International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Set in the idyllic Rideau Park, the Governor General’s Winter Celebration successfully took place on Saturday 28th of January, welcoming over 2800 visitors. Blessed with lovely weather, representatives from a handful of countries participated in the festival, bringing together the best of winter activities and local cuisine.

“I condemn the killing of the Secretary-General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, Dr Abd-al-Razzaq Jbeiro, in the strongest possible terms. Volunteers from the Syrian Red Crescent give life-saving first aid to the wounded and injured in an impartial and neutral way. I am deeply concerned by the lack of respect for their efforts. Norway calls on all the parties to the conflict in Syria to respect...

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in partnership with The Royal Canadian Geographical Society and Winterlude are hosting a seminar on our shared polar history February 6th at Libraries and Archives Canada, Ottawa. The Director of the Fram Museum in Oslo, Geir Kløver, and Norwegian-Canadian polar explorer Sunniva Soriby will give presentations.

The exhibition "Cold Recall - Roald Amundsen’s reflections from the Northwest Passage" will be in Iqaluit from February 3rd to March 20th. The exhibition will be shown at the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum. Geir Kløver, Director of the Fram Museum in Oslo, will give a presentation about Amundsen’s stay in Canada’s north on February 4th.

The Extreme World Races Centenary Race to the South Pole started December 15th 2011. The Norwegian-Canadian team, Framdrift, consisting of Håvard Svidal, Mathias Seim and Erlend Gray is due to reach the South Pole today.

Under the heading of insidenorway, Norwegian furniture and design will be on show at the Interior Design Show IDS12 in Toronto, 26 to 29 January. In partnership with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ottawa, Innovation Norway in Toronto and the Norwegian Association of Industries - furniture+interior, five Norwegian interior design manufacturers will showcase their designs; Oleana, So-ro, VAD,...

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Roald Amundsen’s arrival on the South Pole, the Norwegian Embassy in Ottawa hosted a celebration in honour of Amundsen’s historic feat. The Norwegian explorer was the first man to ever to reach the Pole. An important part of the celebration was Amundsen’s relationship with the Inuit and the knowledge they gave him was indispensible for his success as ...