Last weekend a theatre group from Toronto came to Montreal. I had the chance to meet up (although very quickly) with some people I had met in a Hamazkayin seminar. I missed the play. It was apparently ok. Anyhow all this leads me to tell you about the success of Canadian-Armenians and how they are being useful to Armenia. One of the Toronto participants to this play was talked about in her university website. I invite you to read about it here: http://www.yorku.ca/fes/index.asp She is “…Working with researchers at Oxford’s Centre for Water Resources, Ani has proposed to study water quality and management issues in the area of Lake Sevan, Armenia – a former Soviet republic. Lake Sevan, otherwise known as Armenia's Pearl and the largest lake in Armenia, is one of the largest high-altitude freshwater lakes in the Caucasus. A landlocked country, Armenia depends on this lake as its main reservoir and irrigation system.”

As for this weekend, I will be attending a conference about “Genocide and their survivors” which deals with the Armenian issue as well as the Rwanda and Jewish & Palestinian situation and the Guatemala problems. It is organised by the AGBU and looks like a promising event. Will let you know.

For those who will attend the Diaspora-Armenia conference, please bring up the 20% tax law on humanitarian aid to Armenia. You can read about this on Armeniaweek.com