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Armenian, Kurd Appointed to Endowment Council
July 15, 2014
The Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund was
established to support projects that commemorate and recognize the
experiences of all of the ethno-cultural communities affected by
Canada's first national internment operations of 1914 to 1920.
The Endowment Council ... is pleased to announce the appointment by
the Board of Directors of The Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras
Shevchenko of two new members to the Endowment Council effective July
1, 2014 - namely, Dr. Sima Aprahamian, to serve as the representative
of the Armenian National Committee of Canada, and Mr. Suleyman Güven,
as the representative of the Kurdish community.
Dr. Aprahamian, who holds a Ph.D. degree in anthropology (1989, McGill
University), is a Research Associate at the Simone de Beauvoir
Institute at Concordia University. Her current research is entitled
Narratives of Displacement. At the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, she
has taught many courses including Introduction to Women's Studies,
Women's Organizing & Resistance Across Cultures, Women, Science &
Technology. She has also developed and co-taught courses on
Anthropological Theory and Field Research. She has numerous
publications and has organized several academic events and conference
panels. She has presented many papers in peer reviewed international
conferences as well. She has conducted field research in Lebanon,
Armenia and Canada.
Mr. Güven, a Kurdish Alevi from the Dersim Province of Turkey, arrived
in Canada in April 1991 as a refugee. He is the editor of Yeni Hayat,
a Canadian-Turkish/ Kurdish newspaper; the Acting Vice President of
the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada for the past
three terms; and the founder of the Toronto Kurdish Community Centre.
Mr. Güven received awards from the Toronto Refugee Affairs Council
(TRAC) in April 2000 and the National Ethnic Press and Media Council
of Canada in 2008 and is the subject of a book Our Friendly Local
Terrorist (published in 2010), dealing with his story and his
struggle.
http://www.keghart.com/WWI-Internment-Recognition
July 15, 2014
The Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund was
established to support projects that commemorate and recognize the
experiences of all of the ethno-cultural communities affected by
Canada's first national internment operations of 1914 to 1920.
The Endowment Council ... is pleased to announce the appointment by
the Board of Directors of The Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras
Shevchenko of two new members to the Endowment Council effective July
1, 2014 - namely, Dr. Sima Aprahamian, to serve as the representative
of the Armenian National Committee of Canada, and Mr. Suleyman Güven,
as the representative of the Kurdish community.
Dr. Aprahamian, who holds a Ph.D. degree in anthropology (1989, McGill
University), is a Research Associate at the Simone de Beauvoir
Institute at Concordia University. Her current research is entitled
Narratives of Displacement. At the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, she
has taught many courses including Introduction to Women's Studies,
Women's Organizing & Resistance Across Cultures, Women, Science &
Technology. She has also developed and co-taught courses on
Anthropological Theory and Field Research. She has numerous
publications and has organized several academic events and conference
panels. She has presented many papers in peer reviewed international
conferences as well. She has conducted field research in Lebanon,
Armenia and Canada.
Mr. Güven, a Kurdish Alevi from the Dersim Province of Turkey, arrived
in Canada in April 1991 as a refugee. He is the editor of Yeni Hayat,
a Canadian-Turkish/ Kurdish newspaper; the Acting Vice President of
the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada for the past
three terms; and the founder of the Toronto Kurdish Community Centre.
Mr. Güven received awards from the Toronto Refugee Affairs Council
(TRAC) in April 2000 and the National Ethnic Press and Media Council
of Canada in 2008 and is the subject of a book Our Friendly Local
Terrorist (published in 2010), dealing with his story and his
struggle.
http://www.keghart.com/WWI-Internment-Recognition