| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State (Social Development), will deliver a keynote address highlighting Canada's progress and leadership with Housing First at the second annual National Conference on Ending Homelessness hosted by the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness.
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada | news releases
Beverley Diamond of Memorial University of Newfoundland today won the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada's (SSHRC) Gold Medal at the agency's annual Impact Awards ceremony. Diamond, whose influential scholarship examines the relationship between music and issues of identity, rights and social change, is considered a guiding voice in contemporary ethnomusicology in Canada and abroad. Her work on contemporary Indigenous music enriches Canadian society and promotes respect for cultural diversity.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Honourable Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors), announced today the re-appointment of Mr. Hubert P. McGrath as member of the National Seniors Council (NSC).
| Transport Canada | news releases
Metrolinx will upgrade and modernize the entire signalling system within the Union Station Rail Corridor (USRC) starting next year - a transformational improvement that will provide long-term benefits to both transit operations and customers
| Employment and Social Development Canada | speeches
You are being honoured today in this historical place for your dedication to Canadian history. Some of you have instilled a love of learning in your students. Others have showcased or told Canada's history in a unique and exciting way. Yet others are young Canadians who are still discovering interesting facets of our country's past.
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions | news releases
The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, joins Pierre Moreau, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Land Occupancy, in highlighting on the occasion of today's construction start-up on the new wastewater facilities in the Centre district in Chelsea that $2,448,366 in joint government funding has been committed to carry out a project of more than $3.3 million, under the Communities Component of the Building Canada Fund ¿ Quebec.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada | statements
Canada's Citizenship and Immigration Minister, Chris Alexander, issued the following statement to recognize Francophone Immigration Week:
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On October 31, 2014, at about 7:00 p.m., a lockdown was put in place at Grande Cache Institution, a multi-level security federal institution, to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, is issuing a challenge to all Canadians: dare someone to give with you! Dare2Give, the latest in the My Giving Moment campaign, is an opportunity for Canadians to dare their friends, family and colleagues to donate or volunteer with them. Each time someone gives their time, talent or money, they make Canada a more caring nation.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Bank of Canada's monetary policy is appropriate to return Canadian inflation to its 2 per cent target as worldwide economic uncertainty lingers, Govern...
