Away from the Hill, senators keep in close contact with their communities so they can give regions and minorities a strong voice in Parliament.

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 – Senator Pierre J. Dalphond, back left, former senator Brent Cotter, back, second from right, Paula Simons, front left, and Manuelle Oudar, front right, with a senatorial delegation from the Czech Republic; meeting to exchange views and further develop bilateral cooperation in the field of legal and constitutional affairs; Senate of Canada Building, Ottawa, Ontario.

Monday, November 4, 2024 – Senator Marty Deacon; moderator of the Parliamentarians Panel at the Teachers Institute on Canadian Parliamentary Democracy; Sir John A. MacDonald Building, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: Library of Parliament

Monday, November 4, 2024 – Senator René Cormier; meeting with teachers following the Parliamentarians Panel at the Teachers Institute on Canadian Parliamentary Democracy; Sir John A. MacDonald Building, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: Library of Parliament

Monday, November 4, 2024 – Senator Judy A. White, right; meeting with teachers following the Parliamentarians Panel at the Teachers Institute on Canadian Parliamentary Democracy; Sir John A. MacDonald Building, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: Library of Parliament

Monday, November 4, 2024 – Senator Yonah Martin; participant in the Parliamentarians Panel at the Teachers Institute on Canadian Parliamentary Democracy; Sir John A. MacDonald Building, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: Library of Parliament

Monday, November 4, 2024 – Senator Marilou McPhedran; moderator of the Senators’ Perspectives Panel at the Teachers Institute on Canadian Parliamentary Democracy; Senate of Canada Building, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: Library of Parliament

Monday, November 4, 2024 – Senator David M. Arnot; participant in the Senators’ Perspectives Panel at the Teachers Institute on Canadian Parliamentary Democracy; Senate of Canada Building, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: Library of Parliament

Monday, November 4, 2024 – Senator Salma Ataullahjan; participant in the Senators’ Perspectives Panel at the Teachers Institute on Canadian Parliamentary Democracy; Senate of Canada Building, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: Library of Parliament

Monday, November 4, 2024 – Senator Sharon Burey; meeting with teachers following the Senators’ Perspectives Panel at the Teachers Institute on Canadian Parliamentary Democracy; Senate of Canada Building, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: Library of Parliament

Thursday, November 7, 2024 – Senator Michèle Audette, on screen; virtual school visit, coordinated by SENgage, with law students from Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, Quebec. Photo credit: Professor Stéphanie Viola-Plante

Thursday, November 7, 2024 – Senator Mohamed -Iqbal Ravalia, back row, seventh from left, with students; meeting organized by SENgage; Smallwood Academy, Gambo, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 – Senator Iris G. Petten, left, and students; school visit organized by SENgage; Southwest Arm Academy, Little Heart’s Ease, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Thursday, November 14, 2024 – Senator Pierrette Ringuette; virtual event, organized by SENgage, with Grade 10 students from Kennebecasis Valley High School; Rothesay, New Brunswick.

Thursday, November 14, 2024 – Senator Hassan Yussuff; virtual event, organized by SENgage, with students from Carihi Secondary School, Campbell River, British Columbia.

Thursday, November 14, 2024 – Senator Percy E. Downe, centre left, and students from the University of Prince Edward Island Political Science Society; visit organized by SENgage; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Monday, November 18, 2024 – From left: Sherbrooke University Professor Guillaume Rousseau, Claudia Limoli Cubria, Justice Mary T. Moreau, University of Ottawa Professor Eva Ottawa, and Senator Réjean Aucoin; McGill Law Journal’s 2024 Francophone Conference on minority languages in the legal context; McGill University Faculty of Law, Montréal, Quebec.

Monday, November 18, 2024 – Senator Rob Black, first row, first from left, with Class 20 of the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program (AALP) and delegates from Lead New York; tour of the Senate Chamber; Senate of Canada Building, Ottawa, Ontario. 

Tuesday, November 19, 2024 – Senator Marilou McPhedran, centre, and the 2024-2025 cohort of the Ontario Legislative Internship Programme; visit organized by SENgage; Senate of Canada Building, Ottawa, Ontario.

Monday, November 18, 2024 – Senators Marie-Françoise Mégie, centre left, and Suze Youance, centre right; presentation and question and answer session with students and educators, organized by SENgage; Jeanne-Sauvé Elementary Public School, Ottawa, Ontario.

Tuesday, November 19, 2024 – RAdm (ret’d) and Senator Rebecca Patterson with staff and officer cadets in political science at the Royal Military College of Canada; visit of the Senate Chamber; Senate of Canada Building, Ottawa, Ontario.

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 – In the second row: Senators Yonah Martin, seventh from the right, Rosemary Moodie, sixth from the right, Kim Pate, fifth from the right, Margo Greenwood, second from the right and Sharon Burey, first from the right; National Child Day Breakfast with UNICEF Canada; Senate of Canada Building, Ottawa, Ontario.

Thursday, November 21, 2024 – Senators Rosa Galvez, right, and Suze Youance, centre; panel on the influence of engineers on public policy at the 2024 Canadian Science Policy Conference; Westin Ottawa Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario.

Thursday, November 28, 2024 – Senator Jim Quinn and young students; visit organized by SENgage; Glen Falls School, Saint John, New Brunswick.

Thursday, November 28, 2024 – Senator Karen Sorensen; virtual event, organized by SENgage, with Grade 9 students at Suzuki Charter School, Edmonton, Alberta.

Tuesday, December 3, 2024 – Senator Dawn Anderson; virtual event, coordinated by SENgage, with students from Bert Fox Community High School, Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan.