Making Choice Possible

TOMORROW: Join us on June 9 at 7pm for a chat with Harvard alum Dr. Melanie Adrien! Dr. Adrien co-founded Be the Choice, an organization dedicated to making breast cancer treatment info accessible & participatory. Register at:

Dr. Ann Fitz-Gerald

Can Western Democracies Contain Rising Authoritarianism from the East? In this lecture, Dr. Fitz-Gerald discusses how democratic countries (typically hesitant to use "hard power") can cope with authoritarianism rising from the East, where "hard power" is a dominant strategy. Dr. Fitz-Gerald will explore this theme by looking at a number of contemporary issues, such as: […]

River clean-up

Our river clean-up is this Sunday (Oct 24)! Join us at 10:30am in front of The Bridge Public House restaurant (1 Donald St., at the Rideau Sports Centre). We'll clean up the nearby shore of the Rideau River. Then we have a 11:30am patio reservation at the restaurant!

POSTPONED – Date TBD – Networking Night!

Metropolitain Brasserie Restaurant - Ottawa, ON 700 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Come meet alumni from Harvard, Oxford, Columbia, Cornell, the London School of Economics, and other top universities! Free hors d’oeuvres will be served.

Cookie Decorating & Holiday Social

Craving something sweet? Join us at 7:30pm on Zoom to learn how to make and decorate traditional Hungarian Christmas cookies!

2022 AGM & A Human Algorithm

Join us at 7 pm on Feb 1 for our Annual General Meeting! Then, at 7:30pm, we will turn the mic over to Harvard fellow Flynn Coleman, who will discuss her new book "A Human Algorithm: How #ArtificialIntelligence Is Redefining Who We Are". In this fireside conversation, Flynn Coleman will discuss her new book A Human […]

Freedom to Sanction

The geopolitical implications of Canada’s renewable energy agenda Synopsis: The Russian invasion of Ukraine reveals the tangible implications of sanctioning an oil producing country. While the current sanctions are clearly impacting Canada’s economy, including prices at the pump, this is not the first time that international politics with an oil producing country have been clouded […]

Book Club: Speak, Silence with Kim Echlin 

The Harvard Club of Ottawa Book Club virtually welcomes Kim Echlin to speak about her new novel, Speak, Silence. While framed in fiction, the carefully researched book details intimate stories from women who lived through the Bosnian war and its aftermath.  From the point of view of a journalist, it tells stories of sexual violence that were bravely […]

Communicating in Uncertain Times

Communication is key to any successful project and organization, particularly in uncertain times. The Harvard Club of Ottawa and the Rideau Club welcome you to a conversation with global communication experts. Barry J. McLoughlin and Laura Peck have over three decades of experience training global leaders in communication strategies. They will be interviewed by learning […]

Alumni networking night

Join us on Jan 18th for our Alumni Networking Night! It will take place from 5 - 7 pm at the Metropolitain Brasserie (700 Sussex Drive). Come join fellow alumni from Harvard, Oxford, Cornell, Columbia, Princeton, Cambridge, and LSE. Free hors d’oeuvres will be served.

Mathematics, Spirituality, and Art in the Islamic World

Join us on Feb 21 for an evening of art and culture! This free event will begin at 5:00 and will include a tour of the Ottawa Art Gallery, a talk from our own Dr. Sheema Khan on Mathematics, Spirituality and Art in the Islamic World, and a social. About the speaker: Dr. Sheema Khan […]

Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise

The Harvard Club of Ottawa is pleased to welcome Harvard grad, Justin Zorn, and Leigh Marz, authors of Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise, for a virtual book talk on Tues, April 18 at 7:30pm. Please register on Eventbrite: