Jeff Cates, Intuit, Alain Côté, Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada and Sam Pasupalak, Maluba discuss the impact artificial intelligence (AI) will have on the workforce and how professions can adapt to the digital age. (June 15, 2017)

British Columbia’s Lieutenant-Governor, The Honourable Judith Guichon, presents the province’s Throne Speechto open the First Session, Forty-first Parliament of the Province of British Columbia.

Emily Haines, Metric, Melissa Sariffodeen, Ladies Learning Code, Andrea Palmer, Awake Labs and Vivian Abdelmessih, TD Bank discuss how women entrepreneurs are making a significant contribution the Canadian economy. (June 16, 2017)

Ty Cobb, Human Rights Campaign, outlines the programs and campaigns he works on that advance and protect the human right of LGBTQ people around the world. (June 16, 2017)

Governor General David Johnston presents honours in recognition of outstanding Indigenous leadership to 30 recipients during a ceremony at Rideau Hall. Recipients are recognized with one of the following honours: the Order of Canada, the Meritorious Service Decorations (Civil Division), the Polar Medal, or the Soverign’s Medal for Volunteers. Activist […]

The Media as Opposition: Covering Trump in a Post-Truth Era As part of the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s J-Talk series, journalists Amy Goodman (host and executive producer, Democracy Now!), Juan González (co-host, Democracy Now!), Glenn Greenwald (Pulitzer-Prize winner and co-founder of The Intercept), Jeremy Scahill (war correspondent and co-founder of The […]

The national finals for the Canadian Geographic Challenge takes place at the National War Museum in Ottawa. Organized by Canadian Geographic, the challenge brings together the brightest Grade 7 to 10 geography students from across Canada. (June 5, 2017)

Don Lenihan, Canada 2020, Liz Sandals, President of the Ontario Treasury Board and Joshua New, Centre for Data Innovation discuss how governments and public bodies in Canada are making increasing numbers of datasets available to the public. (June 15, 2017)

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney discusses the state of the Canada-US relationship, at the 4th Annual Canada 2020 Conference, in Ottawa. (June 16, 2017)

New Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer shares his vision for the future of the Conservative Party and his thoughts on the challenges facing Canada at home and abroad. (June 15, 2017)

Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario disscusses the importance of using innovation to create an agile and flexible economy. (June 15, 2017)

Anand Giridharadas, New York Times, Liz Plank, Vox Media, Taylor Owen, UBC, David Frum, The Atlantic and Susan Delacourt, iPolitics discuss the state of journalism in Canada and the world and the future of news. (June 15, 2017)

The National Prayer Breakfast is an annual event held in Ottawa under the authority of the speakers of the Senate and the House of Commons and is organized by a group of volunteers. This year’s breakfast features an address by Governor General David Johnston. The theme of this year’s event […]

Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group and Michele Romanow, Co-Founder, Clearbanc discuss their experiences in buisness and how entrepreneurs could benefit the Canadian economy. (June 15, 2017)

The 2016 Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism and the 2017 Michener-Deacon Fellowship for journalism education and investigative reporting were presented at a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.

‘A Celebration of Public Lives and Public Service Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians’ is held in the Senate chamber. (June 5, 2017)

On June 6, 2017, John Honderich (a former publisher of the Toronto Star) and Andrew Coyne (a national affairs columnist with Postmedia) debate the following motion: “The government must act to save journalism in Canada.” Mr. Honderich argues in favour of the motion, while Mr. Coyne argues against it. Peter […]

The Hon. Lawrence Cannon, Ambassador of Canada to France, and former Foreign Affairs Minister discusses the refugees crisis in Europe , Brexit, and the election of Donald Trump in the US. ( May 23, 2017)

The 3rd edition of the Forum St-Laurent on International Security takes place in Montreal. The second panel of the day examines the challeges for Europe in controlling security threats and features Brian Myles (Director, Le Devoir), Joëlle Jenny (Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University), Hon. Lawrence Cannon (Canada’s […]

Kareem El-Assal (The Conference Board of Canada), Fraser Valentine (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada), Kate Subak (Century Initiative) and Christopher Worswick (Carleton University) examine how many immigrants Canada needs to keep moving forward. (May 9, 2017)

CGAI President Kelly Ogle moderates a panel discussion about the future of Canada’s energy industry with Michael Cleland (University of Ottawa), Sergio Marchi (Canadian Electricity Association), and Jacob Irving (Hydropower Association). ( May 2, 2017 )

The 3rd edition of the Forum St-Laurent on International Security takes place in Montreal. The first panel of the day, “Threats and Asia-Pacific Collective Security Architecture,” features Catherine Mercier (Reporter), Rear-Admiral Gilles Couturier (Royal Canadian Navy Commander), Guy St-Jacques (Former Canadian ambassador to China), Frédéric Lasserre Professor (Faculty of Geography, […]

On May 26, 2017, at the Senate Symposium on the 150th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation, David A. Dodge (a former governor of the Bank of Canada) and Hassan Yussuff (the president of the Canadian Labour Congress) take part in a discussion entitled “The Invention of the New Economy.”

On May 26, 2017, at the Senate Symposium on the 150th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Hubert Reeves (an astrophysicist), Yves Gingras (the founder and scientific director of the Observatoire des sciences et des technologies at the Université du Québec à Montréal), and Pierre Lassonde (the chair of the board of […]

On May 26, 2017, at the Senate Symposium on the 150th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation, David E. Smith (a distinguished visiting scholar at Ryerson University) and David Docherty (the president of Mount Royal University) participate in a discussion entitled “The Senate’s Participation in Canada’s Evolution Since 1967 and the Challenges […]

On May 26, 2017, at the Senate Symposium on the 150th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation, former prime minister Kim Campbell and Monique F. Leroux (the president of the International Co-operative Alliance) take part in a discussion entitled “Gender Equality: A Reachable, Important Objective.”

On May 26, 2017, at the Senate Symposium on the 150th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation, David Suzuki (the co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation) and Natan Obed (the president of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami) take part in a discussion entitled “Sustainable Development and the Future of the Arctic.”

On May 25, 2017, at the Senate Symposium on the 150th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Phil Fontaine (a former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations) and Ellen Gabriel (a former president of the Quebec Native Women’s Association) participate in a discussion entitled “Aboriginal Peoples: From Marginalization to a […]

On May 25, 2017, at the Senate Symposium on the 150th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Michaëlle Jean (the secretary-general of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie) and Michel Bastarache (a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada) participate in a discussion entitled “The Francophonie and its Political Dimension.”

On May 25, 2017, at the Senate Symposium on the 150th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Huguette Labelle (a former president of the Canadian International Development Agency) and Paul Heinbecker (the director of the Laurier Centre for Global Relations) take part in a discussion enititled “Canada’s International Identity.”