Canadian Ethnic Media Association

Fifty years is a long time to be in any profession, leave aside a cynical one like journalism. Well, CEMA member and director Hasanat Ahmad Syed, publisher of New Canada and founder of the Human Rights and Race Relations Centre has, and quite successfully. Starting off in Pakistan he completed his 50th year in a country that the world loves to adore as the haven of multiculturalism, Canada.

Some celebrations are in order and there are rumours of this happening soon, at a CEMA meeting!

Meanwhile, here is a short bio of Hasanat lifted from the HRRRC website by CEMA, along with a couple of photographs. Our best to Hasanat and wishing him even more success. (more…)

Canadians for a Genocide Museum (CGM) is holding its fifth annual Genocide Memorial Week Reception. CGMs keynote speaker will be Dr. Andrew Ezergailis. He is a professor of history at Ithaca College in New York. He is an expert in Holocaust and Soviet history.

Each CGM member association is limited to four spaces unless special permission is received. Although priority will be given to CGM members other associations may also request spaces. All names of those wishing to attend MUST be submitted in advance to CGM. (See below RSVP details.) CEMA members have been invited by James Kafieh, a lawyer and former pilot with the Canadian air force.

Time: 7:00 p.m. * Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Place: Queen’s Park Committee Room #2, Ontario Legislative Building

(Enter by east door and give name at security desk.; At south end of Queen’s Park Circle; just North of College and University Ave.)

For RSVP or information, please call James Kafieh

at Phone (416) 529-6041 or Fax (416) 529-6042

The Multicultural History Society of Ontario (MHSO) features an abosorbing photo exhibit drawn from an equally absorbing book by CEMA member Gina Valle (see description of book later in this write-up).It runs from March 21 to 31, 2007,at the MHSO, 43 Queen’s Park Crescent East (plenty of city parking right outside in off-rush hour times or get off at the Queen’s Park stop on the University Subway line.

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Legacies celebrates the achievements and challenges of 24 Canadian immigrant women from diverse backgrounds and cultures. The accompanying stories of these women are told by their Canadian granddaughters, in English, French, and the grandmothers first language.

The MHSO hosted this exhibition in recognition of International Women’s Day and of the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on March 21.

For more information, please go to http://www.mhso.ca/ or http://www.ginavalle.com/

READ MORE as the author explains how she went about putting together this book and read the story of a grandmother from the Philippines! (more…)

Find out how CESO helps raise the bar of business excellence and global competitiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Third World countries of Asia, Africa, the Americas and Eastern Europe.

Come listen to…

PAMELA KOCH

Regional Director for Asia, Africa and the Americas

CANADIAN EXECUTIVE SERVICE ORGANIZATION (CESO)

Thursday, April 5, 2007, 6:45 P.M.

…and see how, we at CEMA, could respond to CESOs call in helping spread CESO’s message to these countries.CESO is a non-profit group drawing on Canadian senior executive and technical expertise to provide volunteer management, technical and policy development assistance around the world and in Canada.

ROGERS MAJESTIC BOARDROOM – OMNITV

parking at rear off Lakeshore Blvd.)

A Press Release from Magda de la Torre about a meeting of likeminded musicians and other interested citizens in Toronto to help shape the CRTC’s policy on enforcing the Canadian ethnic music component in the agency’s CANCON policy forthe airwaves…

Musical Future of CANCON Diversity is Ours to Shape NOW!

Venue: Diversity Central The Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. West

Date: Monday, March 12th, 2007 Time: 5:30 7:30 P.M.

Menu: Writing an action plan for Diversity in Music Now! (more…)