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The Power of Storytelling: CBC’s Hallie Cotnam
Read moreSpeaker: Hallie Cotnam
Hallie joined the CBC out of journalism school in 1996, after a brief career as a bank manager. She worked in Montreal and Quebec City as a researcher and associate producer, and then began reporting in Gaspé, QC and Windsor, ON. The bright lights of Ottawa beckoned in 2002 when Hallie moved to the Nation’s Capital. Here she’s been a news editor, reporter, writer-broadcaster, and sometimes host of Ottawa Morning, while balancing life with a husband and 13-year-old twins.
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The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and reflections on the Crown in Canada
Read moreSpeaker: Donald Booth, Canadian Secretary to the Queen, Privy Council of Canada
Donald Booth, Canadian Secretary to The Queen providing support to the Prime Minister and the Clerk of the Privy Council on issues related to the Crown in Canada and acting as the primary point of contact at the Privy Council Office for the Palaces to ensure that The Queen and Royal Family are effectively and efficiently supported.
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The Rt. Honourable Earl Haig (& Countess Haig)
Read moreTopic: Delegates to the British Empire Service League Conference
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The Supreme Court of Canada
Read moreWe are pleased to offer a private guided tour of the Supreme Court of Canada. Madame Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin kindly invited OWCC members to visit the Supreme Court. Many of you will recall Justice O’Bonsawin as our guest speaker at our December 2024 luncheon.
During our tour of the Supreme Court, we will learn more about the architecture of the building, the Canadian judicial system and how the Supreme Court deals with important legal issues. Photos can be taken at the beginning as well as at the end of the tour.
Following the tour, Justice O’Bonsawin will meet with us to talk about her role and to answer any questions. This promises to be a very interesting morning!
The Supreme Court of Canada is located at 301 Wellington Street between Kent Street and Lyon Street. There is no parking available at the Supreme Court, but several public and municipal parking lots are located nearby. There is no cost to attend this tour, but registration is essential. Please note that we are limited to 35 OWCC members/guests, who will be accepted in order of registration.
NOTE: Please plan to arrive by 9:45am, as we must pass through the security scanning stations before our tour begins. You will be asked to walk through a metal detector and may be scanned with a hand-held metal detector. Your belongings, like bags or coats, will go through an X-ray machine. You will be asked to remove your coat or jacket if you are wearing one, and show security staff electronics and liquids you have with you. The security screening takes approximately 15 minutes. If you need assistance or have any special needs, let security staff know when you arrive at the screening point.
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The University in the Community: a transformative and sustainable vision for the University of Ottawa/L’Université dans la Cité – une vision transformatrice et durable pour l’Université d’Ottawa
Read moreDr. Marie-Eve Sylvestre has been president and vice-chancellor of the University of Ottawa since July 1, 2025, and is the first woman to lead the University since its inception in 1848. In this Role she is also the Chief Executive Officer of the University and directs the University’s academic mission and its general administration. Prior to assuming this role, she was dean of the Civil Law Section of the Faculty of Law and co-chair of the Senate Committee on Academic Freedom. Under her leadership, the Civil Law Section promoted transformative learning experiences and achieved record growth in research activities, launching the first certificate in Indigenous law in French in North America and Jurivision.ca, an audiovisual knowledge mobilization platform. A distinguished interdisciplinary scholar, Dr. Sylvestre’s research focuses on criminal law and practices that have a discriminatory impact on marginalized populations.
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True North Rising
Read moreSpeaker: His Excellency Whit Fraser
Whit is a former CBC News reporter, who covered the changing North from colonial rule to enshrining indigenous people’s rights in Canada’s Constitution and the creation of Nunavut. He has been the Chairman of the Canadian Polar Commission and later, Executive Director of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national Inuit organization, and is the husband of Canada’s Governor General, Mary Simon. You are encouraged to read his award-winning and bestselling memoir, True North Rising and his novel, Cold Edge of Heaven.
