Toronto, Canada
Several thousand Armenians of Canada gathered in Toronto on Sunday to mark centenary of the Armenian Genocide.
The action brought together Armenian-Canadians, Armenian Ambassador to Canada Armen Yeganyan, famous director Atom Egoyan. Defense Minister Jason Kenney, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Toronto Mayor John Tory, appeared to support the event, ctvnews.ca reported.
“The Armenian genocide was a dark moment in human history and the passage of a century has not diminished the horror of those events. Nor has it diminished the importance of recognizing the atrocity in Armenia as genocide,” Kathleen Wynne said.
The action also brought together representatives of other communities whose ancestors survived mass atrocities during the last century.
A small group of Turkish Canadians, many waving Turkish flags, staged a counter-action a short distance from the Queen’s Park.
Photos from Twitter of Kathleen Wynne and Robin Bedrosian