The Canadian Association for Business Economics hosts a luncheon event on “History in the Making: Costing Proposals for the 2019 General Election,” featuring Yves Giroux, Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer, who will share experiences and insights gained working with political parties to provide voters with the price tags of their election promises. This event will take place at the … Read more
The Group of 78 hosts a luncheon presentation on “Haiti: Another catastrophe in the making” featuring Stephen Baranyi, professor at the University of Ottawa’s School of International Development. This event will take place at the Palais Imperial Restaurant, 311- 313 Dalhousie St. Details online.
Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Timothy Lane will discuss Canadian and global economic developments and how they were taken into account in the December interest rate decision at the Ottawa Board of Trade’s local breakfast series. This event will take place at the Shaw Centre, 55 Colonel By Dr. Details online.
Progressive Senator Serge Joyal will take part in a panel discussion on “The Constitution and Language Rights in Canada” presented by the University of Ottawa. Other panelists include François Larocque, Canadian Francophonie Research Chair in Language Rights and uOttawa law professor; lawyer Maxine Vincelette; Andrée-Anne Martel, executive director, Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario; and Benoît Pelletier, professor, … Read more
uOttawa hosts a lecture on “Opioid Epidemic – Political and Policy Lessons from the United States in Responding to the Opioid Epidemic.” Oliver Kim, a Fulbright Scholar at uOttawa’s Centre on Governance, will offer a general overview on the American approach to the opioid crisis and its effect in health policy and criminal justice issues, focussing on … Read more
Carleton University hosts a lecture on “Scripting and Spin: Message Discipline in Canadian Party Politics.” Dr. Alex Marland, professor of Political Science at Memorial University, will explore why Canadian politicians repeat message lines and vote with their party, explaining why party discipline has transformed into message discipline in Canada. This event will take place at A602 Loeb Building, Carleton University, … Read more
The International Development Research Centre hosts its annual public meeting taking place, focussing on promoting women’s leadership in science for sustainable agriculture in Africa. Thie event will take place on the 8th floor, 150 Kent St. Register online.
Mining Watch Canada hosts a two-day conference: “Turning Down the Heat: Can We Mine Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?” Among the speakers are Mark Z. Jacobson, Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program at Stanford University; Loretta Williams, Chair, First Nations Women Advocating Responsible Mining; Dianne Saxe, former Environmental Commissioner of Ontario; Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada; Julie … Read more
The Summit on Canada’s Global Leadership will take place Nov. 27-28, fostering collaboration between aid, diplomacy, trade and security sectors to strengthen Canada’s global leadership. Among the speakers are Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Jonathan Vance; former Liberal MP Andrew Leslie; former Conservative Senator Hugh Segal; Stephen Cornish, CEO of the David Suzuki Foundation; Jacqueline … Read more
Natan Obed, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, will deliver remarks at the Eco Gala 2019, hosted by Ecology Ottawa. This event will take place at Horticulture Building, 1525 Princess Patricia Way. Details online.
