News & Views

Happy New Year 2021! My name is Nancy Bradshaw and I am your current chapter President. This quarter our Chapter is forging ahead with renewed energy and continued hope!

This monthly article series allows MPI Ottawa Chapter members to share their recent professional and personal accomplishments with the MPI community by highlighting the News Around Town. Get in touch with Disa-marie Cameron (disa.cameron@encoreglobal.com) to make a submission for the next issue!

My MPI Ottawa Prix Prestige preparedness was a bit different this year. I ironed my shirt and cut my hair, but where last year I turned to put on my dress pants and polished my shoes, instead I went for my sweatpants and checked my Wi-Fi. Getting to the gala was much easier too. Ottawa traffic? No, thanks! My only detour was a drooling dog reminding me that the ironing and hair cutting had made dinner late.

On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, members of our MPI Ottawa Chapter gathered virtually for the Annual General Meeting (AGM). Past President, Allison Collins ran the formal part of the AGM with former VP of Finance, Ashley Craven, CMP updating members on the financial position of the chapter. The chapter experienced a rough couple of months with the pandemic hitting Ontario in March but, with the help of generous sponsors, the MPI Foundation and EM+ – the chapter has rebounded. That said, it will still take a while before the chapter re-builds its reserves and is in a financially healthy position.

This monthly article series allows MPI Ottawa Chapter members to share their recent professional and personal accomplishments with the MPI community by highlighting the News Around Town. Get in touch with Disa-marie Cameron (disa.cameron@encoreglobal.com) to make a submission for the next issue!

Hear from our Chapter President for this Quarter: "As I reflect on my first quarter as your MPI Ottawa president I am so very proud of where we all are." - Nancy Bradshaw, MPI Ottawa

MPI Ottawa Membership Spotlight...an exciting new series that showcases Views from some our amazing members!

This monthly article series allows MPI Ottawa Chapter members to share their recent professional and personal accomplishments with the MPI community by highlighting the News Around Town. Get in touch with Katherine Craig to make a submission for the next issue!

What are the ingredients needed for a successful event? On June 25, MPI Ottawa Chapter’s virtual event proved to be a true recipe for success!

MPI Ottawa Membership Spotlight...an exciting new series that showcases Views from some our amazing members!

MPI Ottawa Membership Spotlight...an exciting new series that showcases Views from some our amazing members!

This monthly article series allows MPI Ottawa Chapter members to share their recent professional and personal accomplishments with the MPI community by highlighting the News Around Town. Get in touch with Katherine Craig to make a submission for the next issue!

MPI Ottawa Membership Spotlight...an exciting new series that showcases Views from some our amazing members!

When in-person meetings and gatherings were still happening, there was a growing trend to include a land acknowledgment at the beginning. As part of reconciliation efforts with Indigenous Peoples (First Nation, Metis, and Inuit), groups would take the time to recognize the original stewards of the territory where the event is taking place. Sometimes this is just a few words spoken by the chairperson or emcee, or it could include inviting and gifting an Elder or knowledge keeper to offer an opening prayer and to smudge the space. So, how does offering a land acknowledgement move organizations and the broader public toward reconciliation? And, is this action more than just reconciliation lip service?

Technology at the service of art - A spectacular and immersive exhibition of the works of Vincent van Gogh, will take viewers on a unique journey inside the artist’s paintings. A unique cultural project. In this exhibition, visitors of all ages discover a new way of reconnecting with the work of this great master.

This monthly article series allows MPI Ottawa Chapter members to share their recent professional and personal accomplishments with the MPI community by highlighting the News Around Town. Get in touch with Katherine Craig to make a submission for the next issue!

What does the future of events look like post COVID? MPI Ottawa Chapter presented our Virtual Round Tables on May 27th to help provide some insight into the future of events.

This monthly feature article allows MPI Ottawa Chapter members to share their recent professional and personal accomplishments with your MPI friends by featuring updates each month in this article series.

I remember last year when I took over this role somebody telling me how fast the year will go by. At the time I didn’t feel that way, there was so much to learn, so many things to do. Now that I am at the end of the term I reflect on this past year and they were right; this year did fly by!