From June 18th- 20th, MIGS will be offering a Professional Training Program on the Prevention of Mass Atrocities. The three-day event is being presented for the second time, and offers attendees a series of thematic sessions and training modules presented by internationally-recognized experts in the field of human rights and international affairs. The program has received mention in the Guardian Newspaper.
On May 14th Lt. General Romeo Dallaire will give a presentation on leadership and conflict resolution alongside the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education at Brookdale Community College.
On April 23rd Kyle Matthews and Marie Lamensch gave presentations at Ottawa’s Second Annual Youth Conference titled “Face the Facts, Inspire the Change” for the National Day of Remembrance and Action Against Mass Atrocities.
On April 27th MIGS’ Director Frank Chalk gave a speech on “Genocide Denial: From the Armenian to the Rwandan Genocide,” at the 99th anniversary commemoration of the Armenian genocide, hosted by the Armenian National Committee of Quebec.
On May 7th Frank Chalk and Kyle Matthews gave presentations at the Walrus Talks Human Rights event, organized by the Walrus Magazine & Concordia University. A video of the event should be available soon.
On May 7th Marie Lamensch participated in a round table co-organized by Canadian Research Institute on humanitarian crisis and aid (OCCAH) and Médecins Sans Frontières on “Nouveaux théâtres d’opérations humanitaires: des zones urbaines aux pays à revenus moyens”.
On May 12th Kyle Matthews and Professor Frank Chalk attended the Social, Online Networks and Prevention of Violent Extremism workshop in Ottawa, hosted by the SecDev Foundation.
On April 14th, in an interview with CTV’s Canada A.M., Professor Frank Chalk discussed the need for western police and troops in the Central African Republic to help diffuse escalating violence.
On April 21st the Toronto Star interviewed Kyle Matthews on the crisis in Syria, read Syria's Yarmouk camp: dying in plain sight.
On April 23rd Kyle Matthews gave an interview with the Ottawa Citizen, check out the article: Canada’s response in Ukraine and Africa is a lesson in foreign policy priorities.
On April 24th the CBC Montreal TV News interviewed Frank Chalk on Prime Minister Erdogan's condolences for the deaths of Armenians in 1915.
On April 26th the Globe and Mail interviewed Kyle Matthews and Frank Chalk on “how to build a will to intervene” in western democracies.
On May 3rd Radio-Canada interviewed General Romeo Dallaire on the crisis situation in the Central African Republic; listen to his interview"Le rôle du Canada à l'étranger".
On May 5th MIGS interviewed Matthew Smith of Fortify Rights. The “This is ethnic cleansing in action” feature on the Canadian International Council’s website explores the plight of the Rohingya in Myanmar.
On May 8th, Kyle Matthews was quoted in The Montreal Gazette: “Désiré Munyaneza case: Quebec’s Court of Appeal upholds conviction for his role in Rwandan genocide”.
On May 8th, Kyle Matthews gave a video interview to La Presse titled “Les génocides au-delà du Rwanda”.
On May 9th, Kyle Matthews gave an interview to AM Global Montreal on the abductions of Nigerian schoolgirls by Boko Haram: “Nigerian Abductions”
On May 12thKyle Matthews sat down with the CBC to discuss new hope for abducted Nigerian schoolgirls.
On April 23rd Marie Lamensch published an article titled “Quelles leçons avons-nous réellement appris du génocide rwandais?” for the Huffington Post.
On April 29th Kyle Matthew published an article with the National Newswatch titled “To honour the victims of the Rwandan genocide.”
On April 23rd MIGS marked the national day of remembrance and action against mass atrocities with a panel discussion and by presenting M.P. Irwin Cotler with the Roméo Dallaire Human Rights Leadership Award. Cotler has been recognized for his ongoing contribution to the fight against genocide and other crimes against humanity. Pictures of the event are available here.
On April 30th MIGS’ Distinguished Senior Fellow, Lt. General Romeo, was presented the prestigious Elie Wiesel Award by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington for his efforts to save lives during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.
On April 30th Kyle Matthews, Marie Lamensch and Shaun Em attended B’nai Brith Canada’s annual holocaust memorial on the steps of Montreal’s city hall.
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