Governor General David Johnston will launch National Science and technology Week at the opening of the new exhibition Echoes in the Ice: History, Mystery, and Frozen Corpses, at the Canada Science and Technology Museum. Call 613-998-7280.
Conservative MP Dave MacKenzie (Oxford, ON), on behalf of the Public Safety Minister Vic Toews (Provencher, MB), will join representatives from the City of Ottawa and the Government of Ontario to observe a Heavy Urban Search and Rescue exercise at the Sir John Carling Building. Call 613-991-0657.
Industry Minister Tony Clement (Parry Sound—Muskoka, ON) will deliver a keynote address to the Canadian insurance industry as the guest of honour at a breakfast event hosted by Ironshore Canada Ltd. The event will be held at St. Lawrence Hall. Call 613-995-9001.
In honour of the Canadian Naval Centennial, the Chief of the Maritime Staff, Vice-Admiral Dean McFadden, will address approximately 40 naval veterans and present them with Canadian Naval Centennial gifts at the Perley-Rideau Veteran's Health Centre. Call 613-945-1287.
A conference on various aspects of the ongoing CETA negotiations is being organized by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and the Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue at Carleton University. It will be held at the Senate Room in Carleton's Robertson Hall. For more information visit www.fesdc.org.
Oxford University Press and the Canadian War Museum invite you to the launch of The Oxford Companion to Canadian Military History at the Canadian War Museum's Barney Danson Theatre. Call 416-441-5691.
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke—Lakeshore, ON) and Liberal candidate Scott Bradley will host a town hall meeting at the Sala San Marco Banquet Hall. For more information visit www.liberal.ca.
Join Sustainable Development Technology Canada and Canada’s leading cleantech CEOs for a reception celebrating Canada’s cleantech industry at Le Café in the National Arts Centre. Visit www.sdtc.ca for more information.
H.E. Rafet Akgunay, the Ambassador of Turkey, will be the featured guest at the first of four Ambassadors Speakers Series. He will discuss “Turkey: A Capable Power for Positive Change and Peaceful Strategy" at room 608 of Robertson Hall, at Carleton University. Call 613-520-2600 ext. 6696.
The Centre for European Studies at Carleton University presents guest speaker Kim Howson, who will discuss “Bridging the Gap: How Canada can learn from the EU in Combating Human Trafficking.” The event will be held at room 2203 of Dunton Tower, at Carleton University. For more information email ces@carleton.ca.
