Reflections on the 2020 US Election

What happened in the US election and why? What does it mean for the US and Canada? On November 12, join fellow alums as we process the results of the 2020 US election! Our esteemed panelists will include:  David Shribman is an American-Canadian journalist and author who has written for the Washington Star, the New York […]

AGM with Zarqa Nawaz

We invite all club members to join us for this wonderful event with the award-winning film and television producer Zarqa Nawaz, creator of Little Mosque on the Prairie. She will share what inspires her to choose her projects, or rather why they choose her. Most recently she is developing a comedy called ZARQA (trailer: https://zarqanawaz.com/), […]

Fifty years since the Royal Commission on the Status of Women

How it worked and why it mattered The Harvard Club of Ottawa would like to invite you to the following event.   On Monday, March 8th, International Women's Day, we will be honoured to have as our guest panelists, Maureen O’Neil and the Honourable Monique Begin, on the topic "Fifty years since the Royal Commission […]

In conversation with Mark Carney: How to build a better world post-COVID

Dr Mark Carney is UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance and Prime Minister Johnson’s Finance Adviser for COP26. He was previously Governor of the Bank of England (from 2013 to 2020), and Governor of the Bank of Canada (from 2008 to 2013). Dr Carney has been nominated as a candidate for the Harvard […]

Duet AnNat Recital

A Livestream Concert Please join the Harvard Club of Ottawa for a Sunday afternoon of classical music with duo AnNat (Anna Klochkova, violin, and Natalia Bibik-Chabukiani, piano), followed by a Zoom reception. The program will include music from Mozart, Brahms and Debussy. Date: Sunday, March 28th 2021 4:00pm EST Natalia Bibik-Chabukiani is a graduate of […]

Book Club on “Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson”

The Harvard Club of Ottawa Book Club is pleased to host the 2020 Taylor Prize winner for non-fiction: local writer, historian, political commentator, and lawyer, Mark Bourrie. Join us virtually on Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 7:00pm to discuss his book, Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson. The story is at once familiar, touching Canada's shores and […]