January: As part of the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People, the U.S. joined Canada in committing to conserve 30% of our lands and waters by 2030. February: Canada and the U.S. launched a high-level Ministerial Dialogue on Climate, as part of the Roadmap for a Renewed U.S.-Canada Partnership. Through the dialogue, Canada and the […]
December 28, 2021
As 2021 comes to a close and we take stock of the Canada-U.S. relationship, we are reminded that our friendship, partnership, and alliance remain grounded in the people to people connections and our shared experiences. We have each other’s backs in the darkest of times. We listen and have frank conversations about complicated issues, always […]
December 27, 2021
Caterpillar Inc. has become a global institution, celebrating 100 years of helping customers build a better more sustainable world, with Canada among its very first export destinations. Today, the company’s equipment is hard at work at mines and construction sites across the country, and especially in the Athabasca oil sands in Alberta. An extensive portfolio […]
November 10, 2021
Canada has become known as a major player in film and television and this latest Emmy-winning immersive series reflects that record. The 4-part series Space Explorers: The ISS Experience not only tells the story about space cooperation between countries but does so in a completely unique way –through virtual reality. Montreal-based production company Felix & […]
October 26, 2021
An ancient fish, not native to the waters of the Great Lakes. They latch on with their toothy mouths, sucking the life blood out of unsuspecting fish. But no need to worry – they won’t attack humans… Sounds like a bit of an unconventional horror story, but such is the life of the sea lamprey, […]
October 26, 2021
It is estimated that as many as 30,000 freedom seekers left the U.S. for communities across Canada via the nineteenth century Underground Railroad, with many settling in southwestern Ontario — places like Windsor, Fort Erie, Chatham and Owen Sound. In 2019, Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland was the first to proclaim the month of September […]
October 22, 2021
On June 15, 2021, the Board of the Port of San Diego Commissioners approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which enables the Port and Canada’s Ocean Supercluster (OSC) to work together in supporting the Blue Economy and aquaculture projects, and exchanging knowledge of the blue economy driven by sustainable ocean resources. This MoU hopes to […]
October 8, 2021
Montreal-based Kruger Packaging announced in May 2021 that it plans to create 150 jobs in Elizabethtown, Kentucky (south of Louisville) to produce corrugated boxes for the food and beverage sector in a multiyear period. The 400,000 square foot, US$114 million investment represents the company’s first corrugated box plant in the United States. At maturity, the […]
October 8, 2021
The Embassy bees have indeed been busy! Our beekeepers from the Montreal based company Alvéole, paid a visit last week to harvest the honey. Check out the Embassy bees myhive page to catch a great time-lapse of the action! Alvéole’s goal when harvesting the honey is to make it as quick and stress-free for the […]
August 6, 2021
The Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco has launched Confluence, a new podcast on the relationship between technology and diplomacy on a global scale, hosted by Consul General Rana Sarkar. As Canada’s Tech Envoy in Silicon Valley, Consul General Sarkar has his finger on the pulse of some of the biggest tech issues […]
July 14, 2021