Inclusion and pluralism: Transforming Ottawa’s Hungarian community
Last Thursday, fifteen local Hungarians in Canada’s capital met at a “neutral” location to chart a course that would transform the small, but active local Hungarian community into one that is much more...
View ArticleIs it possible to build an inclusive, democratic Hungarian diaspora community?
First off, I should explain my silence on these pages over the past several days. In addition to a very busy period at work, I have also been involved in a new grassroots movement taking off here in...
View ArticleCommemorating the 1956 Hungarian Revolution in Ottawa
Democracy is not a right. Democratic values must be fought for and protected every day, sometimes in seemingly small ways, and even in Canada. This was the overarching message of this past Sunday’s...
View ArticleWorking with diversity – Thoughts on the Hungarian Forum of Ottawa
We are ready to join a community. We share the love of Hungarian culture, its history and language but we are even more different than the same. Some of us like reading fiction and some like...
View ArticleAn invitation from the Hungarian Forum of Ottawa
For those among our readers who are based in the Ottawa area, here’s an invitation that may be of interest to you… * The Hungarian Forum of Ottawa, a newly incorporated Canadian non-profit...
View ArticleOttawa commemoration of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution
We’ve written about the Hungarian Forum of Ottawa previously in HFP, and our Hungarian-language sister publication’s report and photos on the community group’s most recent event are available here....
View ArticleMeet Ian Bradbury – A talk in Ottawa on international social responsibility...
The Hungarian Forum of Ottawa is organizing an English-language talk with Ian Bradbury on Thursday, October 13th, 2016 at 6:30 PM on an international social justice initiative called The Stand. Those...
View ArticleRemembering the 1956 Hungarian Revolution at Parliament Hill in Ottawa
Canada showed great solidarity to Hungarian refugees in 1956/57, after the suppression of the 1956 Revolution, so this is an especially apt place to hold this commemoration–observed Ian Bradbury,...
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