Topics Covered by Our Speakers

Our speakers bring a wide range of lived experience, expertise, and cultural knowledge. Presentations can be tailored to your audience—whether for schools, universities, workplaces, faith communities, or public events.

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Survivor Testimonies and Lived Experience

• Personal stories of survival – first-hand accounts from genocide and displacement

• Intergenerational resilience – how trauma and healing are passed through families

• Journeys of refuge – experiences of flight, resettlement, and building new lives

• Diaspora perspectives – keeping culture and identity alive far from home

• The power of memory – why remembrance is central to justice and prevention

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Genocide and Mass Atrocities

• Case studies – Uyghur, Tigray, Yazidi, Rohingya, Hazara, Tamil, Tutsi, Tibetan, and Holocaust histories

• Warning signs – how genocide develops and how to recognize early patterns

• Denial and erasure – the politics of silencing atrocity crimes

• Propaganda and hate speech – tools used to fuel mass violence

• The role of international law – from the UN to the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)

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Human Rights and Advocacy

• Survivor-led coalitions – building strength across communities

• Working with governments – influencing policy and parliamentary action

• Forced labour and trade – exposing global supply chains linked to exploitation

• Canada’s role – how our country can lead on prevention and accountability

• Speaking truth to power – testimony before governments and commissions

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Creative Resistance and Cultural Resilience

• Art as survival – music, poetry, dance, and storytelling in the face of oppression

• Cultural identity – preserving language and traditions under repression

• Faith and spirituality – sources of resilience during violence and exile

• Commemorative practices – rituals of mourning, resistance, and remembrance

• Building solidarity – creative projects that connect diverse communities

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Disinformation, Censorship, and Foreign Interference

• State disinformation campaigns – how governments spread falsehoods abroad

• Transnational repression – intimidation, threats, and surveillance of diaspora communities

• Online hate and harassment – strategies for recognizing and resisting it

• Media literacy – equipping youth to identify and fact-check false narratives

• Protecting democracy – understanding the link between disinformation and human rights

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Mental Health and Healing

• Trauma and recovery – the psychological impact of atrocity and displacement

• Culturally grounded approaches – mental health support rooted in tradition

• Youth resilience – helping children and teens process collective violence

• Breaking silence – addressing stigma and building supportive networks

• Solidarity as healing – the role of community in overcoming trauma

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Education and Intercultural Understanding

• Teaching genocide – age-appropriate ways to bring these lessons into classrooms

• Countering racism – addressing discrimination in Canadian schools and communities

• Shared stories – what survivor communities can teach about inclusion

• Dialogue across differences – building trust in multicultural settings

• Youth leadership – empowering students to take action for justice

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Justice and Accountability

• Prosecuting atrocity crimes – challenges at the ICC and beyond

• Truth-telling mechanisms – commissions of inquiry and grassroots testimony

• Memorialization – how communities choose to remember and honour the lost

• The politics of recognition – why naming genocide matters

• Grassroots justice – community-driven movements when states fail

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Global Connections

• Authoritarianism and human rights – global patterns of repression

• Displacement and migration – the human impact of refugee crises

• Climate change and conflict – emerging risks for vulnerable communities

• International solidarity – building bridges across borders

• Global prevention efforts – lessons learned from failures and successes

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