Canadian Stories: Our Shared Experiences Over 150 Years

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December 2, 2017 Saturday 9:00 AM Eastern Time


Media Advisory - Canadian Stories: Our Shared Experiences Over 150 Years



TORONTO and MONTREAL, Dec. 2, 2017 /CNW/ - The media is invited to
participate in a one day conference on Genocide, Multiculturalism and
Human Rights in the context of Canada's 150th has been organized by
the Armenian National Committee of Canada, the Holodomor Research and
Education Consortium, with the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human
Rights, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the Ukrainian
Canadian Congress, the Canadian Hellenic Congress and the Rwandan
Humura Association. The conference will explore the history of
Genocide experiences and Canada's response to them, the evolution of
Canadian multiculturalism and the pivotal role Canada should play in
International human rights today.




WHEN:
December 3, 2017 at 10:30 am - 5:30 pm the Armenian Community Centres
of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, simultaneously, connected to each
other via live broadcast.

WHO:
Shahen Mirakian, National President of the Armenian National Committee of Canada
Paul Grod, National President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and
Vice President of the Ukrainian World Congress.
Jessica Labranche, Principal at Black Feather Law Professional Corporation
Jonathan Kay, Journalist
In Toronto ? live webcast
Professor Isabel Kaprielian-Churchill
Professor Frank Sysyn Holodomor Research and Education Consortium
Garnett Genuis, MP Sherwood Park?Fort Saskatchewan
Jonathan Kay ? Keynote Speaker
Dr. John Young, President and CEO - Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Arif Virani, MP Parkdale?High Park
Jagmeet Singh, Leader of the Federal NDP

In Montreal ? live webcast
Hon. Irwin Cotler, P.C., O.C,Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for
Human Rights
Anthony Housefather, MP Mount-Royal
Dr. Kyle Matthews Executive Director Montreal Institute for Genocide
and Human Rights Studies

WHERE:
Toronto: 45 Hallcrown Place, Toronto, ON, M2J 4Y4
Montreal: 3400 Rue Nadon, Montréal, QC H4J 1P5
Vancouver: 13780 Westminster Hwy, Richmond, BC V6V1A2