Sumeru News — Tibet

Tibetan Uprising Day and Tibetan Martyrs Day on March 10

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Events across Canada for Tibetan Uprising Day 2013 Ottawa:  Sunday, March 10 12:00  Rally on Parliament Hill 13:00  Walk to Chinese Embassy 13:30  Prayer vigil in solidarity with Tibetan people details – http://www.tibet.ca/en/ottawa contact – ctcoffice@tibet.ca Toronto: Sunday, March 10 10:00  Rally at Chinese Consulate, 240 George Street Main program at Dundas Square details – info@ctao.org Victoria: ... Read more »

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Tibetan Bibliographic Instruction Workshop at U of T

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Tibetan Bibliographic Instruction Workshop East Asian Library Classroom, 8th floor Robarts Library (130 St. George Street) Date: Tuesday, April 9 Time:  11am-12:15pm Led by Dr Lauran Hartley, Columbia University’s Tibetan Collection librarian and the U of T’s new Liaison librarian for Tibetan Studies (see story on this partnership), this will be a general session covering search-strategies... Read more »

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Lobsang Sangay, head of the Tibetan Govt in Exile, interviewed by Globe & Mail while in Ottawa

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Lobsang Sangay, head of the Central Tibetan Administration (also known as the Tibetan Government in Exile), is in Ottawa on an official visit. During his visit he has raised concerns about human rights abuses in China and Tibet, and drawn into focus the role of Canada’s new Office of Religious Freedom, which is charged with... Read more »

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Canada Tibet Committee closes FB group, launches FB page

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‎Here’s the most recent update from the social media presence for the Canada Tibet Committee: ‘Like’ our new FB page in order to stay in touch with other Tibet supporters in Canada. Follow us on http://www.facebook.com/CanadaTibet from now on, as this group will soon be CLOSED.

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Project Tibet resettlement project now on Twitter

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You can now follow the Project Tibet resettlement project on Twitter: @ProjectTibet In 2007, His Holiness the Dalai Lama met Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Prime Minister Harper is the second Canadian Prime Minister to have met His Holiness while in office. During the 2007 meeting His Holiness requested that Canada consider offering displaced Tibetans living in... Read more »

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