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Rehtaeh Parson story is a tragedy that should have never happened, not especially in a country like Canada. Rehtaeh Parson committed suicide (rather murdered)after she was raped by four boys about 18 months ago and viciously bullied after a photo of the alleged incident was passed around her school and community. As a father to a [...]

Normal is boring, limited seating and by registration only.  The first event of our cross cultural young professionals networking event .To register visit http://www.slwb.ca/register

Burma Ethnic Nationalities Network-Canada Welcomes the establishment of the Office of Religious Freedom

February 22, 2013

The Burma Ethnic Nationalities Network-Canada (BENN) is a common advocacy platform representing all Burmese ethnic nationalities residing across Canada. BENN welcomed the establishment of the Office of Religious Freedom, which will be dedicated to promoting freedom of religion or belief around [...]

Canadian Delegation to Visit Burma to Help Further Democratic Reforms

Protecting and Promoting Canada’s Interests and Values

February 15, 2013 – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today announced that his Parliamentary Secretary, Deepak Obhrai, will lead a Canadian multi-party parliamentary delegation to Burma from February 16 to 22, 2013. The visit is the first half of a [...]

Politicians make statements all the time, nothing wrong about it  and in fact good because they learn more, but what I like about Jason is that he is intricately well versed with ethnic communities and has a genuine passion to better understand and better help them, that helps not only them but Canada as a [...]

Happy Diwali. Here is a nice piece on Diwali that I got from a friend by email. It is the story of Diwali and how it is celebrated around the world. A good read for those who celebrate Diwali and who dont.

The Story of Diwali:

Divali or Deepavali is the name given to the festival of [...]

Here is a compilation of speeches from Daw Suu Kyi during her visit to US in September 2012. This was compiled by Canadian Friends of Burma. http://www.cfob.org

U.S-Burma/Myanmar Relations – Sept. 18 – hosted by Institute of Peace/ Asia Society Aung San Suu Kyi spoke about U.S.-Myanmar (Burma) relations, and she received the Asia Society’s Global [...]

The Junta in Burma has removed around 2000 people from its blacklist (2082 to be precise) .These blacklists were created by the military regime to stop pro democracy and human rights activists from visiting Burma, during the peak of their oppression.  The past two years has seen dramatic changes and progress under the leadership of [...]

Please see below joint announcement from Myanmar Muslim Organizations and also  announcement from Burma’s Foreign Ministry on communal violence in Rakhaine State.  This announcement comes after several fake propaganda has been posted on internet on Rohingya Muslims in Burma. Photos from Tsunami, earthquake, Tibet protests  and even some from Iraq were used along with inflammatory [...]

Here it is, our first Indo-Jewish Canadians joint networking event with a background of great music featuring Indo-Israeli artists, Kosher Indian food and lots of networking opportunities with leaders from both communities and guests.

An evening celebrating the fusion of Israeli and Indian music culture
featuring Shye Ben Tzur and the Rajasthan Express
A young professional networking [...]