Canada Tibet Committee Urges Parliament to Address Tibet-Linked Lithium and Forced Labour Risks in EV Supply Chains
Ottawa, November 20, 2025 – On November 20, 2025, the Canada Tibet Committee (CTC) appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade as part of its study on Canadian supply chains, forced labour, and related imports. CTC’s testimony was delivered by Sherap Therchin, Executive Director, alongside other witnesses, including Stuart Trew (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives), Elizabeth Kwan (Canadian Labour Congress), and Aidan Gilchrist-Blackwood (Canadian […]
New Report: Advancing Canada-US Human Rights Collaborations for Tibet
Canada Tibet Committee calls for Enhanced Human Rights Collaboration Between Canada and the United States Ottawa, March 12, 2024: In a new report issued today, the Canada Tibet Committee has called for increased collaboration between Canada and the United States in order to enhance the promotion of human rights in Tibet. The report, entitled Advancing Canada-US Human Rights […]
GAC’s China Human Rights Forum: Addressing Education, Culture, and Religious Freedom in Tibet
Ottawa, November 20, 2023 – The China Human Rights Forum, organized through a collaboration among the Greater China Political Division of Global Affairs Canada, the University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Centre for International Policy Studies, and East Asian Studies Network, tackled pressing issues such as assimilation, forced labour, and transnational […]
The Government of Canada Responds to Parliamentary Report on Human Rights in Tibet
OTTAWA, October 17, 2023 – The Canadian Government has officially responded to the recommendations made in the report, titled “The Human Rights Situation of Tibetans and the Chinese Residential Boarding School and Pre-School System”. The report was commissioned by the House of Commons Standing Subcommittee on Human Rights, a subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Foreign […]
Canada’s Parliamentary Committee Issues Tibet Report: Demands a more-focused Tibet policy from Government of Canada
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 […]
Parliamentary Review of China’s Residential Boarding Schools and Preschools in Tibet
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 […]
Historical roots and contemporary manifestations of China’s growing insecurities
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 […]
Human rights testimony on arbitrary detention and torture in Tibet
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, […]
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, […]
China 3rd Cycle Universal Periodic Review
