Canada’s Foreign Affairs Committee adopts rare all-party motion in support of the Sino-Tibetan dialogue
Ottawa, May 10, 2022: Canada’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade has called for renewal of the stalled Sino-Tibetan dialogue.[1] The call came as Tibet’s political leader, Sikyong Penpa Tsering, concluded his first visit to Ottawa since being elected as Sikyong in May 2021. The motion achieved unanimous support with each of […]
Sikyong Penpa Tsering to call upon Canada for stronger support to Tibet in his maiden visit to Ottawa
Ottawa, May 3, 2022 – The democratically elected leader of the Tibetan people Sikyong/President Penpa Tsering is leading a delegation to Ottawa this week with plans to advocate for Canada’s support of human rights in Tibet. The weeklong program in Ottawa starts with a reception by Parliamentary Friends of Tibet, followed by hearings on Tibet at the […]
Webinar on Climate Change, Human Rights and Tibet
Ottawa, February 9, 2022 – On the 40th anniversary of the University of Ottawa’s Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC), the Canada Tibet Committee partnered with the HRREC to host a webinar on climate change and environmental human rights on the Tibetan plateau. The event was designed to discuss the intersection of climate change, […]
Climate Change and Environmental Human Rights on the Tibetan Plateau
Ottawa, February 7, 2022 – University of Ottawa, in collaboration with the Canada Tibet Committee, will host a webinar today on climate change and environmental human rights on the Tibetan Plateau. The webinar will address the adverse effects and consequences of climate change in Tibet and specific Government of China policies and practices that exacerbate […]
Alternative ceremony in Ottawa for the Genocide Olympic in Beijing
Ottawa, February 4, 2022: As China began the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing today, a coalition of organizations supporting the human rights of Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hong Kongers, Mongolians, Falun Gongs, and Chinese marked the alternative opening of Genocide Games in Ottawa and Toronto. Tibetan activist from Toronto Tsewang Dhondup, who participated in […]
Canada Tibet Lobby Day 2021 – Tibetan groups meet with MPs to urge Sino-Tibetan dialogue
Ottawa, June 15, 2021 – During this week’s annual Canada Tibet Lobby Days event, a national coalition of Tibetan groups met virtually with Canadian parliamentarians from across political parties to urge the renewal of Sino-Tibetan dialogue and express concern over continued human rights violations in occupied Tibet. The primary request by the coalition is the […]
Canada Tibet Committee Hosts Virtual Roundtable with Former Canadian Ambassador to China
Toronto, March 15th, 2021—On March 8th, 2021, the Canada Tibet Committee had the pleasure of hosting a virtual roundtable with Mr. Guy Saint-Jacques, former Canadian ambassador to the People’s Republic of China between 2012 and 2016. For eighty minutes, Mr. Saint-Jacques engaged in a lively question-and-answer discussion with participants on matters related to China, Tibet, […]
Canada raises concerns about Tibet at 46th UN Human Rights Council meeting
Ottawa, March 14th, 2021 – On March 11th, a day after the 62nd Tibetan National Uprising Day, Ms. Tamara Mawhinney – a senior Canadian diplomat representing the Canadian government at the UN raised concerns about arbitrary detention, custodial torture, and deaths of Tibetan activists at the 46th UN Human Rights Council Meeting in Geneva. Ms. Mawhinney, […]
Canadian Leader of the Opposition Voices Support on Occasion of 62nd Tibetan National Uprising Day
Ottawa, March 10th, 2021—Today marks 62 years since thousands of Tibetans were killed in March 1959 while peacefully expressing their devotion to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and protesting the CCP’s illegal military invasion of Tibet. For Tibetans around the world, it is a day of reflection, commemoration, and renewed dedication to the cherished cause […]
Tibet group appeals for the protection of human rights defenders in Tibet
Ottawa, February 22nd, 2021 – In a letter sent earlier this month to Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Marc Garneau, the Canada Tibet Committee urged the minister to take diplomatic action regarding the recent detention, torture, and death of several Tibetan human rights defenders by Chinese authorities. The letter highlights the custodial torture […]
