The National Marine Manufacturers Association, a national nonprofit association representing more than 100 members of the recreational boating industry in Canada, will host a reception on Parliament Hill. The reception will be co-hosted by Conservative MP Mike Wallace (Burlington, Ont.) and Conservative Senator Gerald Comeau. 

Julia Sanchez, president and CEO of the Canadian Council for Cooperation, will discuss “Challenges and Opportunities for Canadian Civil Society in a Transforming World.” 

Speaker Barry Vrbanovic, president, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, will give members of the Economic Club of Canada a first look at the FCM’s new report, The State of Canada’s Cities and Communities in 2012. The event will cost $79.

More information can be found online. 

The Public Affairs Association of Canada presents its 2012 conference, The Art and Science of Public Affairs: The Message is the Medium. Guest speakers include Dimitri Soudas, executive director, communications, Canadian Olympic Committee. 

More information can be found online. 

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Intellectual Property Council present an International Trade Day conference called Intellectual Property Rights: A Competitive Advantage in the Global Marketplace. Ed Fast, minister of International Trade and minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, will give a luncheon keynote presentation. The event will cost $200 plus taxes.

More information is available online.

The National Fish & Wildlife Conservation Congress is the first of its kind to be held in Canada and offers an opportunity for stakeholders to discuss the challenges facing North American fish and wildlife populations.

More information is available online. 

Project Ploughshares, Oxfam Canada and Amnesty International are hosting an invite-only breakfast briefing for parliamentarians on the need for an Arms Trade Treaty and the role Canada can play at the UN negotiations in July 2012.