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 150^th 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

www.canadianstories150.ca

SOURCE Armenian National Committee of Canada

Sevag Belian, [phone], www.canadianstories150.ca