At a glance
Senators lead busy lives in and out of Parliament! Catch up on their latest work on and off the Hill.
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 – Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard, front row, centre; lecture to students of the Structures of Canadian Parliamentary Government course, organized by SENgage; Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 – Senator Paula Simons; school visit coordinated by SENgage; Vernon Barford School, Edmonton, Alberta.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 – Senator Michèle Audette, top left; ‘Reflecting on Reconciliation’ virtual event with the Centre for Global Education (CGE), coordinated by SENgage.
Thursday, October 12, 2023 – Senator Yonah Martin; meeting with Grade 6 students coordinated by SENgage; John Norquay Elementary School, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Friday, October 13, 2023 – Senator Paula Simons, front row, second from left; meeting with political science students; University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 – Senators Kim Pate and Mobina S.B. Jaffer, back row, first and second from left, and Marilou McPhedran, second from right; visit with Developing Young Leaders of Tomorrow, Today (DYLOTT) as part of the #LeadLikeAGirl in Parliamentary Diplomacy program, organized by SENgage. Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard joined virtually (not pictured); Senate of Canada Building, Ottawa, Ontario.
Friday, October 27, 2023 – Senator Marty Deacon; meeting with students coordinated by SENgage; John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational Institute, Guelph, Ontario.
Sunday, October 29, 2023 – Senator Paula Simons, left; conversation with novelist Bianca Marais at the STARFest Readers Festival; St. Albert, Alberta. Photo credit: Katie Burley-Wood
Friday, October 27, 2023 – Senator David M. Wells; meeting with students coordinated by SENgage; North Gower Public School, North Gower, Ontario.
Friday, October 13, 2023 – Senator Marie-Françoise Mégie; conference for students coordinated by SENgage; De Mortagne Secondary School, Boucherville, Quebec.
Monday, October 30, 2023 – Senator Yonah Martin, right; meeting with teachers following the Parliamentarians Panel as part of the Teachers Institute, coordinated by the Library of Parliament and SENgage; Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: J. Harrington/Icon Imaging
Monday, October 30, 2023 – Senator Andrew Cardozo, right; meeting with teachers following the Parliamentarians Panel as part of the Teachers Institute, coordinated by the Library of Parliament and SENgage; Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: J. Harrington/Icon Imaging
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 – Senator Karen Sorensen; virtual conference with Buffalo Head Prairie School, coordinated by SENgage; La Crête, Alberta.
Monday, October 30, 2023 – Senator Lucie Moncion; meeting with teachers following the Parliamentarians Panel as part of the Teachers Institute, coordinated by the Library of Parliament and SENgage; Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: J. Harrington/Icon Imaging
Thursday, November 2, 2023 – Speaker of the Senate Raymonde Gagné, centre; address to teachers as part of the Teachers Institute; Senate Chamber, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: J. Harrington/Icon Imaging
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 – Senator Michèle Audette; guest speaker at the Sexual Violence Research Conference at the Université de Moncton, coordinated by SENgage.
Thursday, November 2, 2023 – Senators Patti LaBoucane-Benson, Salma Ataullahjan, Renée Dupuis and Marty Deacon; Senators Perspectives Panel as part of the Teachers Institute, coordinated by the Library of Parliament and SENgage; Senate Chamber, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: J. Harrington/Icon Imaging
Thursday, November 2, 2023 – Senator Rob Black, front row, centre; lunch with teachers participating in the Teachers Institute, coordinated by the Library of Parliament and SENgage; Sir John A. McDonald Building, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: J. Harrington/Icon Imaging
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 – Senator Michèle Audette, sixth from left; celebration in a traditional Innu shaputuan (gathering tent), hosted by Senator Audette and Indigenous Leadership Initiative, to honour the work of First Nations Guardians; Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: Indigenous Leadership Initiative
Thursday, November 2, 2023 – Senator Marilou McPhedran, centre back; guest speaker for a Global Politics course, organized by SENgage; University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Thursday, November 2, 2023 – Senator Stan Kutcher, fourth from left; lunch with teachers participating in the Teachers Institute, coordinated by the Library of Parliament and SENgage; Sir John A. McDonald Building, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: J. Harrington/Icon Imaging
Thursday, November 2, 2023 – Senator Karen Sorensen, fifth from left; lunch with teachers participating in the Teachers Institute, coordinated by the Library of Parliament and SENgage; Sir John A. McDonald Building, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: J. Harrington/Icon Imaging
Thursday, November 2, 2023 – Senator Pat Duncan, second from left; lunch with teachers participating the Teachers Institute, coordinated by the Library of Parliament and SENgage; Sir John A. McDonald Building, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: J. Harrington/Icon Imaging
Thursday, November 2, 2023 – Senator Judy A. White, left; lunch with teachers participating in the Teachers Institute, coordinated by the Library of Parliament and SENgage; Sir John A. McDonald Building, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: J. Harrington/Icon Imaging
Thursday, November 2, 2023 – Senator Gwen Boniface; meeting with students organized by SENgage; Lions Oval Public School, Orillia, Ontario.
Friday, November 3, 2023 – Senator Karen Sorensen; conference for students coordinated by SENgage; Robert Warren School, Calgary, Alberta.
Friday, November 3, 2023 – From left to right: Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) CEO Isha Khan, human rights educator Estelle Lamoureux, Senator Marilou McPhedran, Museum CMHR Vice-president Matthew Cutler and Senator Flordeliz (Gigi) Osler; Senator McPhedran as keynote speaker at the Annual Youth Nuclear Peace Summit; Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Friday, November 3, 2023 – Senator Marilou McPhedran, fourth from right; pictured with Lord Selkirk Regional Comprehensive Secondary School students; keynote speaker at the Annual Youth Nuclear Peace Summit; Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Thursday, November 9, 2023 – Senator Michèle Audette, top left; virtual meeting with students organized by SENgage; Kiuna Institution, Odanak, Quebec.
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 – Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard, left; guest speaker for Equity and Inclusive Schooling course at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, organized by SENgage.
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 – Senator Judy A. White, left; virtual visit with J.C. Erhardt Memorial School in Makkovik, Newfoundland and Labrador, organized by SENgage.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 – Senators Margaret Dawn Anderson and Mary Jane McCallum; Empowering Indigenous Youth panel discussion with Connected North and participants from schools across the North who joined virtually, coordinated by SENgage.
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At a glance
Senators lead busy lives in and out of Parliament! Catch up on their latest work on and off the Hill.
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 – Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard, front row, centre; lecture to students of the Structures of Canadian Parliamentary Government course, organized by SENgage; Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 – Senator Paula Simons; school visit coordinated by SENgage; Vernon Barford School, Edmonton, Alberta.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 – Senator Michèle Audette, top left; ‘Reflecting on Reconciliation’ virtual event with the Centre for Global Education (CGE), coordinated by SENgage.
Thursday, October 12, 2023 – Senator Yonah Martin; meeting with Grade 6 students coordinated by SENgage; John Norquay Elementary School, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Friday, October 13, 2023 – Senator Paula Simons, front row, second from left; meeting with political science students; University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 – Senators Kim Pate and Mobina S.B. Jaffer, back row, first and second from left, and Marilou McPhedran, second from right; visit with Developing Young Leaders of Tomorrow, Today (DYLOTT) as part of the #LeadLikeAGirl in Parliamentary Diplomacy program, organized by SENgage. Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard joined virtually (not pictured); Senate of Canada Building, Ottawa, Ontario.
Friday, October 27, 2023 – Senator Marty Deacon; meeting with students coordinated by SENgage; John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational Institute, Guelph, Ontario.
Sunday, October 29, 2023 – Senator Paula Simons, left; conversation with novelist Bianca Marais at the STARFest Readers Festival; St. Albert, Alberta. Photo credit: Katie Burley-Wood
Friday, October 27, 2023 – Senator David M. Wells; meeting with students coordinated by SENgage; North Gower Public School, North Gower, Ontario.
Friday, October 13, 2023 – Senator Marie-Françoise Mégie; conference for students coordinated by SENgage; De Mortagne Secondary School, Boucherville, Quebec.
Monday, October 30, 2023 – Senator Yonah Martin, right; meeting with teachers following the Parliamentarians Panel as part of the Teachers Institute, coordinated by the Library of Parliament and SENgage; Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: J. Harrington/Icon Imaging
Monday, October 30, 2023 – Senator Andrew Cardozo, right; meeting with teachers following the Parliamentarians Panel as part of the Teachers Institute, coordinated by the Library of Parliament and SENgage; Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: J. Harrington/Icon Imaging
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 – Senator Karen Sorensen; virtual conference with Buffalo Head Prairie School, coordinated by SENgage; La Crête, Alberta.
Monday, October 30, 2023 – Senator Lucie Moncion; meeting with teachers following the Parliamentarians Panel as part of the Teachers Institute, coordinated by the Library of Parliament and SENgage; Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: J. Harrington/Icon Imaging
Thursday, November 2, 2023 – Speaker of the Senate Raymonde Gagné, centre; address to teachers as part of the Teachers Institute; Senate Chamber, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: J. Harrington/Icon Imaging
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 – Senator Michèle Audette; guest speaker at the Sexual Violence Research Conference at the Université de Moncton, coordinated by SENgage.
Thursday, November 2, 2023 – Senators Patti LaBoucane-Benson, Salma Ataullahjan, Renée Dupuis and Marty Deacon; Senators Perspectives Panel as part of the Teachers Institute, coordinated by the Library of Parliament and SENgage; Senate Chamber, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: J. Harrington/Icon Imaging
Thursday, November 2, 2023 – Senator Rob Black, front row, centre; lunch with teachers participating in the Teachers Institute, coordinated by the Library of Parliament and SENgage; Sir John A. McDonald Building, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: J. Harrington/Icon Imaging
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 – Senator Michèle Audette, sixth from left; celebration in a traditional Innu shaputuan (gathering tent), hosted by Senator Audette and Indigenous Leadership Initiative, to honour the work of First Nations Guardians; Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: Indigenous Leadership Initiative
Thursday, November 2, 2023 – Senator Marilou McPhedran, centre back; guest speaker for a Global Politics course, organized by SENgage; University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Thursday, November 2, 2023 – Senator Stan Kutcher, fourth from left; lunch with teachers participating in the Teachers Institute, coordinated by the Library of Parliament and SENgage; Sir John A. McDonald Building, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: J. Harrington/Icon Imaging
Thursday, November 2, 2023 – Senator Karen Sorensen, fifth from left; lunch with teachers participating in the Teachers Institute, coordinated by the Library of Parliament and SENgage; Sir John A. McDonald Building, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: J. Harrington/Icon Imaging
Thursday, November 2, 2023 – Senator Pat Duncan, second from left; lunch with teachers participating the Teachers Institute, coordinated by the Library of Parliament and SENgage; Sir John A. McDonald Building, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: J. Harrington/Icon Imaging
Thursday, November 2, 2023 – Senator Judy A. White, left; lunch with teachers participating in the Teachers Institute, coordinated by the Library of Parliament and SENgage; Sir John A. McDonald Building, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: J. Harrington/Icon Imaging
Thursday, November 2, 2023 – Senator Gwen Boniface; meeting with students organized by SENgage; Lions Oval Public School, Orillia, Ontario.
Friday, November 3, 2023 – Senator Karen Sorensen; conference for students coordinated by SENgage; Robert Warren School, Calgary, Alberta.
Friday, November 3, 2023 – From left to right: Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) CEO Isha Khan, human rights educator Estelle Lamoureux, Senator Marilou McPhedran, Museum CMHR Vice-president Matthew Cutler and Senator Flordeliz (Gigi) Osler; Senator McPhedran as keynote speaker at the Annual Youth Nuclear Peace Summit; Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Friday, November 3, 2023 – Senator Marilou McPhedran, fourth from right; pictured with Lord Selkirk Regional Comprehensive Secondary School students; keynote speaker at the Annual Youth Nuclear Peace Summit; Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Thursday, November 9, 2023 – Senator Michèle Audette, top left; virtual meeting with students organized by SENgage; Kiuna Institution, Odanak, Quebec.
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 – Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard, left; guest speaker for Equity and Inclusive Schooling course at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, organized by SENgage.
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 – Senator Judy A. White, left; virtual visit with J.C. Erhardt Memorial School in Makkovik, Newfoundland and Labrador, organized by SENgage.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 – Senators Margaret Dawn Anderson and Mary Jane McCallum; Empowering Indigenous Youth panel discussion with Connected North and participants from schools across the North who joined virtually, coordinated by SENgage.