Toronto - Tibetan resettlement program public meeting

Saturday, July 23 at 1:30 PM

The Toronto branch of the Canada Tibet Committee (CTC) will hold a public meeting on Saturday, July 23 at 1:30 PM to discuss the government of Canada's announcement that it will facilitate the immigration to Canada of up to 1,000 displaced Tibetans currently living in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

The government's decision follows a 2007 request by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Since then, the Canada Tibet Committee has spearheaded work on this program which ultimately lead to the government's approval for the resettlement this past December.
The CTC hopes that a number of the Tibetan families will settle in the Greater Area of Toronto.
Tibetans who arrive in Canada (under this program) will need to be sponsored by Canadians through the Group of 5 process. Saturday's meeting will discuss what this involves and how local residents can become involved in supporting this program.

Event: Tibetan resettlement program public meeting

Date: Saturday, July 23, 2011

Time: 1:30pm
Place: Toronto City Hall – Chamber Council

100 Queen Street West
(North-west corner of Queen Street West and Bay Street)
Toronto, ON M5H 2N2

Location and accessibility details

Public transit: subway to Queen (Yonge line) or Osgoode (University line) and walk on Queen St. Alternatively, take Bay bus #6 or #6A north from Union Station or south from Bay station (transfer required). Disembark at Albert St.

The Canada Tibet Committee's executive director Dermod Travis, who has recently returned from Arunachal Pradesh, will speak at the event and take questions.

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For more information:

Tsering Khangsar, CTC Toronto

Contact: tkhangsar@tibet.ca

Or

Dermod Travis, Executive Director

Contact: 514.487.0665 / dermod@tibet.ca