. Call 613-783-8204.
The Canada-Poland Parliamentary Friendship Group, the Young Polish Canadian Professionals Association and others present a screening and panel discussion of the film In the Name of Their Mothers, about a group of brave women and men who risked their lives to save more than 2,500 Jewish children in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. The discussion will take place … Read more
Please join the CIC National Capital Branch in partnership with Carleton University’s School of Journalism for a conversation with Philip Crawley, CEO and publisher of The Globe and Mail and Carleton University’s Christopher Waddell at the Rideau Room of the Sheraton Hotel. Call 613-520-3916.
The IDRC is hosting a Q&A session with the public at its offices at 150 Kent Street. For more information visit http://www.idrc.ca.
Governor General David Johnston will receive the symbolic first poppy from Patricia Varga, Dominion President of the Royal Canadian Legion, and Larry Murray, the organization’s Grand President at Rideau Hall. Call 613-998-0287.
Brigadier-General Dean Milner, Commander, Joint Task Force Afghanistan, and Tim Martin, the Representative of Canada in Kandahar, will host a video teleconference at the National Defence Headquarters, with Brig.-Gen Ahmed Habibi, Commander, 1-205 Corps, Afghan National Army, to provide an update on Canada's mission in Afghanistan. Call 613-996-2353.
The Council of Canadian will hold a public rally against CETA at Old Ottawa City Hall. Call 613-795-8685.
Join Andrew Madden, strategic partner and development manager at Google, for a presentation and discussion about the role of Google News in the future of the news business, hosted by the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ), Ottawa Chapter at the Sheraton Ottawa Hotel. Call 613-688-8846.
The National Farmers Union will hold a press conference to raise public awareness about what is at stake with the upcoming Canada – European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement at room 130-S in Centre Block. Call 306-652-9465.
