These photographs were taken at a demonstration in support of East Timor held in Ottawa on the 20th anniversary of the invasion, 7 December 1995. Demonstration organized by East Timor Alert Network/Ottawa. Key figures in images: Bella Galhos, Kerry Pither.
Flyers introducing 1996 Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Horta Ramos and the premiere of Elaine Brière's film "Bitter Paradise: The Sell-Out of East - Timor" in Toronto, CA.
Multiple Canadian Universities were sending monetary aid to Indonesia for various projects in the country. A newspaper article was published by the Varsity of the University of Toronto expressing their distaste with the aid being sent to Indonesia.
The Technical University of Nova Scotia awarded an honorary degree to the Indonesian minister of trade and industry. This file contains various newspaper article about the honorary graduate, Dalhousie University' support for the graduate and the distaste from Canadians and Nova Scotians regarding the honorary degree.
Various documents about the Museum for Textiles in Toronto. The Museum of Textiles is a non-profit educational organization incorporated in 1975. This item includes The Legend of the Crocodile Examples of textiles from Timor East-Timor; The Survival of a Vision The Buffalo and the Princess (Timorese folktale) A Swedish magazine: Forintesle i Paradiset A story of a Quail and a Rat
The Asia- Pacific Conference on East Timor was held in May of 1994 in Manila. The goal of the conference was to bring into focus the Timorese's people's right to self-determination and consolidate its support network in the Asia-Pacific region.
The file contains information and proposals related to Canada's development strategies in Indonesia, stemming from a Round Table on East Timor held in Ottawa, February 22, 1999. The document was compiled by Milena Pires and Catherine Scott, Asia Policy Officers for the Catholic Institute for International Relations.
Contents:
Piece-meal, a-political approach
Lack of Coordination
Gender-Blind
Proposals in relation to 1,2&3 above, for discussion
Holistic Approach to Development & Peace Making
a) A donor's forum b) Support for an East Timorese Development Department
Gender-Sensitive Development Work, Peace-Making & Institution-Building
A symposium was being held in March of 1997 discussing the Case of East Timor and Indonesia. Also includes the Eastern Indonesia Universities development project.
The file contains information on the East Timor Hope Foundation, including a pamphlet produced by the group and a letter addressed to the group from Abe Barreto Soares requesting funds.