By Susan Korah in Ottawa, ON Canada has yet to fulfill its promise to Yazidi refugees, says a leader of their community in London, Ontario.…
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Tag: GENOCIDE
Political Upheaval Brings Women Together in Healing
by Maria Assaf in Oxford, England Imagine being a child bride in pre-revolutionary Iran – suffering abuse on a daily basis, being forced into a…
View More Political Upheaval Brings Women Together in HealingA Pantomime of Misplaced Moral Outrage
by Hadani Ditmars (@HadaniDitmars) in Vancouver, British Columbia A little moral outrage is a dangerous thing. So learned a certain dentist from Minnesota with a penchant for…
View More A Pantomime of Misplaced Moral OutrageIn Denial: The Armenian Genocide, a Century Later
by Atom Egoyan (@TheFullEgoyan) in Toronto They are disappearing. When I arrived in Toronto in 1978 and first became involved with Armenian issues, there were…
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Privacy is an Irreplaceable Refuge
by Madeleine Thien Imagine that I took all the e-mails and messages that I have ever written, as well as recordings of all Skype calls…
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Remembering Rwanda for humanity’s sake
by Alice Musabende Every April since 1994 I find myself struggling with what to feel or to write about yet another anniversary of the Rwandan…
View More Remembering Rwanda for humanity’s sakeWinnipeg museum needs rethink, say immigrant groups
by Marika Washchyshyn Even before its planned opening in 2014, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba has had its share of critics.…
View More Winnipeg museum needs rethink, say immigrant groupsPULSE: Ukraine
by Marika Washchyshyn Ukrainians in Canada have always been dedicated to pressuring the Canadian government to maintain strong ties with Ukraine. Several Governors General, including…
View More PULSE: UkraineHistorian urges Armenian diaspora and Turkish civil society to join forces
The Armenian Diaspora and Turkey’s civil society should work together to pressure the Turkish government to recognize the Armenian Genocide, a Turkish-German historian told the…
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