Contributed by Kevin Goheen, Canadian coordinator, Commonwealth Scholars and Fellow Association: Entrepreneurs, educators, humanitarians: an entire province worth of Canadian citizens live outside Canada. Some will return, others won’t. But what they all share is the ability, and often the desire, to export Canadian values to a world sorely in need of them, and to act as ambassadors for Canada in industries and societies where diplomatic efforts find little traction.

My name is Katherine Greene and I am honoured to have been selected as this year’s CMF scholar. I am from Ottawa, Canada and recently arrived in the UK to begin the MSc in Environmental Policy and Regulation at the London School of Economics with the support of the Canada Memorial Foundation.

This week, my pick of must-see contemporary art ranges from the deeply poetic to the rigorously academic. These UK exhibitions feature art by Canadian and Canada-based artists in addition to those whose time spent in Canada has inspired their practice.

Time has been a prevailing theme throughout the past year. We share in the experience of time passing by strangely, where social isolation and physical limitations yield a time that feels dense and murky, refusing to flow with its usual consistency and clarity.

I confess to being a little confused last week when the Canadian High Commission in London tweeted that they had raised the Progress Pride Flag over Canada House for the first time. “It’s not the first time,” I thought, “I’m sure they had it up last year.” I looked again, and realised an important detail I had missed, which perhaps you didn’t?

Join us June 29th, from 5 to 6 pm, live-streaming from Canada House with an intimate, exclusive conversation and performances with Canada’s freshest, most hard-working creative talent – Juno nominated singer/songwriter Storry, award-winning soprano Sarah Parkin, Glyndebourne artist-in-residence Cecilia Livingston and Royal Opera House principal dancer Cesar Corrales.