Facing financial barriers and complicated paper work, most Yazidis settled in London, Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary have been unable to take advantage of it
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Tag: GENOCIDE
Political Upheaval Brings Women Together in Healing
Imagine being a child bride in pre-revolutionary Iran – suffering abuse on a daily basis, being forced into a joyless marriage and having children at…
View More Political Upheaval Brings Women Together in HealingA Pantomime of Misplaced Moral Outrage
A little moral outrage is a dangerous thing. So learned a certain dentist from Minnesota with a penchant for trophy hunting this week when he faced the…
View More A Pantomime of Misplaced Moral OutrageIn Denial: The Armenian Genocide, a Century Later
They are disappearing. When I arrived in Toronto in 1978 and first became involved with Armenian issues, there were many survivors still alive. Every year…
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Privacy is an Irreplaceable Refuge
Imagine that I took all the e-mails and messages that I have ever written, as well as recordings of all Skype calls that I have…
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Remembering Rwanda for humanity’s sake
Every April since 1994 I find myself struggling with what to feel or to write about yet another anniversary of the Rwandan genocide against the…
View More Remembering Rwanda for humanity’s sakeWinnipeg museum needs rethink, say immigrant groups
Even before its planned opening in 2014, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba has had its share of critics. They insist that…
View More Winnipeg museum needs rethink, say immigrant groupsPULSE: Ukraine
Ukrainians in Canada have always been dedicated to pressuring the Canadian government to maintain strong ties with Ukraine. Several Governors General, including Ray Hnatyshyn, Adrienne…
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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