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], Managing Director of the Uthayan newspapers receives, the "Service Excellence Award" for journalism to "]" by the Canadian Tamil Congress. The award is bestowed annually for the achievers on various fields.]] |
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], Managing Director of the Uthayan newspapers receives, the "Service Excellence Award" for journalism to "]" by the Canadian Tamil Congress. The award is bestowed annually for the achievers on various fields.]] |
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The Canadian Tamil Congress has been listed as a '''terrorist entity''' under '''United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373'''.<ref name="obs">{{cite news|url=http://colombogazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1854_41-E.pdf | title=THE UNITED NATIONS ACT, No 45 OF 1968 | publisher=http://e Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka/ | date=2014'03'21 | accessdate=9 May 2014}}</ref> The Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) is a non-profit organization of ] in Canada. The CTC has served Canada's Tamil community since October 2000 and has 11 chapters. The objectives of the Canadian Tamil Congress are: to promote the participation of Tamil Canadians in activities of local, regional, provincial and national importance; to uphold the Canadian values of human rights, multiculturalism, religious and cultural diversity, pluralism, and volunteerism; to champion for equal rights and in particular, gender equality; to support the cultural and political aspirations of Tamils. The organization also promotes the study and knowledge of Tamil language, culture and history within the Canadian context. The CTC also works on adjustment/settlement issues. It has been listed as a 'terrorist entity' by the Sri Lankan government.<ref name="obs">{{cite news|url=http://colombogazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1854_41-E.pdf | title=THE UNITED NATIONS ACT, No 45 OF 1968 | publisher=http://e Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka/ | date=2014'03'21 | accessdate=9 May 2014}}</ref> |
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The '''Canadian Tamil Congress''' (CTC) is a non-profit organization of ] in Canada. The CTC has served Canada's Tamil community since October 2000 and has 11 chapters. The objectives of the Canadian Tamil Congress are: to promote the participation of Tamil Canadians in activities of local, regional, provincial and national importance; to uphold the Canadian values of human rights, multiculturalism, religious and cultural diversity, pluralism, and volunteerism; to champion for equal rights and in particular, gender equality; to support the cultural and political aspirations of Tamils. The organization also promotes the study and knowledge of Tamil language, culture and history within the Canadian context. The CTC also works on adjustment/settlement issues. |
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Canada is home to a large ] community. Thousands of Tamils arrived in Canada during the 1980s and 1990s, particularly as a result of ] ethnic riots which ravaged ].<ref name="lkwbblk">{{cite web | url=http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2010/04/27/the-black-july-1983-that-created-a-collective-trauma/ | title=The Black July 1983 that Created a Collective Trauma | publisher=LankaWeb | work=Jayatunge, Ruwan M. | year=2010 | accessdate=8 April 2012}}</ref> |
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Canada is home to a large ] community. Thousands of Tamils arrived in Canada during the 1980s and 1990s, particularly as a result of ] ethnic riots which ravaged ].<ref name="lkwbblk">{{cite web | url=http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2010/04/27/the-black-july-1983-that-created-a-collective-trauma/ | title=The Black July 1983 that Created a Collective Trauma | publisher=LankaWeb | work=Jayatunge, Ruwan M. | year=2010 | accessdate=8 April 2012}}</ref> |
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