Standing for justice. Building resilience. Creating hope.

Genocide leaves deep scars—not only on survivors but on the world we share. Families are torn apart, cultures are silenced, and generations are left struggling to heal. Yet from these places of pain, survivors are rising to build resilience, seek justice, and create spaces of healing and hope.

The Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities (AGVC) exists to support this work. We bring together survivors, advocates, and allies to:

Amplify survivor voices so their stories are never forgotten.
Push for justice and accountability to prevent future atrocities.
Create cultural and educational programs that inspire awareness and understanding.
Provide spaces of healing and solidarity that strengthen individuals, families, and communities.

Your support makes this possible. By giving today—whether once or monthly—you become a partner in resilience and a voice for justice.

AGVC is formed by survivors and descendants from eight communities—Uyghur, Tigray, Hazara, Tamil, Tutsi, Tibetan, Yazidi, and Rohingya—but our mission is one that belongs to everyone.

Together, with allies like you, we can rise against hate and build a future rooted in dignity, justice, and hope.

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Two Free Community Webinars for Support, Learning, and Resilience

Hosted by the Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities (AGVC)
December 9, 2026 – Online

Across Canada, countless people carry the quiet, daily ache of having loved ones living in danger — in countries facing repression, war, persecution, or political collapse. Genocide Prevention Day is a moment to honour that reality, support one another, and strengthen the tools we need to endure uncertainty together.

This year, AGVC invites you to join Gathering Strength, a pair of short, powerful webinars created to help you stay grounded, informed, and supported — no matter what is happening in the world around you.

Both sessions are free, open to everyone, and designed with compassion and accessibility at their core.

Session 1: Resilience for Those With Loved Ones in Crisis

1:00 – 2:00 PM EST | With Professor & Trauma Therapist Brenton Diaz

If you have family or friends in a crisis zone, a single news alert can make your breath catch. This session offers supportive guidance and practical grounding techniques to help you stay steady during moments of fear or uncertainty.

Led by Professor and Trauma Therapist Brenton Diaz, this one-hour webinar will help you:

understand how your body responds to distressing news
learn simple tools to regulate your emotions
Stay grounded while caring deeply for loved ones far away
Reconnect to calm when the world feels overwhelming

This session is offered with special care for AGVC’s allied communities — Yazidi, Tigrayan, Tamil, Tibetan, Tutsi, Uyghur, Hazara, and Rohingya — but it is open to everyone who carries fear for people they love.

👉 This is a supportive space. You are welcome exactly as you are.

Session 2: New Pathways to Safety — Bitcoin 101

NEW DATE AND TIME: Thursday, December 11th | 4:00 – 4:30 PM EST | With Pablo, Bitcoin Educator (Bull Bitcoin)

In many crisis-affected countries, banking systems are monitored, restricted, or unstable — making it hard or dangerous to support loved ones back home.

This clear, non-technical introduction explains how Bitcoin is being used worldwide to:

Send support safely to people in high-risk areas
bypass financial surveillance or restrictions
protect families from bank freezes or currency collapse
create new pathways for financial independence in unstable environments

Led by Bitcoin educator Pablo from Bull Bitcoin, this session is not about investing — it’s about understanding practical tools that many human rights defenders rely on when traditional systems fail.

Across the globe, communities like the Uyghurs, Hazaras, Tamils, Tigrayans, Tibetans, and Tutsis face genocide and mass atrocities. Canada must not look away.

The Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities (AGVC) is calling on all MPs and political leaders to take a clear stand and commit to:

✅ Targeted sanctions on perpetrators
✅ Criminal prosecutions under Canada’s War Crimes Act
✅ Safe resettlement for survivors
✅ A Special Envoy on Genocide Prevention
✅ Strong action against repression, disinformation, and forced labour
✅ Recognition of ongoing genocides—including those of Hazaras and Tigrayans

In the face of genocide, silence is complicity.

Let's make Canada a leader in justice. Sign our letter here.

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Not Forgotten: Genocide and Creative Resistance

In a moving gathering of art, testimony, and solidarity, this event brought together survivors, artists, and advocates to resist suppression and amplify stories of resilience across multiple communities. Through poetry, song, visual art, and personal narratives, the event honoured the lived experiences of those impacted by genocide and underscored the enduring power of culture as resistance.

Participants from Rohingya, Hazara, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Tigrayan communities shared testimony of loss, survival, and unyielding hope. A special focus of the program was the commemoration of September 25 as Hazara Genocide Memorial Day, affirming the Canadian parliamentary recommendation and calling for full recognition of the Hazara genocide.

Political and academic voices emphasized that recognition must be matched by action—and that art, memory, and creativity are essential tools in the struggle for justice.

Creative Resistance advanced AGVC’s mission by:

Awareness: making visible experiences too often silenced or dismissed
Education: deepening public understanding of genocide as an ongoing, lived reality
Accountability: strengthening calls for institutional, legal, and political responses

We invite you to flip through photos of the event. Video excerpts will be available soon. Join us in amplifying these voices of courage.

Echoes of Resilience: A Tapestry of Survival

Exploring the transformative power of art—moving from memory and reflection towards actionable change.

“Echoes of Resilience” serves as both a memorial and an educational beacon—an art collection that not only honors the painful histories of genocide but also celebrates the unyielding spirit and cultural richness of the Tigrayan, Uyghur, Hazara, Tamil, Tibetan and Tutsi communities.

This thoughtful synthesis of art and history is intended to inspire reflection, dialogue, and ultimately, hope for a future defined by understanding and unity.

📍 Where: Human Rights Research and Education Centre, Fauteux Hall (5th floor), University of Ottawa.

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The Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities (AGVC) is dedicated to preventing and ending genocide through a multifaceted approach that includes awareness raising, advocacy, justice and accountability, education, and evidence collection and documentation.

We envision a world where genocide is no longer a threat, and where all people can live in peace, dignity, and freedom.

To achieve our goals, we will:

Raise awareness about the reality and consequences of genocide, and the urgent need to prevent and respond to it.

Tenir les auteurs de génocide responsables de leurs crimes et demander justice pour les victimes et les survivants

Educate the public about the history and dynamics of genocide, and empower individuals and communities to take action to prevent it.

Célébrer l'existence continue du peuple et de la culture de chaque communauté victime de génocide.

Plaider en faveur de politiques cohérentes et homogènes en matière de droits de l'homme au Canada et collaborer avec les décideurs politiques afin de garantir la protection et la promotion des droits de l'homme tant au niveau national qu'international.

Travailler à la prévention de génocides en identifiant et en traitant les causes profondes de la violence et de la discrimination, et en promouvant la tolérance, la diversité et l'inclusion.

Recueillir et documenter les preves de génocide, et utiliser ces preuves pour soutenir les procédures judiciaires, les efforts de plaidoyer et les campagnes de sensibilisation du public.

L'Alliance des communautés de victimes de génocide s'engage à construire un mouvement fort, diversifié, pacifique et inclusif pour prévenir et mettre fin aux génocides et pour s'assurer que les voix des survivants et des victimes sont entendues et respectées.

Celebrating the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday in Toronto

Some of the AGVC members at 2025 G7 dialogue on transnational repression

Genocide Prevention 25

A Genocide Remembrance, Prevention and Condemnation Event

March 30th 2025- April 30th 2025

In a world where the shadows of past genocides linger and the threat of new atrocities looms, we, the Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities stand united in our commitment to remembrance, justice, and prevention. The "Genocide Prevention 25" conference, seminar and art exhibit serves as a clarion call to confront the enduring impact of genocide on communities within Canada and to forge a path toward a future free from such horrors.