ANC of Canada Launches Action Alert to Halt the Export of Canadian Weapons to...
OTTAWA—The Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC), in collaboration with the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) of Canada, recently launched an online action alert, calling on the Canadian...
View ArticleANCC Calls on the Canadian Government to Immediately Halt Azerbaijani Arms Sales
OTTAWA, Canada—The Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC) said in a statement on July 26 that it is appalled to learn the Canadian government has granted an export permit for the transfer of...
View ArticleRaffi Sarkissian Appointed Principal of the A.R.S. Armenian Private School of...
Raffi Sarkissian TORONTO, Canada—On June 28, the A.R.S. Armenian Private School announced the appointment of Raffi Sarkissian as Principal of the school. Dr. Armen Martirossian, who had served as the...
View ArticleANCC Calls Upon the Canadian Government to Condemn Azerbaijan’s Latest...
OTTAWA, Canada—In a letter addressed to Canada’s Minister of Global Affairs and other high-ranking personnel within the Canadian governments’ executive and legislative branches, the Armenian National...
View ArticleCommunity Events Featuring HDP Parliamentarian Hisyar Ozsoy Take Place in Canada
OTTAWA, Canada—Hisyar Ozsoy, vice co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party of Turkey (HDP) and the party’s foreign affairs critic, discussed the current political situation in Turkey and the ongoing...
View Article‘The Promise’ Screened in Canadian Parliament
OTTAWA, Canada—A special screening of the Armenian Genocide-era Hollywood epic, The Promise took place on Parliament Hill on June 5. The special event, which was organized by the Canada-Armenia...
View ArticleA Toronto-Armenian Tradition with New Surprises and Old Friends
Toronto A.C.C. Summerfest Takes Place July 7, 8, and 9, on the Grounds of the Armenian Youth Center in Toronto TORONTO, Canada (A.W.)—Music, dance, food, and language are just some of the elements that...
View ArticlePaylan Meets with Canadian Parliamentarians, Government Officials
OTTAWA, Canada—On May 2, Armenian Member of Turkish Parliament and a founding member of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Garo Paylan held a series of meetings in Ottawa and Montreal with Members of...
View ArticleMore than 1,500 Gather in Toronto to Honor Armenian Member of Turkish...
TORONTO, Canada— Armenian Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Garo Paylan was honored at an event at the Armenian Community Center of Toronto on April 30, where more than 1,500 community...
View ArticleOver 180 Canadian Students and Teachers Attend ‘Armenian Genocide: A Just...
TORONTO, Canada—Over 180 students and teachers from three school boards and four schools attended the Corning Center’s 2017 Ontario Student Conference titled “Armenian Genocide: A Just Resolution.” The...
View ArticleThousands in Ottawa Commemorate the Armenian Genocide, Protest Turkish Denial
OTTAWA, Canada—Thousands of Canadians from across the country gathered in Ottawa on April 24 to commemorate the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and demonstrate against the Government of...
View ArticleCanadian Prime Minister Trudeau Reaffirms Commitment to Armenian Genocide...
OTTAWA, Canada—On April 21, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a statement on the occasion of the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Then-MP Trudeau participating in the ‘March for...
View ArticleArmenian National Committee of Canada Launches ‘Turkey: Thirty Days of Shame’...
OTTAWA, Canada— On April 3, The Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC), launched a media campaign entitled “Turkey: Thirty Days of Shame” aimed at informing Canadians about Turkey’s continuous...
View ArticleFormer U.S. Ambassador Evans, Gomidas Institute Present ‘Truth Held Hostage’...
TORONTO, Canada—John Evans, former United States Ambassador to Armenia, and Ara Sarafian, Director of the Gomidas Institute, presented “Truth Held Hostage: America and the Armenian Genocide – What...
View ArticleFormer U.S. Ambassador John Evans to Present Book in Toronto
TORONTO, Canada—Former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Evans and Gomidas Institute director Ara Sarafian, will be in Toronto on March 12 for the book launch of Evans’ book Truth Held Hostage. The...
View ArticleSpecial Screening of ‘Women of 1915’ Held in Toronto
Two Ontario Teachers and Four Students Receive Corning Center Awards TORONTO, Canada—On Feb. 25, the Corning Center (The Sara Corning Center for Genocide Education) introduced Bared Maronian’s...
View ArticleFormer Canadian Parliamentarian Jim Karygiannis to Serve as Referendum...
OTTAWA, Canada—Despite continuous efforts by Azerbaijani authorities to discourage foreign diplomats, parliamentarians, and observers from visiting the Republic of Nagorno-Karabagh (NKR/Artsakh),...
View ArticleANC Canada, ASA Personally Challenge Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister on...
OTTAWA, Canada—On Feb. 13, Dr. Oleg Kravchenko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, delivered a lecture entitled “Belarus and its Neighbors,” at Carleton University’s Dunton Tower in Ottawa....
View ArticleÖzdemir: ‘Bundestag Would Have Probably Never Passed Genocide Resolution...
TORONTO, Canada—“Without Hrant, I would not be here. Without Hrant, a lot of Armenians in Turkey—believe me—would not talk about the [Armenian] Genocide. Without Hrant, a lot people of Turkish origin...
View ArticleCem Özdemir Addresses Hundreds in Toronto Marking 10th Anniversary of Dink...
Commemoration Attended by Premier of Ontario, Several Elected Officials, and Award-Winning Filmmaker Atom Egoyan TORONTO, Canada—Over 600 people gathered at the Armenian Community Center of Toronto...
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