FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 19, 2015 “Je Suis Hrant Je Suis Charlie” Armenians Across Canada Remember Hrant Dink and Charlie Hebdo Journalists Ottawa, Ontario - Holding signs saying “Je Suis Hrant Je Suis Charlie”, Armenian communities across Canada held events this weekend defending freedom of expression and freedom of the [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 2014 Azerbaijan Must Be Held Responsible for Destruction of Religious and Cultural Heritage of Armenians Ottawa – The Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC) is marking the 9th anniversary of Azerbaijan’s destruction of the historic Armenian cemetery of Djulfa by calling on the Canadian government to hold [...]
November 28, 2014 The Honourable John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2 Canada Dear Minister: I am writing to you on behalf of the Armenian National Committee of Canada in respect of a matter of vital importance to the Armenian-Canadian community and [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 19, 2014 Criminal Hacking of Canadian websites Early in the morning of November 16, 2014 the websites of several Armenian Canadian organizations were hacked and Azerbaijani propaganda was placed on the sites. The ANCC deplores such despicable attacks on Horizon Weekly and Armenian National Committee of Canada [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 13, 2014 Azerbaijan shot down helicopter over Nagorno Karabakh On Wednesday, November 12, 2014, at approximately 1:45 pm (Yerevan time), the Azerbaijani military shot down an unarmed helicopter on a military training exercise over Nagorno Karabakh, killing all three people on board. Azerbaijani leaders, instead of calling for [...]
By Marsha Skrypuch Editor's note: On February 4, 2014, the Turkish english-language daily "Hurriyet" published an article titled "The Armenian Diaspora and the Memory of 205 Turks in Canada" by columnist Barcin Yinanc.The article was conscpicuous and replete with inaccuracies.In response to Barcin Yinanc and his misrepresented facts, noted Canadian author and academic, Marsha Skrypuch, [...]
Source: Jano Boghossian, forbes.com April 2014 marked the 99th anniversary of the beginning of one of the greatest crimes against humanity. In the 20th century alone, more than 100 million perished through war and genocide. What makes the lives of the 1.5 million Armenians any more significant? The Armenian experience is as common as it is unique. Armenian [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 5, 2014 The Armenian National Committee of Canada’s (ANCC) answer to the Turkish PM Erdogan and FM Davutoglu Statements Ottawa, Ontario - Over the past two weeks Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu have made statements regarding what they refer to as the "events [...]
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA For Immediate Release [...]
Following Canada's official recognition of the Armenian Genocide in 2004, that recognition became entrenched in Canadian politics by the statement our Honourable Prime Minister Stephen Harper made in 2006. Today, on the eve of the worldwide Centennial commemorations of the Armenian Genocide, we believe our government still stands by those declarations. Nevertheless, we find certain [...]
