NDP MP Gord Johns (Courtenay-Alberni, B.C.), joined by Michelle McDonald, CEO of Brain Injury Canada, and Janelle Breese Biagioni, executive director of the BC Brain Injury Association and Community Lead for the National Strategy, to call on the federal government to implement a national strategy on brain injuries in Canada. This event will be held in Room 135-B, … Read more
The National Council of Canadian Muslims, alongside the Sudanese Canadian Community Association, and parliamentarians will be at Parliament Hill to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Sudan and make recommendations for Canada to urgently consider. This event will be held in Room 135-B, West Block. Contact szhou@nccm.ca.
A press conference hosted by the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) to outline urgent challenges facing Canada’s veterinary profession, including a growing workforce crisis among veterinarians and veterinary technicians, national shortages of veterinary medications, and escalating mental-health pressures within the profession. This event will be held in Room 135-B, West Block. Contact isabelle@impactcanada.com.
A coalition of civil society organizations from across Canada will hold a press conference to denounce their exclusion from deliberations on Bill C-12, Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act, and demand its withdrawal. Speakers include Gauri Sreenivasan, co-executive director, Canadian Council for Refugees; Tamir Israel, Canadian Civil Liberties Association; Louis-Philippe Jannard, Table de concertation des organismes au service des … Read more
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Rebecca Alty (Northwest Territories) andInuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed will provide opening remarks at the meeting of the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee. This event will be held at 75 Albert St. Contact alec.wilson@rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca.
The Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT) will hold a press conference to report findings from its National Report on Medical Radiation Technologists Workforce Crisis. The report outlines severe and growing staffing shortages across all Medical Radiation Technologists (MRT) disciplines. CAMRT CEO Kelly Masotti, President Jenna MacLaine and board member Jennifer Tremblay will highlight data … Read more
Minister of National Defence David McGuinty (Ottawa South, Ont.) and Secretary of State for Defence Procurement Stephen Fuhr (Kelowna, B.C.) are among the speakers at “Creating Pan-Domain Continental Defence,” a full-day conference hosted by The Canadian Global Affairs Institute. The conference will explore Canada’s role in continental defence, NORAD and Aerospace continental defence. The event takes place at … Read more
Jim Mitchell, co-author of A New Blueprint for Government: Reshaping Power, the PMO, and the Public Service, will discuss how power and decision-making are shifting inside government as part of an event hosted by the Institute of Public Administration Canada – National Capital Region. The conversation will explore public service renewal amid global disruption and … Read more
Brain Canada Foundation hosts a parliamentary briefing: “Future Forward: AI and Neuroscience.” This event is open to staff and stakeholders and will take place in Room 228, Valour Building, 151 Sparks St. RSVP: kate.shingler@braincanada.ca
Governor General Mary Simon will attend the opening of Rideau Hall. Building on the 150-year tradition of skating at Rideau Hall, the new refrigerated surface extends the skating season and provides reliable ice for community skating and special programming. Contact media@gg.ca
