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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Deborah Hay
DATE: October 29, 2013
TEL: 416-250-9807
Toronto – On November 7, Dr. Hayk Demoyan, Director of the
Armenian Genocide Museum Institute (AGMI) in Yerevan, will visit Mr. Stuart
Murray, President and CEO of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) in
Winnipeg, to sign a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
The objective of the MOU is to exchange knowledge and
expertise, educational materials, and exhibitions with respect to human rights,
share research and advice, cooperate to advance the academic study of human
rights and reconciliation, the Armenian Genocide and its effects, and processes
seeking justice and reconciliation, and work together to educate people on
issues of human rights, in both national and global contexts.
The MOU will be signed in the presence of His Excellency,
Mr. Armen Yeganian, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
Republic of Armenia, officials of the Zoryan Institute, and representatives of
the Armenian community.
In March of this year, Zoryan officials accompanied Dr.
Clint Curle, the CMHR’s Head of Stakeholder Relations, to Yerevan, to meet with
the Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute, the Republic of
Armenia’s Minister of Diaspora and other officials, to discuss the significance
of the new museum being developed in Winnipeg in relation to the Armenian
Genocide. At that time, discussions for formal cooperation between the two
museums were held and plans for the formal signing ceremony later in the year
made. The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A
Division of the Zoryan Institute) (IIGHRS) has been instrumental in bringing
the CMHR and AGMI together to the mutual benefit of both organizations and the
Armenian and Canadian people.
While in Canada, Dr. Hayk Demoyan will also be making two
public appearances at events hosted by The Zoryan Institute in Montreal and
Toronto. Dr. Demoyan will speak about recent research on Aurora Mardiganian, and
he will also update the public on the official plans for the commemoration of
the centennial of the Armenian Genocide.
The official signing of the Memorandum of Understanding
between the CMHR and AGMI is the culmination of the Zoryan Institute's efforts
to bring the two institutions together. This agreement will help both
institutions in their efforts to use awareness and dialogue as a way to promote
enhanced human rights for the Armenian community, for Canadians, and for all
visitors to the two museums.
Please join us at one of the following two events:
Location: St.
Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Catholic Church, 100 Northdale Rd., Toronto
Date:
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Time: 7:30
PM
Location: AGBU
Centre, 805, rue Manoogian, St-Laurent, QC
Date:
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Time: 5:00
PM
The Zoryan Institute is the parent organization of the
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, which runs an
annual, accredited university program on the subject and is co-publisher of
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal in partnership with
the International Association of Genocide Scholars and the University of
Toronto Press. It is the first non-profit, international center devoted to the
research and documentation of contemporary issues with a focus on Genocide,
Diaspora and Armenia. For more information please contact the Zoryan Institute
by email zoryan@zoryaninstitute.org or telephone 416-250-9807.
The Zoryan Institute
zoryan@zoryaninstitute.org
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