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:
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Amplify survivor voices so their stories are never forgotten.
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Push for justice and accountability to prevent future atrocities.
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Create cultural and educational programs that inspire awareness and understanding.
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Provide spaces of healing and solidarity that strengthen individuals, families, and communities.
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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.
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Amid Escalating Global Crises, Survivor-Led Coalition Marks Genocide Prevention Month with Urgent Call to Recognize Shared Humanity
Toronto, Canada — April 2026
As conflicts intensify and humanitarian crises deepen across multiple regions of the world, the Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities (AGVC) is marking Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation, and Prevention Month through a series of strategic and behind-the-scenes initiatives aimed at strengthening awareness, accountability, and prevention.
While much of this work unfolds outside the public eye, AGVC has been actively engaged throughout the month in high-level consultations, law enforcement training development, policy engagement, community coordination, and the production of educational tools designed to counter disinformation and strengthen institutional response.
“Across the world, we are witnessing ongoing conflict, deepening polarization, and the spread of misinformation that distorts how people understand one another,” said Joanne Hodges, co founder of AGVC. “At a time like this, recognizing one another’s humanity is not optional. It is essential. When people are reduced to labels or narratives, it becomes easier to justify harm. Prevention begins with the commitment to see one another clearly and fully.”
AGVC’s work this month has focused on several key priorities:
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Supporting law enforcement and public institutions with training that strengthens understanding of genocide impacted communities, including the effects of trauma, displacement, and transnational repression
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Advancing survivor informed policy recommendations related to foreign interference, accountability, and protection of vulnerable communities in Canada
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Expanding cross-community collaboration to identify shared patterns of harm and strengthen collective responses
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Developing public education resources that equip individuals to recognize early warning signs of atrocity and challenge harmful narratives
Genocide Prevention Month serves as both a moment of remembrance and a call to action. For AGVC, it is also a time to reinforce the importance of sustained, coordinated effort.
‘Prevention requires more than a single act or policy,’ Hodges added. ‘It is built through relationships, through awareness, through courage, and through a willingness to act early. Survivors understand what is at stake. Our role is to ensure that what has been experienced is recognized, and that the conditions which enable harm are addressed.’
As global instability continues, AGVC emphasizes that prevention must be rooted not only in international frameworks, but in everyday choices made by institutions, communities, and individuals.
The organization will continue its work beyond the month, with upcoming initiatives focused on training, public engagement, and policy advocacy aimed at strengthening Canada’s role in genocide prevention and response.
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.
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Live updates from
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:
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Awareness: making visible experiences too often silenced or dismissed
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Education: deepening public understanding of genocide as an ongoing, lived reality
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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.
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The Role of Misinformation and Disinformation in the :
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:
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Raise awareness about the reality and consequences of genocide, and the urgent need to prevent and respond to it.
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Hold perpetrators of genocide accountable for their crimes, and seek justice for victims and survivors.
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Educate the public about the history and dynamics of genocide, and empower individuals and communities to take action to prevent it.
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Celebrate the ongoing existence of every genocide victim community’s people and culture.
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Advocate for coherent and consistent human rights policies in Canada, and work with policymakers to ensure that human rights are protected and promoted both domestically and internationally.
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Work to prevent genocide by identifying and addressing the root causes of violence and discrimination, and promoting tolerance, diversity, and inclusivity.
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Collect and document evidence of genocide, and use this evidence to support legal proceedings, advocacy efforts, and public awareness campaigns.
The Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities is committed to building a strong, diverse, peaceful and inclusive movement to prevent and end genocide and to ensure that the voices of survivors and victims are heard and respected.
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.
Reverberate | A Genocide Prevention Conference | Sunday, March 30th, Univeristy of Ottawa.
Art Exhibit exploring the genocide experiences of Uyghur, Tutsi, Tibetan, Tigrayan, Hazara and Tamil communities. | Sunday March 30th - Wednesday April 30th 2025. University of Ottawa.
Justice, Human Rights and Human Dignity on the Horizon, A Parliamentary Seminar. Our call to action for Canadian Parliamentarians and Parliamentary Candidates from Canadian survivors of atrocity crimes during an election season. | Monday, March 31st | 10 AM - 11 AM ET | University of Ottawa.
Genocide Prevention 25 is brought to you by The Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities and funded by Heritage Canada.
The Honourable Ali Ehsassi,
Member of Parliament and Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Community Representative Speakers:
Dr. Tahir Shaaran - Hazara
Mehmet Tohti - Uyghur
Makeda Leul - Tigray
Roy Wignarajah - Tamil
Sherap Therchin - Tibet
Pascal Kenyemera - Tutsi
Moderated by Joanne M Hodges and James Joseph
Voices for Justice
Empowering Change to Remember, Condem and Prevent Genocide
April 17th 2024
AGVC 2024 Press Conference
Assessing the PRC's Assimilation Policies in Tibet
Ibuka Canada's launch
Opening day ceremony of the
third parliament’s tenth direct session
of the
Transnational Government of Tamileelam
Allies Combating Uyghur Forced Labour
International Conference on Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
