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In Committee from the Senate of Canada
Human Rights – February 23, 2026 Examine and report on the impact of artificial intelligence on human rights and economic security in Canada Witnesses Joel Nicolas Blit, Associate professor, Department of Economics, University of Waterloo (As an Individual) Malo Bourgon, Chief Executive Officer (Machine Intelligence Research Institute) Katherine Burke, Director General, Foreign Investment Review and Economic Security Branch (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada) Samuel Buteau, Consulting Program Officer (ControlAI) Samir Chhabra, Director General, Marketplace Framework Policy Branch (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada) David Scott Krueger, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Operations Research, Université de Montréal (As an Individual) Wendy H. Wong, Professor and Principal’s Research Chair, University of British Columbia Okanagan (As an Individual) Emmanuel Zangio, 1834 Fellowship Fellow and Policy Analyst (As an Individual) Source: sencanada.ca
Human Rights - February 9, 2026 Examine and report on such issues as may arise from time to time relating to human rights in general Topic: Employment Equity in the Federal Public Service Witnesses Tyler Boyce, Chief Executive Officer (The Enchanté Network) Bonnie Brayton, Chief Executive Officer (DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada) Krista Carr, Chief Executive Officer (Inclusion Canada) Wendy Cukier, Professor, Entrepreneurship and Strategy and Director, Diversity Institute, Toronto Metropolitan University (As an Individual) Jade Pichette, Director, Programs and Advocacy (Pride at Work Canada) Madeleine Redfern, Chief Executive Officer (Native Women’s Association of Canada) Ronald Sharpe, Senior Strategic Advisor (Federal Black Employee Caucus) Amichai Wise, Steering Committee Member (Jewish Public Servants' Network) Source: sencanada.ca
Human Rights - February 2, 2026 Examine and report on such issues as may arise from time to time relating to human rights in general Topic: Employment Equity in the Federal Public Service Witnesses Carole Bidal, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Employee Relations and Total Compensation (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat) Adelle Blackett, Professor of Law and Chair of the Employment Equity Act Review Task Force (As an Individual) Sharon DeSousa, National President (Public Service Alliance of Canada) Sydney Holmes, Member of the National Executive Committee (Canadian Association of Professional Employees ) Seema Lamba, Human Rights Officer, Human Rights, Health & Safety and Education section (Public Service Alliance of Canada) Emma Orawiec, Vice President, Policy and Communications Sector (Public Service Commission of Canada) Vidya ShankarNarayan, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, People and Culture (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat) Mireille Vallière, Labour Relations Officer (Canadian Association of Professional Employees) Source: sencanada.ca
Examine and report on antisemitism in Canada Witnesses Mark Berlin, Professor, Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University (As an Individual) Andrew Brown, Associate Deputy Minister (Canadian Heritage) Mohammed Hashim, Chief Executive Officer(Canadian Race Relations Foundation) Gayatri Jayaraman, Director General, Social, Justice and Indigenous Statistics (Statistics Canada) Ivan Kalmar, Professor of Anthropology, University of Toronto (As an Individual) Lucie Léonard, Director, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Social, Justice and Indigenous Statistics (Statistics Canada) Annie Ohana, Equity Department Head and Anti Oppression Curriculum Specialist (As an Individual) Kenneth Stern, Director, Bard Center for the Study of Hate (As an Individual) Mira Sucharov, Professor, Carleton University (As an Individual) Erica Tao, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Multiculturalism and Anti-racism (Canadian Heritage) Artur Wilczynski, Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa (As an Individual) Source: sencanada.ca
Examine and report on antisemitism in Canada Witnesses Brian Bronfman, President and Co-founder , Peace Network for Social Harmony (As an Individual) Rachel Cook, Student, University of Alberta (As an Individual) David Fisher, Executive Director (Concentus Citizenship Education Foundation) Talia Klein Leighton, President (Canadian Women Against Antisemitism) Noah Lew, Director, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and Special Advisor to the Honourable Irwin Cotler (Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights) His Excellency Iddo Moed, Ambassador, Embassy of Israel to Canada (As an Individual) Source: sencanada.ca
Examine and report on antisemitism in Canada Witnesses Corey Balsam, National Coordinator (Independent Jewish Voices) Rabbi David Mivasair, Member (Independent Jewish Voices) Joshua Sealy-Harrington, Associate Professor and Chair, Palestinian Human Rights in Canada (As an Individual) Examine and report on aging out of foster care Consideration of a draft report Consideration of a draft agenda (future business) Source: sencanada.ca
Examine and report on antisemitism in Canada Witnesses Imran Ahmed, Chief Executive Officer and Founder (Center for Countering Digital Hate) Denis Beaudoin, Chief Superintendent, National Security, Federal Policing (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) David Janzen, Executive Director, Strategic Oversight and Integration (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) Greg Kenney, Assistant Deputy Minister, Programs (Public Safety Canada) Douglas May, Acting Director General, Programs (Public Safety Canada) Sheryl Saperia, Chief Executive Officer (Secure Canada) Chad Westmacott, Director General, Community Safety, Corrections and Criminal Justice (Public Safety Canada) Examine and report on aging out of foster care Consideration of a draft report Source: sencanada.ca
The committee starts its study on antisemitism in Canada. Appearing as witnesses are Michael Levitt (President and CEO, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center), Stacey Leavitt-Wright (CEO, Jewish Federation of Edmonton), Richard Robertson (Director, Research and Advocacy, B'Nai Brith Canada), Rivka Campbell (Executive Director of Beth Tikvah Synagogue and Co-Founder of Jews of Colour Canada), Belle Jarniewski (Executive Director, Manitoba Institute to Combat Antisemitism), Eyal Daniel (President, Holocaust and Antisemitism Educators Association), Ginaya Peters (Teacher, BC Teachers Against Antisemitism), Pe’er Krut (President, Canadian Union of Jewish Students), Carrie Silverberg and Justin Hebert.
The committee considers a draft agenda on future business.
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