Author: CTC

Ottawa, June 19, 2023:  A new report on the situation inside Tibet has been tabled by the Canadian Parliamentary Committee on International Human Rights (SDIR) (1).  The report, entitled “The Human Rights Situation of Tibetans and the Chinese Residential Boarding School and Preschool System”, includes 18 wide-ranging recommendations (2).  The recommendations confirm the full support of Canadian… Continue reading Canada’s Parliamentary Committee Issues Tibet Report: Demands a more-focused Tibet policy from Government of Canada

Ottawa, June 16, 2023 – During his three-day visit to Ottawa, Dr. Namgyal Choedup, the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Office of Tibet in Washington DC, engaged in discussions with Canadian parliamentarians and government officials, seeking their assistance in resolving the Sino-Tibetan conflict. On the first day of the visit, Representative… Continue reading Building Multi-Party Consensus: Representative Namgyal Choedup’s Visit to Ottawa to Rally Canadian Support for Resolving the Tibet Issue

Toronto, May 6th, 2023 – Today, the Canada Tibet Committee organized a workshop, intended to educate delegates attending this year’s Tibet Lobby Day. The program was divided into three comprehensive segments, each designed to expand the participants’ knowledge and expertise in lobbying. In the initial segment, Ms. Tencho Gyatso, President of the International Campaign for… Continue reading Empowering Advocacy: Tibet Lobby 2023 workshop in Toronto

Ottawa, May 2, 2023 – Throughout the week-long series of talk programs organized by the Canada Tibet Committee (CTC) in Ottawa and Montreal, Tenzin Tsundue, a renowned writer and activist, addressed various critical issues related to the Tibetan struggle for freedom and independence. During the talk program and discussion at Amnesty International Canada in Ottawa,… Continue reading Activist-poet Tenzin Tsundue’s maiden visit to Canada

Ottawa, April 21, 2023 – The Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on International Human Rights convened its second session today, examining the Chinese government’s practices in Tibetan residential boarding schools and preschools. Witnesses included Sherap Therchin, Director of the Canada Tibet Committee (CTC); Zeekyab Rinpoche from Tashi Lhunpo monastery; Tenzin Dorjee from Tibet Action Institute; and Tenzin… Continue reading Parliamentary Review of China’s Residential Boarding Schools and Preschools in Tibet

China remains entangled in a complex web of internal and external challenges to its legitimacy and stability. By Sherap Therchin Ottawa, April 17, 2023 – Ongoing debates on the nature and extent of Chinese interference in our democratic institutions have led many Canadians to question why China would engage in such brazen actions, which might tarnish… Continue reading Historical roots and contemporary manifestations of China’s growing insecurities 

Ottawa, March 31, 2023 – On March 30th, Sherap Therchin, the executive director of CTC, participated in a panel of witnesses to testify at the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development regarding Bill C-281. This bill seeks to amend the Sergei Magnitsky Act, officially known as the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act in Canada,… Continue reading Human rights testimony on arbitrary detention and torture in Tibet

Op-ed Ottawa, March 21, 2023 – The growing concern among Canadians regarding China’s meddling in our democratic institutions and government entities may appear to be a recent phenomenon, but China has been engaging in foreign interference for quite some time. Many individuals and organizations have been victim of China’s foreign interferences. Perhaps the most targeted… Continue reading Uncovering China’s Global Interference Pattern: The Case of Dalai Lama and Tibet