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Monday, November 22, 2021

Your House, Your Time: Making it Count

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Friday, March 27, 2015

Cybersecurity: What Parliamentarians Need to Know and Do

Photo Gallery How do we make systems we trust from systems we can’t? How do we ensure the integrity of information and identities on an open Internet? And what will the role of government be? These were some of the questions that panelists discussed at a special panel and reception held Monday, March 9, 2015... More

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Obama and Canada – The Final Two Years

Photo Gallery: What does Canada want during the last two years of the Obama administration and what we can reasonably expect to achieve? Jean Charest, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault and a former premier of Quebec joined Scotty Greenwood, Senior Advisor, Canadian American Business Council; and John Manley, President and CEO, Canadian Council of Chief... More

Friday, October 3, 2014

Carleton Initiative Delivers 4th Annual Orientation For Newly Arrived Diplomats

Photo Gallery: More than 140 diplomats and spouses registered for the 4th Annual Welcome to Ottawa Orientation at Carleton University that provided information to facilitate professional and social integration of newly arrived diplomats and their families. The orientation consisted of sessions on Canada’s parliamentary system; Canadian business... More

Monday, March 31, 2014

Water Stress: Protecting our Communities, our Nation, our World

“Water is a precious and finite resource and we need to protect its quantity and quality,” said Carleton University’s Dr. Banu Örmeci, Canada Research Chair in Wastewater Treatment Engineering and Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering. That water is limited and valuable was the recurring message delivered by panelists... More

Monday, February 3, 2014

Affordable Housing: A Federal Role

Photo Gallery: "High home prices, record levels of household debt, stagnant investment in rental housing, low vacancy rates and the pending loss of $500 million annually in federal housing dollars are leaving fewer and fewer housing options for Canadians,” according to Brock Carlton, CEO of the Canadian Federation of Municipalities. Carlton... More

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Carleton Initiative Hosts Panel on Need for National Food Policy

Photo Gallery: Carleton University’s Initiative for Parliamentary and Diplomatic Engagement hosted more than 85 parliamentarians, diplomats, political staffers and senior officials from government and non-government organizations for a special panel discussion -  Does Canada Need a National Food Policy? Panelists discussed that... More

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Carleton Initiative Delivers 3rd Annual Orientation For Newly Arrived Diplomats

Photo Gallery: More than 100 diplomats registered for the 3rd Annual Welcome to Ottawa Orientation at Carleton University that provided information to facilitate professional and social integration of newly arrived diplomats and their families.  The orientation consisted of sessions on Canada’s parliamentary system; Canadian business and the... More

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Canada’s Role in the Middle East

Photo Gallery: In association with the Arab Ambassadors, the Carleton Initiative for Parliamentary and Diplomatic Engagement organized a panel on Canada’s Role in the Middle East. His Excellency Khaled Baha, Ambassador of Yemen and Vice Dean of the Arab Group, offered welcoming remarks. Canada’s Role in the Middle East – Event Summary... More

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Challenges For Canada’s Arctic Council Leadership

Photo Gallery: In association with the Ambassadors of Sweden and Norway, the Carleton Initiative for Parliamentary and Diplomatic Engagement organized a panel and networking reception on the challenges facing Canada as it assumes the chair of the Arctic Council. Panelists included Terry Audla, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK); Mona... More

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Présidence du Conseil de l’Arctique : défis à relever pour le Canada

Galerie de photos: Le Programme de participation parlementaire et diplomatique de l’Université Carleton, de concert avec les ambassadeurs de la Suède et de la Norvège, a organisé une table ronde spéciale sur les défis que devra relever le Canada à titre de nouveau président du Conseil de l'Arctique. Terry Audla, président de l'Inuit... More

Monday, November 5, 2012

Policy: From Theory to Practice

Policy: From Theory to Practice Photo Gallery: More than 60 young government professionals, Carleton students and others turned out to Hooley’s Pub to hear a panel of recent Carleton graduates discuss how they put the public policy that they studied into daily practice. BJ ’95 Carleton grad – Alan Neal – host of CBC’s... More

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