Upcoming events in Canada with regards to Burma

March 2, 2011 - Ottawa

On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, the following events are
taking placing in Canada with the focus on Burma: Please also note that a
video message of Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon in support of
a UN ‘commission of inquiry’ into ‘crimes against humanity’ and ‘war crimes’
in Burma will be also showed in some events listed below.

-Canadian Friends of Burma

March 3: Reflecting on the International Tribunal on Crimes against

Women of Burma
Organized by the Centre for Refugee Studies and the York Centre for Asian
Research

Time: March 3, 12:30-2pm, 2011

Location: 519 YRT, York University, Toronto
Admission: free

Panelists:
• Professor Susan Henders, Director, York Centre for Asian Research,
moderator
• Sheila Htoo, testified at the International Tribunal on Crime Against
Women in Burma in New York;
• Julaine Eberhard, coordinated the Burma women's tribunal through the
Nobel Women's Initiative;
• Professor Annie Bunting, Law & Society Program, York University,
respondent;

Event details: http://crs.yorku.ca/node/149

March 8: The heroic women of Burma

Organized by Women College Hospital

Time: Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m

Location: Metro-Central YMCA, 20 Grosvenor St., Toronto
Admission: free

A special screening of ‘This is My Witness’, a new film on the women of

Burma by Ottawa filmmakers Jane Gurr and Ed Kucerak. The film will be
followed by a panel discussion:

• Julaine Eberhard, PhD, LLB – Co-ordinator of the International Tribunal

on Crimes Against Women of Burma;
 • Janice Du Mont, EdD – Scientist, Women’s College Research Institute;
• Johanna MacDonald, LLB – Chair of Toronto Working Group, Canadian
Centre for International Justice;
• Sheila MacDonald, RN, MN – Provincial Co-ordinator of the Ontario
Sexual Assault
and Domestic Violence Treatment Centres;
• Pah Wah – A Burmese woman, living in Toronto, who supported a
testifier in the International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women of
Burma;

Event details: http://www.womenshealthmatters.ca/Bulletin/eblast-feb-10-

2011.html

March 9: Honor the Women of Burma this International Women’s

Day!
Organized by Nobel Women’s Initiative

Time: Wednesday, March 9, 7:00pm to 9:00 pm

Location: Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch, 120 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa
Admission: free

A special screening of ‘This is My Witness’, a new film on the women of

Burma by Ottawa filmmakers Jane Gurr and Ed Kucerak.

The film will be followed by a panel discussion:

• Kate Heartfield, moderator and Ottawa Citizen’s editorial columnist;
• Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Laureate;
• Sheila Htoo, who participated in the Tribunal;
• Nisha Toomey from Canadian Friends of Burma;

Event details: http://www.nobelwomensinitiative.org/news/article/nobel-

womens-initiative-presents-this-is-my-witness

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The Canadian Friends of Burma (CFOB) is federally incorporated, national
non-governmental organization working for democracy and human rights in
Burma. Contact: Suite 206, 145 Spruce St., Ottawa, K1R 6P1; Tel:
613.237.8056; Email: cfob@cfob.org; Web: www.cfob.org