Event Location: Ottawa

Governor General Julie Payette will present honours to 40 recipients. This event will take place at Rideau Hall, 1 Sussex Dr. Call 613-993-2569.

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed will take part in a live interview with Maclean’s senior writer Paul Wells. This event will take place at the National Arts Centre, 1 Elgin St. Details online.

Canada Post will unveil five stamps that celebrate the heights of ingenuity and courage by honouring Canadians and aircraft that made their mark on civilian and military aviation. Representatives from the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Canada Post, and Dale Kramer, designer of the Lazair ultralight plane, will be in attendance. This event will take place … Read more

The Union of National Employees will hold a rally calling on the federal government to address the Phoenix pay system issues, demanding the Treasury Board of Canada and other federal agencies hold fair rounds of bargaining for new collective agreement negotiations. UNE is also pushing for the adoption of Bill C-262 as soon as possible by the … Read more

The Group of 78 hosts a luncheon presentation with Jean-Nicolas Beuze, the UN Refugee Agency’s representative in Canada, who will speak on “Can Canada Do More for Refugees?” This event will take place at Palais Imperial Restaurant, 311- 313 Dalhousie St. Details online.

Independent Senator Marilou McPhedran will take part in a luncheon presentation on “How could the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples change Canada’s international trade and environmental normative framework?” hosted by the Group of 78. This event will take place Palais Imperial Restaurant, 311- 313 Dalhousie St. Details online.

Former NDP MP Libby Davies launches her new book, Outside In, both a political and personal memoir of her 40 years of work at the intersection of politics and social movements. This event will take place at 25One Community, 251 Bank St., 2nd floor. Details online.

Canada 2020 hosts the North American book launch event for The Art of Diplomacy: Strengthening the Canada-US Relationship in Times of Uncertainty, the new memoir from former U.S Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman and philanthropist Vicki Heyman. This event will take place at the National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Dr. Details online.

Policy Options and the Max Bell School of Public Policy host a series of conversations on key policy issues that could — or should — form part of the debate during the federal election campaign in 2019. Today’s presentation is on Indigenous-Crown Relations, featuring K̓áwáziɫ (Marilyn Slettt), Heiltsuk Tribal Council; Brock Pitawanakwat, York University; and Emily Riddle, Yellowhead Institute. … Read more

Independent Senator Ratna Omidvar, joined by Allan Rock and Fen Hampson from the CIGI-sponsored World Refugee Council, will announce the tabling of the Frozen Assets Repurposing Act, which would make it possible for Canada to confiscate assets held here by foreign officials whose mis-rule created forced displacement and other humanitarian needs, and to use the proceeds to … Read more