Event Recordings
December 3, 2025 – Transcript of remarks by David Morrison, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
AmbCanada Holiday Reception
May 27, 2025 – Mexico, Canada and the USA: What Happened to Los Tres Amigos?
Guest Speaker: Graeme Clark, former Ambassador to Mexico
Moderator: Patricia Fuller, President of the International Institute for Sustainable Development
April 15, 2025 – Current Events
Guest Speaker: Stefanie Beck, Deputy Minister of National Defence
Moderator: Sarah Fountain Smith, former Ambassador to Chile
February 11, 2025 – A Most Extraordinary Ride: Space, Politics and the Pursuit of a Canadian Dream
Guest Speaker: Marc Garneau, former Navy engineer, astronaut, politician and Foreign Minister
Moderator: John Holmes, former Ambassador to the Philippines, Türkiye and Indonesia
January 24, 2025 – Canadian foreign policy capacity changes in a chaotic world
Guest Speaker: Paul Wells, political journalist
Moderator: Michael Small, President of AmbCanada
November 13, 2024 – Writers’ Luncheon and Webinar
Moderator: Ian Ferguson
Writers: Alan Bowker, A Church at War: MacKay Presbyterian Church, New Edinburgh and the First World War
Phil Calvert (co-editor) with Helen Lansdowne and Nick Etheridge, Supervising A Peace that Never Was: Recollections of Canadian Diplomatic Personnel in Indochina, 1954-1973
Nicholas Coghlan, Sailing to the Heart of Japan
Rhonda Gossen, The Twelfth of February: Canadian Aid for Gender Equality During the Rise of Violent Extremism in Pakistan
Bodil Jelhof Jensen, Denmark’s Forgotten Holocaust: My Family History in Letters
Tim Martin, Unwinnable Peace: Untold Stories of Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan
September 19, 2024 – My Life in Politics
Guest Speaker: Lloyd Axworthy, former Foreign Minister
Moderator: Rob McRae, former Ambassador to NATO
May 14, 2024 – A Skeptic Dissects the Foreign Interference Commission’s First Report
Guest Speaker: Dr. Wesley Wark, Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto
Moderator: Patricia Fortier, former Ambassador to Peru, Bolivia and the Dominican Republic
March 6, 2024 – UNPLUGGED The Back and Future Story on the Senate Report: More Than a Vocation: Canada’s Need for a 21st Century Foreign Service
Guest Speaker: The Honourable Senator Peter Boehm
Moderator: Alex Bugailiskis, former Ambassador to Syria, Cuba, Poland and Italy
February 21, 2024 – Ukraine: Winning the Fight
Guest Speaker: Larisa Galadza, Canada’s Ambassador to Ukraine
Moderator: Alison LeClaire, former Ambassador to Russia
October 19, 2023 – South Africa’s foreign policy choices, in regard to BRICS and its perspectives on non-alignment, the Rules-based international order, and multilateralism
Guest Speaker: H.E. Rieaz Shaik, High Commissioner of South Africa to Canada
Moderator: Paula Caldwell
October 17, 2023 – The Causes and Outcomes of the Israeli-Hamas Conflict
Guest Speaker: Jon Allen, former ambassador to Israel
Moderator: Rick Kohler, former President of AmbCanada and former ambassador to Brazil
September 26, 2023 – The Future of Canada and the United Nations
Guest Speakers: Denise Brown, Assistant Secretary General (ASG) and Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine
Deborah Lyons, Former Special Representative of the Secretary General of the UN for Afghanistan
Elizabeth Spehar, Assistant Secretary General for Peacebuilding Support at the United Nations
Moderator: Alex Bugailiskis, former Ambassador to Syria, Cuba, Poland and Italy
March 29, 2023 – Israel: Illiberalism and Occupation – A Battle for the Country’s Soul
Guest Speaker: Jon Allen, former Ambassador to Israel
Moderator: Jill Stirk, former ambassador to Norway and former Assistant Deputy Minister responsible for Strategic Policy, Global Issues and European Affairs at Global Affairs Canada.
February 23, 2023 – Ukraine: How Will the War End?
Guest Speaker: Eric Reguly, European bureau chief for The Globe and Mail
Moderator: Alex Bugailiskis, former Ambassador to Syria, Cuba, Poland and Italy
January 18, 2023 – Annual Writers’ Luncheon and Webinar
Moderator: Ian Ferguson
Writers:
Brian Buckley, Tim’s Story
Carol Bujeau, Triple Sex and Other Tales from an Ambassador’s Wife
Jean-Yves Dionne, Diplomates en péril ? suivi de Chroniques peu diplomatiques
Gar Pardy, The Scary World of Nuclear Weapons – Agenda for Elimination
Claire Poulin, Arthabaska – À la croisée des destins
Gary J. Smith, Ice War Diplomat: Hockey Meets Cold War Politics at the 1972 Summit Series