Catherine Perrin, host at Ici Radio-Canada, leads a panel discussion in Montreal on the future of culture. Professionals from the culture sector Michelle Allen (author), Hélène Messier (AQPM), Solange Drouin (ADISQ), Moridja Kitenge (...)

Catherine Perrin, host at Ici Radio-Canada, leads a panel discussion in Montreal on the future of media. Professionals from the media industry Denis Bolduc (FTQ), Brian Myles (Le Devoir), Pascale St-Onge (FNC-CSN), Colette Brin (ULaval), (...)

Candidates from the major federal parties, Gérard Deltell (Conservative), Pierre Nantel (Green), Monique Pauzé (Bloc Québécois), Chu Ahn Pham (NDP) and Pablo Rodriguez (Liberal), express their vision during a debate led by Catherine (...)

Governor General Julie Payette invests 27 recipients into the Order of Canada during a ceremony at the Citadelle in Quebec City. (no interpretation)

Governor General David Johnston invests 44 Canadians into the Order of Canada at a ceremony at Rideau Hall. (August 25, 2017)

Governor General David Johnston presents the Prince of Wales with the insignia of the Companion of the Order of Canada during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on July 1, 2017.

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 (...)

Governor General David Johnston invests 45 Canadians into the Order of Canada at a ceremony at Rideau Hall. (May 12, 2017)

National Flag of Canada Day was introduced in 1996 to celebrate the red, the white, and the maple leaf every February 15th.

Of the many festivities planned to celebrate 150 years of Confederation, few can rival the splendor of 40 tall ships docked in Quebec city’s port, this July. Pierre Donais interviews François Moreau, Chairman of Rendez-vous 2017, the (...)

Author Mordecai Richler had a voice all his own and until his death in 2001, he continued to create original protagonists struggling to find morality and redemption in a corrupt world. His novel “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz” (...)

His love of photography has taken him around the globe, but his greatest works take center stage in Montreal. Jacques-André Dupont is president of Équipe Spectra, which produces the annual Montreal International Jazz Festival, the (...)

One of Canada’s most exported literary characters is PEI’s famed Anne of Green Gables, created by author Lucy Maud Montgomery in the early 1900’s. Her many short stories, poems and novels earned her international fame and put Prince (...)

Senators continue their study the development of a national corridor to facilitate internal trade in Canada. Appearing before the committee are Infrastructure Canada’s Marc Fortin and Glenn Campbell; Association of Canadian Port (...)

Regarded as one of the most influential Canadians of the 20th century, Lester B. Pearson was Canada’s fourteenth Prime Minister. Under his leadership, the government introduced universal health care, the Canada Pension Plan, student (...)

Suffragist, reformer, legislator and author, Nellie McClung was a women’s rights activist who is perhaps best known for her involvement in the famous “Person’s’ Case”, whereby Canadian women were legally declared persons. (...)

The committee continues its study on Bill S-219, an act about non-nuclear-sanctions against Iran. Richard Nephew (Senior Research Scholar for the Centre on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University) appears via videoconference to offer (...)

Lord Beaverbrook (William Maxwell Aitken) was born on the Miramichi river in New Brunswick in 1879, left Canada in 1910 to become a multimillionaire press baron, businessman and English politician. He was considered by some to be one of (...)

The committee continues its study on Bill S-219, an act about non-nuclear-sanctions against Iran. Author Marina Nemat appears via videoconference to speak on her experience in an Iranian prison and surviving torture. (February 8, 2017)

Canadian Senator, professor, broadcaster, journalist, and author Laurier LaPierre sits down with Tasha Kheiriddin in 2002 to discuss his work in the Senate as well as Canada’s First Nations and issues related to bilingualism and gay (...)

Canadian Senator, author, journalist and world traveler Jacques Hébert sits down with Laurier LaPierre in 2001 to discuss his life in politics, the role of youth and his travels around the world.

Canadian artist and skating legend Toller Cranston sits down with Tasha Kheiriddin in 2001 to discuss how he revolutionized the sport of figure skating — and how he became just as well known for his paintings.

Juno award-winning Canadian folk music singer and songwriter Willie P. Bennett sits down with Ken Rockburn in 2002 to discuss his musical career, life on the road, and how he has influenced a generation of folk and roots musicians.

Publisher, author, pundit, and political activist Mel Hurtig sits down with Tasha Kheiriddin in 2001 to discuss creating the Canadian Encyclopedia and his goal to connect Canadians over issues vital to them.

Author, historian and journalist Pierre Berton sits down with Michelle Lavoie in 2003 to discuss his early newspaper career, working in Klondike mining camps and his life as one of Canada’s best-selling authors.

Canadian writer, producer and actor Mavor Moore sits down with Nyka Alexander in 1998 to discuss his role in founding many of Canada’s key arts organizations and his career in the theatre, radio and television.

Alex Colville, one of Canada’s most celebrated artists, sits down with Laurier LaPierre in 2000 for an in-depth discussion on his work as a war artist.

Journalist, author and social activist June Callwood sits down with Tasha Kheiriddin in 2001 to discuss her early career as a journalist, the importance of her family and her work as an activist for social causes such as the homeless and (...)

Arguably Canada’s most popular Prime Minister, Pierre Elliot Trudeau was elected in 1968 and became the nation’s fifteenth Prime Minister. “Trudeaumania” swept the country soon after but his most notable achievement was paving the (...)

Olympic and Paralympic Athletes discuss their own experiences, as well as the stigma and personal battles to perform after suffering a concussion at the Governor General’s Conference on Concussions in Sport. ( Dec. 6, 2016 )