Event Location: Ottawa

Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) and Catherine Grenier, President of Nature Conservancy of Canada, will announce their collaboration to contribute to Canada’s conservation goals by strengthening conservation measures and supporting ecological connectivity and landscape resiliency in lands near national parks and national park reserves. This event will be held at the Ottawa-Carleton Wildlife Centre. … Read more

Governor General Mary Simon will deliver a keynote address and participate in a Q&A session at the Universities Canada Annual General meeting being held at the Fairmont Château Laurier. Call 343-548-1865.

Treasury Board President Anita Anand (Oakville, Ont.) will provide an update about the next steps in the creation of a new restorative engagement program for public service employees. This event will take place at he National Press Theatre, Room 325, 180 Wellington St. Call 343-576-7633.

Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jenna Sudds (Kanata-Carleton, Ont.) will be at Matthew House Ottawa to congratulate the social purpose organizations, ecosystem builders, and readiness support partners for their remarkable work with the Investment Readiness Program over the past four years. This event will take palce at Matthew House Ottawa, Door 26, 390 March Rd. … Read more

The Canadian International Council’s National Capital Branch host a lecture, “More Border Walls in a Borderless World” with Élisabeth Vallet, associate professor at RMCC-Saint Jean. She will discuss whether Canada and other like-minded democratic countries have a role to play within the current and anticipated strategic environment that is dominated by disinformation and alternative facts designed to compromise … Read more

Liberal MP Kody Blois (Kings–Hants, N.S.), Chair of the Commons Agriculture and Agri-food Committee, will join the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, and various national agriculture stakeholder groups to call on the government to introduce legislative measures to improve competitiveness for farmers. This event will be held in Room 135-B, West Block. Call 613-720-1806.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) will meet with the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Nationwide Leadership Team. Call 613-222-2351.

Senate Speaker Raymonde Gagné will meet with Lindita Nikolla, Speaker of the Albanian Parliament. This event will take place in the Speaker’s Salon, Senate of Canada Building. Contact vince.macneil@sen.parl.gc.ca.

The Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) will release a new report showcasing the need for “avenues to justice” in Canada to address sexual violence. This report focuses on transformative and restorative approaches to sexual violence and provides recommendations to governments of all levels. Participants include Pam Hrick, LEAF executive director and general counsel, and report … Read more

Treasury Board President Anita Anand (Oakville, Ont.), Minister of Citizens’ Services Terry Beech (Burnaby North—Seymour, B.C.), Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.), Health Minister Mark Holland (Ajax, Ont.), and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller (Ville-Marie-Le Sud-Ouest-Île-des-Sœurs, Que.) will respond to the five performance audit reports of the … Read more