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CNS SPEAKER SERIES

Each event will be announced in our CNS-announce subscription email service and listed here. Some events will be online only. The Zoom link will be sent out in advance via CNS-announce. 

 

Duration

September - May

Time

7:30 PM

Location

Check each event announcement. Some events are held via Zoom. In-person events are usually held at the Army Officers' Mess, 149 Somerset Street West, Ottawa.

Admission

Free for members. When in-person events are held, members of the public are welcome to attend the CNS Speaker Series for a $5 admission fee.

 

Parking at Army Officers' Mess

Some parking is available at the Army Officers' Mess in the evenings. Parking is also available on neighbourhood streets and lots. 24-hour parking is available a short walk away at Ottawa City Hall on Laurier Avenue. The Lisgar Street pedestrian exit is the closest to the Mess.

 

Dress code for in-person events at the Army Officers' Mess

Men: Sports jacket and trousers with a shirt and tie or turtleneck. Jeans are not permitted.

Women: Dressy blouse or sweater and dress slacks or skirt, or a dress. Jeans are not permitted.

Ideas and suggestions for speakers and events are welcome. Please contact any member of the Council.

The Promising Land

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Knut Nesse

Date:  Feb. 19, 2025

Time: 7:00 PM

Location: Via Zoom

Give Me Winter: Give Me Dogs

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Kenn Harper

Date:  Nov. 20, 2024

Time: 7:30 PM

LocationWarrant Officers' and Sergeants' Mess,

4 Queen Elizabeth Driveway

Author Terry West: A Time to Disappear

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Terry West

Date:  Oct. 9, 2024

Time: 7:30 PM

LocationArmy Officers' Mess, 149 Somerset St. West, Ottawa

Come and Meet our Sponsor on September 18!

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Lieutenant-Commander Kim Poirrier

Date:  Sept. 18, 2024

Time: 7:30 PM

LocationArmy Officers' Mess, 149 Somerset St. West, Ottawa

Norwegian Immigrant Experience in Canada

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Professor Ingrid Urberg, PhD

Date:  Nov. 17, 2023

Time: TBD

Locationvia Zoom

Journey through Cultures

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Thor Simonsen

Date:  Oct. 18, 2023

Time: 7:30 PM

LocationArmy Officers' Mess, 149 Somerset St. West, Ottawa

Iceland: An Educator's Learning Experience

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Allison Fuzz

Date:  Sept. 27, 2023

Time: 7:00 PM

Locationvia Zoom

Blue Ocean, Green Future

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Norway's Ambassador to Canada, His Excellency Jon Elvedal Fredriksen

Date:  April 19, 2023

Time: 7:00 PM

LocationArmy Officers' Mess, 149 Somerset Street West, Ottawa

New Nordic Cuisine

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Per Unheim

Date:  March 29, 2023

Time: 7:00 PM

Locationvia Zoom

Nordic-Canadian Fellowship in Environmental Journalism

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Laura McLeod

Date:  February 22, 2023

Time: 7:00 PM

Locationvia Zoom

Danish Health Diplomacy

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Katrine Dalsgaard Skovly

Date:  November 16, 2022

Time: 7:00 PM

LocationArmy Officers' Mess, 149 Somerset St. West, Ottawa

Security Situation in Northern Europe

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Ambassadors of Finland and Sweden

Date:  October 19, 2022

Time: 7:00 PM

Location440 Albert Street (Continuing Education Centre), Auditorium

Nordic Languages Kickoff

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Various speakers

Date:  September 14, 2022

Time: 7:00 PM

Location440 Albert Street (Continuing Education Centre), Room 229

Green economies and Iceland

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Ambassador Hlynur Guðjónsson 

Date:  April 20, 2022

Time: 7:00 PM

Favourites of Finnish Design

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Raija Hilska 

Date:  February 16, 2022

Time: 7:00 PM

Nordic Bridges: Sharing Art and Culture

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Laura McLeod and Jan-Terje Storaas 

Date:  January 12, 2022

Time: 7:00 PM

Christmas Cozy Event

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Various speakers 

Date:  December 8, 2021

Time: 7:00 PM

Nordic Noir

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Dr. Gunnar Iversen 

Date: November 17, 2021

Time: 7:00 PM

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Swedish and Canadian Educational Co-operation

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Johan Olafson and Maria Hildefors 

Date: October 20, 2021

Time: 7:00 PM

Distinguished Speaker H.E. Jon Elvedal Fredriksen on “Norway - National and international Health Matters”

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H.E. Roy Eriksson, Norwegian Ambassador to Canada

Date: September 22, 2021

Time: 7:00 PM

Distinguished Speaker H.E. Roy Eriksson on “Finnish education – preparing for the future”

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H.E. Roy Eriksson, Finnish Ambassador to Canada

Date: April 21, 2021

Time: 7:30 PM

A Tribute to the Late Brigadier-General (Ret'd) Sheila Hellström and our shared roots in Åland"

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Lennart Nylund

Date: March 17, 2021

Time: 7:30 PM

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