Affordable and Inclusive Housing in Canada and the US
2025-03-04 17:30 - 20:30 (America/Toronto) | Rockcliffe Park Community Centre, 380 Springfield Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada
We are thrilled to once again host a visiting professor through the Harvard Alumni Association’s Speakers Bureau Program. Harvard Graduate School of Design Professor, Daniel D’Oca, has accepted our invitation to speak on Affordable and Inclusive Housing in Canada and the US on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at the Rockcliffe Park Community Centre, 380 Springfield Road, Ottawa.

Drawing from his experience as both a professor and co-founder of New York’s Interboro Partners design and planning firm, Professor D’Oca specializes in a multi-disciplinary and creative approach to urban design and teaching.

Attendees are invited to arrive commencing at 5:30pm. We will introduce Professor D’Oca at 6:00pm, who will then address us and take questions. A reception with food and refreshments will follow after. The evening will wrap up at 8:30pm. You and your guests are invited to join us. Tickets are available here:

Affordable and Inclusive Housing in Canada and the US

We look forward to reconnecting with our alumni community and to engaging in thoughtful conversation.

Art & Aperitifs: US/UK Alumni Summer Garden Party at the National Gallery
2025-06-05 17:30 - 20:00 | Tavern at the Gallery, 380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6Z1
After the success of our Alumni Networking Night in January, we have teamed up again with our partner clubs in the US and the UK, including Oxford and LSE, to offer a spring social Please join us on Thursday, June 5, 2025 at Tavern at the Gallery (380 Sussex Drive) starting at 5:30pm and running to 8:00pm for another networking night, garden party style. Appetizers will be served.

We are also offering a guided tour featuring highlights of the Canadian and Indigenous collections starting at 5:15pm at the National Gallery. Attendees are welcome to join the social upon the tour’s conclusion at 6:15pm. Entrance into the Gallery is free that evening.

Please register here: https://events.humanitix.com/art-and-aperitifs-a-us-uk-alumni-evening-at-the-national-gallery

Fall Networking Night
2025-09-25 17:30 - 20:00
Building on the success of our summer social, we’re thrilled to invite you to another multi-club Networking Night on Thursday, September 25, 2025 from 5:30pm to 8:00pm at The Caesar Company, 189 Lyon Street North, Ottawa. Complimentary appetizers will be provided. No registration is required.

Talk on "Make Work Fair" with Siri Chilazi
2025-10-16 18:15 - 21:15 | Rockcliffe Park Community Centre, 380 Springfield Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada
We’re pleased to open registration for our conversation with Siri Chilazi, a Harvard College, Harvard Business School, and Harvard Kennedy School of Government grad. Siri’s work as a Senior Researcher at the Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School has resulted in an exceptional collaboration with her colleague, Iris Bohnet, Make Work Fair.

Siri and Iris challenge not our intentions in seeking equality in the workplace, but our processes of getting there. This topic has implications for us all and, no matter how long you’ve worked, or even specialized in human resources, management, diversity and inclusion, or employment and human rights law, you’ll learn something new.

Harvard Club of Ottawa Alumni and friends are welcome to join us for a fireside chat and pre-and post-talk reception. Siri has offered to sign books, which will be available through the registration page. REGISTER HERE

A Sober Second Look at the Notwithstanding Clause - in conversation with Senator Peter Harder
2025-11-25 17:00 - 20:00 | Senate of Canada, 1 Wellington Street, Room W-120, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A6, Canada
The Harvard Club’s Dr. Sheema Khan will engage Senator Peter Harder in a fireside chat to discuss the history and purpose of the notwithstanding clause, along with Senator Harder’s proposed bill to put guardrails on federal use of the clause.

Please arrive at 5:00pm to clear security. The discussion will last from 5:30 – 7:00pm. Refreshments and a networking session will follow from 7 – 8pm.

Please register at: https://shorturl.at/D2AuO

The Harvard Club of Ottawa encourages the exchange of ideas and critical thinking. We maintain political neutrality and do not endorse legislation. The views expressed in the talk do not reflect the views of the Club or its Board.

AGM and Talk on the "Implications of AI for the Future of Canada"
2026-01-28 17:30 - 20:30 | Institute on Governance, 60 George Street, Suite 203, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 1J4, Canada
We are delighted to invite you to our first event of the year on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, our Annual General Meeting, followed by a talk on artificial intelligence, digital governance, and innovation by Ryan Androsoff. Ryan is a Harvard Kennedy School graduate and the Vice-President of Learning and Leadership at the Institute on Governance. He will speak on The Implications of Artificial Intelligence for the Future of Canada at the Institute on Governance, 60 George Street, Suite 203, Ottawa.

Doors will open at 5:00pm

Harvard Club of Ottawa AGM 5:30pm – 6:00pm

Talk, Questions, Networking and Refreshments 6:00pm – 8:30pm

Registration to Ryan’s talk is free for 2026 Harvard Club Members. Non-members may purchase tickets for $15. Members and non-members should register here:https://events.humanitix.com/implications-of-ai-for-the-future-of-canada

We look forward to seeing you later this month!

Alumni Networking Night
2026-04-08 17:30 - 20:00
Come join us for our annual Alumni Networking Night! Held at Metropolitain Brasserie Restaurant (700 Sussex Drive), the event will include alums from Harvard, Oxford, LSE, Cambridge, Cornell, and Durham! The event is free and there is no need to register. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be served. See you then!

National Gallery - Now Inside Only
2026-06-18 17:00 - 20:00
We are delighted to invite you back to the National Gallery and Tavern at the Gallery for a multi-club party.

Please join Harvard, Oxford, and LSE alums, along with graduates of other UK and US universities on Thursday, June 18, 2026.

Gallery admission is free starting at 5:00pm. You are welcome to pre-book your admission ticket at no charge or pick up one from the Group Desk, where we will have some reserved. If you wish, you may join a 30 minute tour at 5:30pm through the Gallery’s 3 to See program, featuring gardens in art. For the tour, meet at the entrance to the Canadian and Indigenous exhibits.

A reception and networking will take place after in the Grand Hall until 8:00pm onward. Food and drinks can be purchased.

This was a highlight last year. We look forward to another great showing.

Ottawa: Honouring the Past, Shaping the Future
2026-06-23 17:30 - 20:30 | KPMG, 150 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON, ON, Canada
Join us for a conversation with Ottawa’s current Mayor, Mark Sutcliffe.

2026 marks a milestone for our city – Ottawa’s 200th anniversary and two centuries since Lieutenant Colonel John By arrived to oversee construction of the Rideau Canal, transforming a wilderness outpost into what would become the capital of one of the world’s great nations. It is a moment worth pausing to reflect on – and an opportunity to ask what the next chapter looks like.

We are honoured to welcome Mayor Mark Sutcliffe for an evening conversation on Ottawa’s past, present, and future. From the city’s founding to its growing role on the national and international stage, this promises to be a thoughtful and wide-ranging discussion about the city we share and the community we are building together.

5:30 – 6:30 PM | Arrival & Reception (refreshments will be served)6:30 – 7:45 PM | Discussion & Questions 7:45 – 8:30 PM | Networking

FREE Concert at the NAC!
2026-07-21 19:30 | National Arts Centre, 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5W1, Canada
FREE CONCERT at the National Arts Centre (1 Elgin Street) | This is an open social.

Join us for a free outdoor concert featuring Flávia Nascimento and Tio Chorinho – a vibrant, high-energy performance blending Brazilian choro, samba, and forró. The Wood Terrace at the NAC is one of Ottawa’s best summer spots, and admission is completely free (first-come, first-served, capacity of 400). We recommend arriving early and bringing a chair. We encourage everyone to wear as much Harvard gear as possible – partially for fun, and partially so that fellow Harvard concert attendees can locate us.

Afterward, we’ll gather at Brown’s Socialhouse Centretown (160 Elgin Street) – just steps away – to continue the evening.

Full event details: https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/40946?fbclid=IwY2xjawTA7WxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeki_JW0UTmI0huqZ3Y9lhxebXt-6KY4Qm0Fkfg7JMdqELIQPLqzxiPm1Tjos_aem_0GvJ_sQSU78Hf20ZSQcjfg

FREE Parliament Hill Tour and Summer Send-Off Social!
2026-08-27 17:00 | Parliament Hill, 111 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A4, Canada
Parliament tour is only open to Harvard Alumni, the social is open. Centennial Flame, Parliament Hill → Bier Markt (156 Sparks Street)

We’re combining two great things into one evening: a guided tour of Parliament Hill led by Harvard Alumni Club of Ottawa President Jordan Weston, followed by a Summer Send-Off Social at Bier Markt. Please bring a government ID for the Parliament tour.

This event is open to Harvard alumni, admitted students and their parents, current Harvard students, and Harvard interviewers. It’s a wonderful opportunity to connect across generations of Harvard in Ottawa – whether you’re heading to Cambridge for the first time this fall or have been a proud alum for decades.

The tour begins at 5:00 PM at the Centennial Flame and runs approximately one hour, after which we’ll head to Bier Markt (156 Sparks Street) for mingling, drinks, and good conversation.

Please register for these free events here: https://l1nk.dev/0z56zdt . We hope to see you there!
