Event Location: Ottawa

Join us for a celebration of Canada’s top research achievements while learning about the rewarding, yet at times challenging, journey to national and international recognition. As part of the Global Excellence Initiative, this inaugural event will convene emerging researchers in a first-of-its-kind celebration of Canada’s outstanding researchers, including a fireside chat with Nobel laureate Donna Strickland. This event will be held at Carleton University, Richcraft Hall Atrium and Conference Rooms, 1125 Colonel … Read more

Parliamentary Group to End Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Co-Chairs ISG Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne, Liberal MP John McKay (Scarborough-Guildwood, Ont.) and Conservative MP Arnold Viersen (Peace River-Westlock, Alta.) and the International Justice Mission Canada will hold a media conference calling for immediate action and intervention by Canadian authorities to stop the livestreamed sexual abuse of Filipino children by Canada-based offenders. This event will … Read more

Governor General Mary Simon will meet with Gabriel Attal, Prime Minister of the French Republic, at Rideau Hall. Following this, at 7:00 p.m., Attal will present the Right Honourable Richard Wagner, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada, with the insignia of Commander of the Legion of Honour, France’s highest distinction,  at the French Embassy, 42 Sussex Dr. Call 613-408-7097.

The University of Ottawa hosts a lecture, “Why Federalism Matters: Policy Feedback, Institutional Variation and the Politics of Trade Policy-Making in Canada and Germany,” with speaker Jörg Broschek professor and Laurier Research Chair at Wilfrid Laurier University. This event will take place at the University of Ottawa, Social Sciences Building, room 4006. Details online.

Prosper Higiro, Rwanda’s high commissioner to Canada, the Associations of Survivors of the Genocide against the Tutsi, and members of the Rwandan community in Canada join with Canadian government and parliamentary officials and friends of Rwanda for the 30th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Members of the Rwandan community will join … Read more

Amnesty International Canada’s Secretary General Ketty Nivyabandi and David Matsinhe, director of policy, advocacy and research, will outline urgent human rights concerns facing Canada during the launch of the organization’s 2023 Human Rights Agenda. This report will form the basis of Amnesty International Canada’s non-partisan advocacy surrounding the next federal election. This event will take place in Room 135-B, West Block, Parliament … Read more

James Yap, acting director of the International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto; and Karen Hamilton, director of the NGO Above Ground, will hold a press conference to discuss a new submission to the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise regarding alleged human rights abuses in Namibia by Calgary-based oil and gas company Reconnaissance … Read more

University Canada West will hold a press conference ahead of an exclusive premiere screening for MPs of the new six-part series, Understanding Indigenous History: A Path Forward. Journalist Lisa LaFlamme, former Assembly of First Nations national chief Phil Fontaine, and human rights expert Kathleen Mahoney will explain why they’ve decided to preview their project for Parliamentarians first. This event … Read more

CANCELLED: The Assembly of First Nations will hold a press conference to release a report titled Closing the Infrastructure Gap by 2030. Co-developed with Indigenous Services Canada, in collaboration with industry experts and over 400 First Nations, the report outlines the critical investments required from the Government of Canada to close the infrastructure gap for … Read more

Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jenna Sudds (Kanata-Carleton, Ont.), accompanied by Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani (Parkdale–High Park, Ont.), will make an announcement on housing in Ottawa. This event will take place at Centre des métiers Minto – Campus Alphonse-Desjardins de La Cité, 8700 Jeanne D’Arc Blvd. N. Contact soraya.lemur@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca.