Thursday, May 19, 2022 – Senator Renée Dupuis (third from the left) applauds award recipients during the second First Peoples Medal ceremony. The Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, the Honourable J. Michel Doyon (third from the right), leads this initiative to recognize First Nations and Inuit working to address social, cultural, community and economic challenges in Indigenous communities.

Tuesday, June 28, 2022 – Senator Ratna Omidvar (sitting, second to the right) attends a roundtable discussion in Toronto between women leaders of Canada and Afghanistan, including the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (front centre). They explored how to support the leadership journeys of Afghan women leaders who have already settled in Canada. Massey College, the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians and the Canadian Association of Feminist Parliamentarians hosted the event with the help of Senator Marilou McPhedran.

Wednesday, July 6, 2022 – At Cape Breton University in Nova Scotia, Senator Jane Cordy (left) speaks with a class of pre-service teachers about the Senate and her role as a senator. As a former teacher, she was pleased to meet with these future educators to discuss integrating parliamentary institutions into their curriculums.

Thursday, July 7, 2022 – During a SENgage virtual event, Senator Yuen Pau Woo shares valuable insight with the interns and staff of the Ontario Brain Institute about the role of the Senate and the scientific community, as it relates to Canada’s law-making process, with the interns and staff of the Ontario Brain Institute.

Saturday, July 9, 2022 – Senators Wanda Thomas Bernard, Rosemary Moodie and Marilou McPhedran (left to right) are pictured in Truro, Nova Scotia, for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s National Apology to the No. 2 Construction Battalion, a segregated Black military unit formed in 1916. The senators appreciated taking a moment to remember the battalion’s sacrifice as an important part of history.

Sunday, July 10, 2022 – Senator Bernadette Clement meets with youth participating in the YMCA of Greater Toronto’s Summer Work Student Exchange program. The high school students from Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec learned about the role of the Senate in Parliament and how senators give a voice to underrepresented groups. Senator Clement also answered their questions about her path to the Upper Chamber.

Friday, July 15, 2022 – As part of Le Rendez-vous de la Fierté Acadie Love (in French only) in Caraquet, New Brunswick, Senator René Cormier (right) and Silvan Agius, a European Human Rights expert, engage in a candid conversation on the disparities between the everyday experiences of LGBTQ2, cisgender and heterosexual people at different points in their lives and in different social contexts. A fruitful exchange with the audience also took place, in which everyone reflected on their personal experiences and the changes they wish to see in society.