Watch Live to Air: Oscar Peterson Day 2024 with Jim Doxas, Robi Botos & Pat Collins [...]
New Report: Confronting Major and Everyday Discrimination. Romani Experiences in Canada’s Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area
BOSTON, MA – September 23, 2024
The François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University and the Canadian Romani Alliance published a groundbreaking study measuring both major and everyday discrimination experienced by Romani individuals in the Greater Toronto-Hamilton area (GTHA) in Canada [...]
Virtual Discussion: The Genocide of the Roma in Southeastern Europe
Invite to Participate: The Impact of Discrimination on Canada's Roma Minority
If you are Romani we invite you to talk to us! If you live in Toronto or Hamilton and are Romani please connect with us. The interviews will be done on the phone, online, or in person. Interviews are 45 min long. You don’t have to use your real name. You will receive a $25 gift card to say thank you! […]
New Partnership with Harvard University
LAW PROFS & CONSUMER ADVOCATES TO INVESTIGATE RACIAL PROFILING OF AIR PASSENGERS
Montreal Auschwitz survivor to be honoured for bearing witness to the Roma genocide
Long after he started a new life in Montreal, Paul Herczeg was still bearing witness to the final moments of thousands of Roma sent to their deaths at Auschwitz in a single night in 1944. For decades, well into his 80s, he volunteered with the Montreal Holocaust Museum, meeting with school groups, giving media interviews, contributing to virtual exhibitions and oral history projects [...]
Canadian government officially recognizes Romani genocide
Canadian Government Adopts Unanimous Consent Motion in Recognition of Genocide of Roma and Sinti During the Holocaust
On August 12, 2020, the Genocide of Roma and Sinti, which that took place during WWII was officially recognized by the Government of Canada following a unanimous consent motion in the House of Commons brought forward by Member of Parliament Sameer Zuberi. This official acknowledgement made possible by a successful “Act of Parliament” was the outcome of over a decade of determined work by the Canadian Roma community [...]
