ADDRESS: 851 Bloor St.W. Toronto, ON M6G 1M3, Canada / Tel.

: 416-653-3839 / Cell: 416-898-1353 / Fax: 416-653-3413 / E- mail: tzta@sympatico.ca / Website: www.tzta.ca

THIS ISSUE: VOLUME XVII, NO. 11: November 20, 2012 / NEXT ISSUE: TUESDAY, December 18, 2012 / ADVERTISEMENT & DEADLINE: December 11, 2012

For Advertisement call @
416-898-1353
Email:- tzta@sympatico.ca

The Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State of

Foreign Affairs (Americas and Consular Affairs),

Our Government has a strong record of putting

victims first, getting tough on serious and violent
offenders, and keeping our streets and communities
safe, said Minister Nicholson. House arrest should
not be available for offenders of serious crimes like
sexual assault, kidnapping, and human trafficking.
Those who commit these violent crimes must serve
their time behind bars, not in the comfort of their
homes and that is exactly the issue this legislation
corrects. Read moe page 20

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Prime Minister, Haile Mariam Desalegn,

Meles ruled over a single party state in all but name, through the Tigray
Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF), his Tigrayan inner circle and the
complicity of other ethnic elites that were co-opted into the ruling
alliance, the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front
(EPRD). His was a dictatorship in fact and form and, as is consistent
with such regimes, brutal, controlling and intolerant.
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Office phone:- 416-537-4800
Cell Phone:- 416-574-4900

Fax:- 416-538-2297

E-mail:- berhanet53@yahoo.ca
- Citizenship Application
- Appeals
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Commissioner of Oath

DHAKA AUTO SERVICES

& USED CAR SALE

1 Musgrave Street, Unit 12 M4E 2H3

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998 St. Clair Ave, W. Toronto

(Oakwood & St. Clair)

When planning your tripc call us first @

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We do Mechnical & Body

work, Quick oil change,
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Tel:-416-743-5111

Reg. # 464--2328

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For more information

1678 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M6p 1A9

Yohannes Alemayehu Yayeh Sales Representative

Why you rent when

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I can arrange a
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KERA FRESH MEAT

2749 Danforth Avenue

(Main Street and Danforth Avenue)

Cell:

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Great Middle Easern Dishes & African Cuisine in Toronto

We have the best chef in town.

At Al Mandi, we strive to do things differently

by providing an East African and Middle East
Dishes.
Come and try it!
We do Catering for all your special occations.
Fast Services & Reasonable Price!

Only the very best for your gusts!

For Anniversaries, Sweet 16, Nika, Birthday,
partie and Other occations.

Tel.:- 416-465-4224
www.almandirestaranttoronto.com
info@almandirestauranttoronto.com
Follow us at www.facebook.com/al-mandi7

1328 Danforth Avenue

One block east of Greenwood

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MAX FINANCIAL SERVICES

Loan & Line of Credit Consultant

You need money!

1.
Loan
2.
Line of Credit
3.
Credit Card
4.
Secured Line of
10 - 50k from the Banks
Credit
For further information call Joseph Haile @

416-854-8593

no
Problm
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100 Cowdray Court Suite 330 Scarborough, ON M1S 5C8

joseph.mfs@gmail.com

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For Health, Business and Technology
Registered as a private career college (PCC) under the Private Career College Act, 2005

EARN DIPLOMA AT DMCC WITHIN 4 TO 11 MONTHS

* Office Administrator
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You may qualify for second career

EI, Welfare, WSIB, OSSP recipients and New Immigrants Welcome

For more information Call:

647 348 3622

10 Gateway Blvd. Unit # R 160, Toronto, ON M3C 3A1

Email: info@donmillscollege.com * Website: www.donmillscollege.com

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TRUCK & FORKLIFT

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100% owned & Operated By Canadians

TRAINING * LICENCE *JOB

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Bus

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Our Qualified instructor Ensure The Quality Trainng

CLASSES A,B.C,D,E,F,G,z & Forklift.

Tel:- 416-745-5700
2552 Finch Ave. W., Unit # 103
Website: www.great truckschool.cm

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Business
Consultant & Accounting

Small Business Consultant

Income Tax Personal & Business
Money Transfer (Tawakal Express) to Eritrea,
Ethiopia and others Other Applications

16 262 Parliament st.

(south of Dundas) Toronto M5A3A4)

Call Almirah Afkieh

416-268-9070
aafkieh@yahoo.com

Colosseo

Painting & Decore

The Power of Co

Tel:- 416-837-7519

Colour suitsour personality and our spaces has the power to make us happy.

Dawit Abu
Interior Designer
DUFFERIN CUSTOM UPHOLSTREY & DECORATION
2350 DUFFERIN STREET TORONTO, ON

We do new custom made:- Sofa, Chair, Headboard,

Slip Cover & Window Seats.
For your old furniture we do:- Re upholstery, Restyle,
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Financial Services Manager

Bank of Montereal

For Bank Need

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Line of Credit & Master Card * Everyday Bank Ac-

count * etc...

Tel:

416-867-2830 * Fax: 416-867-7769

BMO Bank of Montereal

2 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON M5C 3G7

melaku.asamenaw@bmo.com

uthentic Ethiopian Cuisine

950 Danforth Avenue, Toronto

Tel: 416-406-6342

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years of experiences could answer your
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FORK LIFT Driving School

$75.00

Tel:-416-297-5435 * 416-829-0603
60 Nugget, Unit 9, Scarborough, ON

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Specialaized in Auto Repair
St

Domestic & Import

Tel:-

416-832-7064

1705 Wesston Road Unit #9 Toronto ON

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COMMUNITY CLASSEFIED
DIRECTORY
ACCOUNTING

DISCOUNT INCOME TAX
SERVICE

BEAUTY SALON & SUPPLY BEAUTY SALON & SUPPLY BEAUTY SALON & SUPPLY

Mona-Lisa
UNISEX

1179 Bloor Street West , Toronto, ON

1179

Tel:- 416-531-0073

416-530-0247

ACCESSORIES &
ALTERATIONS SERVICES

Ethio-Sewing

2009 Danforth Avenue Toronto, ON

(Near Woodbine Subway)

For more information call Stylist: Sofia at:

BEAUTY SUPPLIES SALON SELAM

* Hair color and styling

* Highlightening &
Coloring
* Relaxer * Twisting
Straightening * Weave
Braiding *etc...
Tel:-

647-340-0075

We do Alterations on the old or latest fashion.

Tel: 416-816-1126
E-mail: ela1623@yahoo.ca

MORTGAGE

INVIS MORTGAGE BROKERAGE

2610 Weston Rd. Unit #206

Brokerage Lic. 10801 / Lic. M090022232

Cell:-

416-576-0055

905 Bloor St. W. of Ossington Ave.

AUTO Repairs and Sale
(Used cars)

JAMALS AUTO REPAIRS
185 Weston Road, Toronto, ON
Domestic & Imported

Cars Repairs
& Maintenance

*Residential and
Business Loan
* Line of Credit
* Over 40 Lenders

Tel: 416-604-4553

416-854-4409

Vedio Services

*Wedding
*Birthday
*Enqagement
*Baptism

TEKMEK
PHOTOGRAPHY

*Social Funct

For more
information
call
Mekonnen

647-207-2622
tekmck2006@yahoo.ca

10 GatewayBlvd. Unit #R160Toronto, ON, M3C3Z6

JKTO12&University
MATHENGLISHSCIENCE- ALLSUBJECTS
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CALL:416-879-4706

Tel: 647-868-0160
Monday - Saturday 10 am - 8:00 pm
Experienced for several years

HORIZONS TRAVEL INC.

*Weaves *Perms * Coloring *Relaxes

*Style Cut * Hair repirs *Wigs
*Waxing *Facials *Make Up *Jewelry
*Professional Services * Professional
Products and so much more.
Professional Guidance for : Hair Care - Cosmetics - Personal Care.

Call At:

416-781-8870

Financial Services

300-245 Fairview Mall Drive
Willowdale ON

Yesuf Abdulmenan

Bus. 416-493-9560
Cell: 416-948-2163
E-meil:yusuf.abdulmenan@sunlife.com

Production

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Services for your video need: *Photo printing from
video clips * Overseas video conversion
*Mass DVD/VHS/CD duplication *VIDO to DVD * Smm/
mini DV/VHS/DV CAM to DVD
We provide luxury limousine service

416-824-6151

video.sammy@gemail.com

Ali Salih, Manager

Tel: 647-347-0444
Fax: 647-347-1623
505 Danforth Avenue, Suite #202
E-mail: horizonstravel@rogers.com

851 Bloor Street West, M6G 1M3

When planning your trip
call us first @

416-535-8872

www.sunlife.ca/yusuf.abdulmenan

Lawyer/

Computer Sale & Repair

1600 Eglinton Ave W, York, ON

Computer Sale & Services

We are offering FREE Consultation &
Evaluation

Tel:- 416-782-5959

SAMMY VIDEO

Worldwide Travel

Printing and Art

Tel: 416-654-2020

416-654-1406

1722 Eglinton Ave. W, Toronto, ON

*Internet Cafe * Upgrades *

Repairs * Virus Removal

inviation

Hair Stylist

TRAVEL AGENT/

Cell: 416-554-1939
Tel: 416-537-4063

633 Vaughan Rd. Toronto

Complete Printing and copy
servicesi ncluding wedding

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DUDLEY`S Beauty Centre

Mice @ Work Inc

E-mail:tana@rogers.com
Website: tanaprinting.com

DonMills TutoringService

Early Booking for

G1 & G2
Road Test

TANA PRINTING

*Curls *Color
*Weavers
* Relaxers
*Braids *Cuts
etc...

Mohamed Adem

All Beauty Supplies Hair

Accessories Specialized in
Ladies and Men Hair Cuts

(at Sharebourne)Toronto, ON

Driving Instructor

534 Oakwood Ave. Toronto, ON

243 Queen St. E.

DRIVER INSTRUCTORS

SUPERIOR BEAUTY SUPPLY & SALON

Unisex

Hair Salon

YEAR ROUND
870 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON.
* Accounting * Bookkeeping
* US return* Instant Tax Return
Ermias Abraha

Fax: 416-531-0073

Rady Hair Salon

For Info. Call: Ben Aregawuy

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information:

416-269-5045
Cell:-647-869- 2382
Tel:-

190 Linden Ave.,Toronto,

ON M1K

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Restaurants/Bar/Cafe

ABBYSSINIA CAFE &

RESTAURANT

735 Bloor St. W. Toronto, ON

We prepare Abbyssinia Tibs, Aged Meats,
Vegeterian Food, Seafood etc...
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Cell: 647-703-9098
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Fax: 416-391-0319

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THE PALACE

BANQUET HALL

(AHENFIE)

Affordable Banquet Hall for all occasions!

Plenty Parking

We will provide you with all you needs for:

Wedding - Birthday - Parities - Anniversaries Meeting - Family Events - Puberty Ceremony

- Banquet - Receptions & Engagements - &
Much More...

For detail information call George Boadi @

Office:- 905-8515491 * Cell:- 416-709-8416
4120 Steeles Avenue West Suite 11 & 12 Woodbridge, Ontario, L4L 4V2
E-mail:- thepalace@gmail.com * www.the-palace.ca

ZEMEN INJERA

2045 Danforth Ave.

Danforth and Woodbine







Zemen Injera proudly introduce you the opening
of its store located at 2048 Danforth Avenue. We
are not only sale Injera alone, we also sale all sort
of grocery variety items like Spices, vedio, CD,
DVD,Phone Cards & the like.

Tel: 647-887-4754 or
416-572-0447

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LIMOUSINE SERVICE

COMMUNITY CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY

GROCERIES & VARIETY STORES

ARADA GROCERY

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Tel:-

416-531-4531

856 BLOOR STREET WEST, TORONTO ON

GROCERIES & VARIETY STORES

Harar Grocery

1318 B Bloor St. West, Toronto

We sell Teff, Barley, Self Raising Flour,
Rice, All kind of Spices & Calling Card.

Call A. Zakaria at:

Tel;- 647-348-0697
Cell: 647-628-0672

GROCERIES & VARIETY STORES

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Tel:416-551-8537
INGERA DESRIBUTERS

* Serving Money * Tax Planning *

Quality Services
* Low Coast

We sale Spices, Calling Card, Ingera, DVD &

CD and all grocery items. We send money to
Ethiopia.

Freta Ingera Services

Tel:- 416-206-5377
411 Parliament St. Toronto
info@progressincometax.com

Relators

223 Parliament St. Toronto

Tel: 416-364-0000
416-923-1617

Relators

Tad Tessema
Tel:- 647-649-7532

Sale Representative
Direct:Real Estate Brokerage

416-649-7532

For detail info. Call Samuel at:

tadtessema@yahoo.com
www.tadrealty.ca

416-996-3729
E-mail:-

samuelbekele@gmail.com

ARIF HEATING & AIR

CONDITIONING

WARE GROCERY

KULUBI FOOD & SPICE

Manager;- Girma Alemayehu

440 DUNDAS STREET EAST, TRONTO

PROGRESS
INCOME TAX BOOK
KEPEEING SERVICES

HEATING & AIR

CONDITIONING SERVICE

INSTALLATION & REPAIR OF FURNACES

AIR CONDITIONING FIREPLACES &
BOILER
24 HOURS
EMERGENCY
Call Haile Mamo

416-995-1244

HEATING PLUS
Heating & Air Conditoning Service and Instalation

1111 Finch Avenue West Toronto ON

831 Bloor Street West, Toronto

*Furnaces *Gas Firplace *Hot Water Tanks

*Gas BBQs *Pool Heaters *AC Units *Clean
Air System *Humidifications *Stove Lines
*Refrigerator Lines *Gas Piping *Duct
Cleaning.
Call Yoseph Gebremariam

www.heatingplus.ca

Tel:-647-342-5355
fretakibrom@yahoo.com

Tel:-

416-850-4854

Tel:-647-404-6755
Renovation/Plumbering

Wondy Plumbering And
Renovation

Plumbering - Paiinting - Dry Wall

Flooring Tiles.
Remodeling Kitchen & Bath - Install
New Rough in Replace foucet/
Installing New Faucet - Change
Water Heater, Unclogged Drain,
RelocationPlumbering - Fixture Etc...
Wondy Tesfaye
Tel: 416-875-1801
E-mail: wondy.tesfaye@yahoo.ca
Dedicated to quality of services

843 Danforth Avenue

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OLYMPIANS VISIT PARLIAMENT HILL

Figure skaters meet Prime Minister and Liberal Leader

OTTAWA Canadian Olympic figure skaters enjoyed a visit to Parliament Hill Tuesday.
Olympian and two-time reigning World Champion Patrick Chan, 2010 Figure Skating
bronze medallist Joannie Rochette, 2010 ice dancing gold medallist and reigning World
Champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir took the time for photo opportunities with Prime
Minister Stephen Harper and Interim Liberal Leader Hon. Bob Rae.

From left, Olympian and two-time reigning

World Champion Patrick Chan, 2010 Figure
Skating bronze medallist Joannie Rochette,
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, 2010
ice dancing gold medallists and reigning
World Champions Tessa Virtue and Scott
Moir pose for a picture on Parliament Hill
November 20, 2012.

From left, Olympian and two-time reigning

From left, Olympian and two-time
World Champion Patrick Chan, 2010 Figure reigning World Champion Patrick Chan,
Skating bronze medallist Joannie Rochette, 2010 Figure Skating bronze medallist
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, 2010
Joannie Rochette, Prime Minister
ice dancing gold medallists and reigning
Stephen Harper, 2010 ice dancing
World Champions Tessa Virtue and Scott
gold medallists and reigning World
Moir pose for a picture on Parliament Hill Champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
November 20, 2012.
pose for a picture on Parliament Hill
November 20, 2012.

Figure Skating bronze medallist from

2010 Joannie Rochette is seen with Prime
Minister Stephen Harper on Parliament Hill
on November 20, 2012.

From left, 2010 ice dancing gold medallists

From left, 2010 ice dancing gold
and reigning World Champions Scott Moir
medallists and reigning World
and Tessa Virtue, Arlene Perly Rae, Interim Champions Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue,
Liberal Leader Bob Rae, 2010 Figure
2010 Figure Skating bronze medallist
Skating bronze medallist Joannie Rochette Joannie Rochette and Olympian and twoand Olympian and two-time reigning
time reigning World Champion Patrick
World Champion Patrick Chan are seen on
Chan chat with Interim Liberal Leader
Parliament Hill, November 20, 2012.
Bob Rae on Parliament Hill on November
20, 2012.

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NEW LAW ELIMINATING HOUSE ARREST

FOR SERIOUS AND VIOLENT CRIMES COMES INTO FORCE

Vaughan, November 20, 2012 - Today

amendments that eliminate conditional
sentences for serious and violent
crimes the final component of the
Safe Streets and Communities Act
have come into force. The Honourable
Julian Fantino, Member of Parliament
for Vaughan and the Minister of
International Cooperation, is pleased to
make this announcement on behalf of
the Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C.,
Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister
of Justice and Attorney General of
Canada.
Canadians can count on our
government to stand up for victims and
to continue strengthening our justice
system so that those who commit

serious crimes serve serious jail time,

stated Minister Fantino.

Our Government has a strong record

of putting victims first, getting tough
on serious and violent offenders, and
keeping our streets and communities
safe, said Minister Nicholson.
House arrest should not be available
for offenders of serious crimes like
sexual assault, kidnapping, and human
trafficking. Those who commit these
violent crimes must serve their time
behind bars, not in the comfort of their
homes and that is exactly the issue this
legislation corrects.
The Criminal Code outlines the
circumstances when a conditional

sentence can be imposed. The

amendments in this component of Safe
Streets and Communities Act maintain
these conditions and expand the list
describing when a conditional sentence
is not available, including:
Any offence for which the law
prescribes a maximum penalty of 14
years or life imprisonment;
Any offence prosecuted by indictment
and for which the law prescribes
a maximum penalty of 10 years
imprisonment that results in bodily
harm, involves the import/export,
trafficking or production of drugs or
involves the use of a weapon; and,

A listed offence prosecuted by

indictment and for which the law
prescribes a maximum penalty of 10
years imprisonment which means
that crimes such as theft over $5,000,
breaking and entering, and theft of a
motor vehicle are now included on the
list of indictable offences ineligible for
a conditional sentence.
The Government introduced the
Safe Streets and Communities Act
on September 20, 2011, fulfilling its
commitment to expeditiously introduce
several law-and-order bills aimed at
combating crime and terrorism. The
Safe Streets and Communities Act
received Royal Assent on March 13,
2012.

Canada Deeply Concerned

Minister Ablonczy Marks
by Situation in Democratic
Universal Childrens Day by
Republic of Congo
Presenting Award of Excellence
November 20, 2012 - Foreign Affairs
Minister John Baird today issued the
following statement:

We remain committed to the

sovereignty and territorial integrity of
the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Founded in 1985, the Missing

Childrens Network is a not-for-profit
organization with a stellar reputation
acquired through its unyielding fight
against child abduction and acts of
violence toward children, its relentless
search for missing children and its work
on abduction prevention. Each year, the
team at the Missing Childrens Network
/ Enfant-Retour Qubec responds to
over 1,600 prevention calls.

Canada is deeply concerned by the

deteriorating humanitarian situation in
eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
and the forced displacement of 650,000
civilians since April.

We call on any and all support to M23

to cease immediately. Neighbouring
countries must work together to resolve
the crisis.

We are honoured to receive this

recognition, and we dedicate it to all the
courageous families we have assisted
since 1985, said Pina Arcamone,
Director General of the Missing
Childrens Network. We also wish to
share this recognition with our dedicated
partners, without whom we would not be
able to continue our important mission.

These attempts by armed groups and

others to destabilize the country and
occupy its territory are unacceptable.

to Missing Childrens Network

Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Minister

of State of Foreign Affairs
November 20, 2012 - The Honourable
Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State of
Foreign Affairs (Americas and Consular
Affairs), today marked Universal
Childrens Day by presenting the Our
Missing Children Award of Excellence
to the Missing Childrens Network.
The Our Missing Children Award of
Excellence is presented to an individual
or group that has demonstrated
dedication and sustained excellence
in their work with others to bring
home missing children. The award is
sponsored by the four Government of
Canada partners in the Our Missing
Children program: the Canada Border
Services Agency, the Department of
Justice Canada, Foreign Affairs and
International Trade Canada and the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Our government is committed
to protecting our children and to
safeguarding the well-being of our
most vulnerable citizens, said Minister
Ablonczy. I am pleased and honoured
today to be presenting this award to
the Missing Childrens Network for
the work it has done to strengthen the
circle of support for children, to help
parents search for missing children
and to educate the public about child
disappearances.

Minister Ablonczy also took the

opportunity to launch a new guidebook
for parents left behind in international
parental child abductions.
The guidebook helps left-behind parents
understand the processes and issues
involved in searching for and trying to
bring back children abducted to another
country. It provides suggestions on how
to stop an abduction in progress and
how to find an abducted child in another
country. It also outlines strategies for
bringing a child back to Canada. The
publication also includes a directory
of resources and organizations, as well
as checklists to help parents keep track
of the various documents and actions
required.
By offering parents in distress a
comprehensive, step-by-step source of
information, we are giving them the tools
they need to respond effectively during
an incredibly stressful and challenging
time, said Minister Ablonczy. This
guidebook will be a key resource in
helping prevent child abductions and in
reacting effectively when they occur.

We unequivocally condemn the acts

perpetrated by the rebel group M23 and
call for an end to its aggressive actions
against Goma and the surrounding
area.

Canada continues to call for all parties

to respect human rights and allow for
the safe and unhindered access of
humanitarian assistance.
Under Canadian law, sanctions on
the leaders of M23 are now in effect
against those designated by the United
Nations Security Council.

City of Toronto Media

Relations has issued the
following:

November 16, 2012: City of Toronto

recommendations on the Federal LongTerm Infrastructure Plan

The City of Toronto has submitted its

recommendations to the federal government
regarding its Long-Term Infrastructure
Plan (LTIP). Toronto's submission, which
outlines priority investments for the city,
is consistent with the recommendations
recently released by the Federation of
Canadian Municipalities and the Big City
Mayors' Caucus.
"Toronto is Canada's largest city, and
the 5th largest city in North America.
The economy and quality of life for
Toronto - and municipalities across the
country - depends on well-maintained and
modern infrastructure," said Mayor Rob
Ford. "Focusing on priority investments
to improve our core economic and
transportation infrastructure will help
ensure we remain competitive in a global
economy."
The federal government has committed
more than $1 billion in funding to Toronto
under its current Building Canada and

Economic Action plans. This funding,

which has significantly helped to address
some of Toronto's infrastructure needs,
expires in 2014.
"Aging infrastructure, congestion and the
repair and maintenance of community
facilities are issues that we continue to
face," said Mayor Ford. "The federal
government's decision to introduce a longterm infrastructure plan is good news for
municipalities and will help create the
conditions for continued infrastructure
investment and economic growth into the
future."
Toronto's submission focuses on both
core economic infrastructure and major
transportation infrastructure. It also
proposes expanding opportunities for the
local selection of projects and indexing
the Gas Tax Fund allocation to inflation.
Toronto's recommendations are in keeping
and supportive of those of its key partners,
including the Province of Ontario, the
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
and Big City Mayors' Caucus. To view
Toronto's submission to the Government
of Canada,

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African Canadian Community Embraces New Institute

Saturday October 20th was a histor ic day ushering in the birth and welcoming of Tabono Institute into the African
Canadian community. In a riveting naming
ceremony (called Abadinto in the Akan
culture of West Africa), the organization
was formally presented, accepted and endorsed by proud members of the African
Canadian community. The popular traditional ceremony was conducted by Nana
Kra Kwamina and Nana Kodwo Eduakwa
V, Traditional Chiefs from Atonkwa Traditional Area in the Central Region of Ghana.

Introductory remarks by Nana Kodwo Eduakwa

V (standing, green robe) Akwamuhene and
Traditional Chief of Atonkwa, Central Region,
Ghana on the meaning of Tabono and importance of community participation

They implored the attendees to honor the

importance of creating a healthy community village and of promoting positive cultural values by supporting the new organi-

zation. The ceremony was accompanied

by community drumming, overwhelming
pledges of support, and enthusiastic cheering and participation from the audience.

The event was highlighted by
Tabonos announcement of several new
initiatives followed by lively community
discussion. First, Tabono volunteers Yolisa
Dalamba and Dominique Chevers presented Tabonos training and capacity building
agenda and announced an intensive and
comprehensive 3- module training project
for Black youth workers working in the
Black community , with the project set to
begin in January 2013.
Tabono also introduced its research and
public policy agenda. Dr. Erica Lawson,
Chair of the institutes Research Working
Circle, gave a summary of Tabonos initial
research project to explore formal and informal culturally based promising practices to address youth violence in the African
Canadian community.
Equally critical, Tabono treasurer, Louis
March announced the institutes commitment to developing an Elders Council.
This decision-making body would provide
wise instruction, strategic guidance , cultural reinforcement and legitimacy to Tabonos agenda.

Attendees enjoyed several uplifting cultural performances. These included
performances by the Nutifa African Performance Ensemble and Tiki Mercury-

Toronto Addis
Ababa Academic
Collaboration TAAAC

TAAAC is the name of the umbrella

partnership between the University
of Toronto (UofT) and Addis Ababa
University (AAU) which originated in
2008 to help the faculty at AAU provide
post graduate training for doctors
and nurses, pharmacists and dentists,
engineers and historians these
departmental partnerships currently
number 16. The role of TAAAC is to
take over small well organized groups of
teachers who stay for a month to teach,
supplementing the faculty in Addis. So
that as a Masters or PhD or medical
fellowship program gets underway, the
first graduates are hired on as faculty.
In a very short time and with a little
help from UofT, AAU can develop the
capacity and sustainability to provide
its own self sustaining in-country post
graduate programs. As more graduates
qualify they will find jobs in the many
new medical schools round the country
now numbering 12, with the number of
universities increased to over 30.
High quality in-country training is so
important. When Ethiopian doctors
go abroad to train as specialists, they
tend not to return to practice in their
own country. The brain drain is 80%.
Therefore, it is essential that specialist
training be provided in Ethiopia.
We have found that when there is a
critical mass of well trained specialists,
research increases exponentially. When
doctors stay and research increases,
the health system benefits with a ripple
teaching effect---research multiplies,
facilities improve and so does health
care access.
We know this works because we began
in 2003 when we were invited to develop
an educational partnership between

the Department of Psychiatry at UofT

and the Department of Psychiatry
at AAU. The Toronto Addis Ababa
Psychiatry Project - TAAPP enabled
the first residency in psychiatry to open
in Ethiopia. And so far 33 Ethiopian
psychiatrists have been trained in
country - boosting the numbers from 11
to 44, and most importantly 97% have
stayed in the country contributing to
the mental health of Ethiopians.
We are proud as well to report that
over a third of our new Ethiopian
psychiatrists work outside Addis in
new Departments of Psychiatry which
they have opened associated with their
local university hospital. So the idea
of accessible mental health services
and training becomes possible once we
have this move to decentralization.
Even if we could provide enough
psychiatrists for Ethiopia, individual
services is not the best model of mental
health care in the west or in a low
income country like Ethiopia. The
model that helps people access good
mental health care is to integrate mental
health services into primary health
care services. In the past in both high
and low income countries mentally ill
people were sent to live in an asylum
for years usually with just custodial
care. This has changed in Canada and
now in Ethiopia where mental health is
becoming fully integrated into general
health care, necessitating the training of
all health care workers
TAAAC is a non profit organization
which undertakes well defined
educational projects in Ethiopia to
support the goals of the partnership.
TAAAC has a clear organizational
structure and governance model. Please
consider donating www.taaac.ca

Live Drumming from local Ewe performers

the Nutifa African Performance Ensemble

Activist and performer Tiki Mercury-Clarke

delivers powerful song about liberation

Clarke, a well known community cultural

activist and performer prefaced her riveting and soulful performance by speaking
on the importance of upholding African
spirituality, culture and traditions as tools
for building community unity and resisting
oppression. Tabono founder Nene Kwasi
Kafele also stressed that in addition to providing strong research, public policy and
planning leadership, Tabono had to maintain a cultural grounding that will embrace the rich diversity of the African Canadian cultural reality and would include
storytelling, cultural archiving and other
cultural programming and performance.

The event also recognized and paid tribute

to the recently departed Charles Roach, a
long-time community activist, lawyer and
human rights champion.
Tabono Institute is a Pan African institute
that will provide a generative, collaborative African centred space for critical planning, coordination, public policy and community advocacy, training and research,
explains founder Nene Kwasi Kafele. Tabono encourages all segments of the African Canadian community to participate
in its activities. For more information on
Tabono Institute programs and initiatives
or about volunteering or donating please
contact members of the Leadership Circle at info@tabonoinstitute.com or visit
the website at www.tabonoinstitute.com
. Tabonos Leadership Circle is made up
of Thandiwe Chimurenga, Kasaun Bekele,
Esi Shillingford, Zamani Ra, Nene Kwasi
Kafele, Louis March and Dr Erica Lawson.

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Unity the path to

change in Ethiopia
The king is dead. Long live the king

1 2012 ..

(Saturday, December 1st, 2012)

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School

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Sherbourne & Wellesley

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Prime Minister, Haile Mariam Desalegn,

By Graham Peebles

It is a new-year in Ethiopia and with
it comes a new prime minister, Haile Mariam
Desalegn, deputy prime minister under Meles
Zenawi who died some time in August or
was it July? A fog of misinformation and
uncertainty surrounds the final months of
Meless life, ingrained secrecy being both
a political and national characteristic that
works against social and ethnic cohesion,
strengthening mistrust and division.

It is unclear what route the deputy
prime minister, a Protestant from humble
beginnings in the small, desperately poor
Wolayta community, took to step into the
prime ministerial shoes. Some believe the US
administration, through its powerful military
machine Africom, engineered the sympathetic
replacement. The US is Ethiopias main
donor, giving around 3 billion dollars a year.
Ethiopia, for its part and in exchange for such
generosity perhaps, allows the US military to
station and launch drones from its soil into
Somalia, or indeed anywhere the Pentagon
hacks choose and the deadly drones can reach.
New prime minister, same old regime story

The new prime minister has
worryingly vowed to continue Meless
legacy without any change, a legacy that
is littered with human rights violations and
injustices and has little to recommend it.

Meles ruled over a single party state
in all but name, through the Tigray Peoples
Liberation Front (TPLF), his Tigrayan inner
circle and the complicity of other ethnic elites
that were co-opted into the ruling alliance, the
Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic
Front (EPRD). His was a dictatorship in
fact and form and, as is consistent with such
regimes, brutal, controlling and intolerant.

Haile Mariam was chosen, it is
alleged, simply to give the appearance of an
ethnically-balanced leadership but he will have
little independence and will dutifully toe the
ideologically-driven line of Revolutionary
Democracy. Whatever the method, and no
doubt it was constitutionally correct, Haile
Mariam and his deputy, Demeke Mekonnen,
are now enthroned, so let us wish them well
for there is much work to be done in Ethiopia.
Old injustices, urgent issues

Human rights issues cry out to
be dealt with, starting with the immediate
and unconditional release of all so-called
political prisoners, tried and Imprisoned
under the internationally-condemne and
unjust Anti-Terrorist Proclamation, for the
heinous crime of publicly disagreeing with the
TPLF dominated government.

The Ethiopian government should,
Human Rights Watch (HRW) demands,
amend the laws most pernicious provisions,
which are being used to criminalize free
expression and peaceful dissent. Journalists,
mainly working outside of Ethiopia, and
supporters of opposition political parties
are the common targets, tried in absentia in
Ethiopian courts by a judiciary that functions
as little more than a sentencing body for the
government and thinks nothing of handing
down life sentences to dissenting voices,
based on fabricated charges. HRW is clear
about the illegality of this pattern, stating
that the use of draconian laws and trumpedup charges to crack down on free speech and

peaceful dissent makes a mockery of the rule

of law. both domestic and international.

The government, immersed in
paranoia and determined to control all forms
of debate and platforms of expression, fires
off accusations of terrorist activity at anyone
seen to disagree with its disagreeable policies.
The ambiguous provision of conspiracy
to commit terrorist acts is usually cited as
criminal activity, or the even the more foggy
crime of offering moral support, which
has little or no specific meaning and, as
HRW assert, is contrary to the principle of
legality. Such ill-defined terms are employed
to criminalize dissent and justify the unjust.

Each urgently required reform flows
into and out of the other, connected, as it is by
the fundamental need to observe basic human
rights, at the heart of which sits freedom
and justice. Constitutional law provides for
the statutory observation of all freedoms of
expression that are nevertheless denied in
practice or at best grossly restricted. The press,
TV and radio are almost exclusively state
owned, television is firmly under government
control and, with literacy resting at around
48 per cent of the adult population, it is the
arm with the greatest reach and influence.
Control of the internet is also in the hands
of the EPRDF, the sole telecommunications
company being listed in the extensive business
portfolio of the government, which controls
and restricts both internet expansion and use.
Over 80 per cent of people live in rural areas
and currently a mere 0.5 per cent (400,000)
of the population have internet access, the
second lowest in sub-Saharan Africa.
Unity in diversity

With between 70 and 80 tribal sets
within the seven major ethnic groups and
a 45/35 per cent Christian-Muslim split,
cooperation, tolerance and unity are essential
factors in the countrys wellbeing and strength,
as well as its internal security. As imperial
nations have long known, a united civilian
population is a threat; divide the factions,
separate the ethnic groups, fragment the
people and make them compete or even fight
among themselves and maintain dominion.
This, contrary to the EPRDFs policy of ethnic
federalism, which was devised in 1991 when
they took power, has consistently been the
regimes approach. All political authority rests
firmly within the party controlled by the TPLF,
as the International Crisis Group makes clear.
It says: Behind the faade of devolution, [the
EPRDF] adopted a highly centralized system
that has exacerbated identity-based conflicts.

Self-determination and self-rule
for the major regional groups was, on paper,
a central component of ethnic federalism.
However, as The international human rights
group Advocates for Human Rights (AHR)
found, the government actively impedes
the rights of disadvantaged ethnic groups
to self-determination. Far from building
partnerships and cultivating cooperation and
tolerance, policies flowing from the TPLF/
EPRDF desire to maximize control in all areas
of society, including the powerful religious
groups, work to encourage fragmentation,
create religious dissonance, strengthen ethnic
divisions and deny much needed social unity.

Ethiopia has the third largest
population of Muslims in Africa and is
thought to be the birthplace of Islam in the
continent as well as the cradle of African
Christianity. The government has for long
controlled Muslim affairs via The Ethiopian
Islamic Affairs Supreme Council, which is
simply a mouthpiece for the ruling party.
There have, as Crescent International reports,
been no election in the council for the last 13
years. The council has remained against the
rights of Muslims, including wearing hijab
and congregational prayer in universities.
Muslims have been calling with increasing
intensity for the removal of the unelected
council and the state-sponsored imposition
ofAl-Ahbash (Abyssinian) Islam, a movement
that blends elements of Sunni Islam with
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Sufism. Protests against government meddling

are now a regular extension to Friday prayers
in Addis Ababa. A Washington Post on 2
November reported that the new prime
minister had told parliament on 16 October
that the government fully respects freedom
of religion and would not interfere in the
affairs of religion just as religion would not
interfere in matters of politics. It does indeed
seem he is determined to follow in word and
deed in the dictatorial, duplicitous footsteps of
his predecessor.

The government, with predictable
consistency, has labelled these legitimate
demands as the actions of religious
extremists: and in July this year resorted to
violence in an attempt to settle the issue, killing
four Muslims at prayer and arresting scores
more. HRW reported that Ethiopian police
and security services have harassed, assaulted,
and arbitrarily arrested hundreds of Muslims
at Addis Ababas Awalia and Anwar mosques
who were protesting government interference
in religious affairs. Religious extremists, as
we all know, means terrorists. The US Army
definition of terrorism is worth noting at this
point. It defines it as the calculated use of
violence or threat of violence to attain goals
that are political, religious or ideological in
nature .. through intimidation, coercion or
instilling fear. Accordingly, if name-calling
is the name of the game, the EPRDFs policies
qualify them unconditionally for the terrorist
label, prefixed with the word state.

Its worth noting that Orthodox
Christian leaders have spoken out in support
of their Muslim brothers and aired their
own concerns at government interference
in all things religious. The head Christian is
also a regime appointee. The richness of the
countrys culture lies in its ancient ethnic
diversity and a deeply religious nature that
infuses all areas of cultural life, expressed by
both Orthodox Christians and Muslims who,
despite the governments best efforts, have
lived peacefully side-by-side for generations.
Ethnic division centralized discriminatory
rule

Regional divisions are being
strengthened as ethnic groups are forced to
compete for life-saving handouts administered
by the EPRDF through their network of
regional councils. The Kebeles and Woredas
reach into every village, household, stomach
and mind in the country, distributing a range
of development support from international
donors, including emergency food relief,
determined by allegiance to the ruling party.
Along with this illegal, immoral act that
needs the urgent attention of donors, whose
silence and apathy makes them complicit in
the regimes criminality, AHR found that
the EPRDF uses discriminatory tactics to
interfere with the rights of disadvantaged
ethnic groups in all areas of civil society.

Employment is all too often
conditional on party affiliation. Teachers
thought to be supporters of opposition parties
are harassed. Trade unions , supported within
the liberal constitution if not affiliated
with the regime party face dismantling,
their members and leaders intimidated and
threatened. And Oromo business people,
AHR discovered, are denied business
licenses without explanation and face police
harassment targeted at customers, suppliers
and employees.

In schools and colleges both
teachers and students are exposed to political
indoctrination and encouraged to join the
ruling party; continued employment and
studies being a carrot, unemployment and
expulsion the regime stick, membership of the
Oromo Liberation Front a guarantee of both.
In areas relating to culture, AHR found that
Oromos do not feel free to speak Oromiffa in
public or to use distinctively Oromo names.
Leading Oromo cultural figures have been
persecuted and the Charities and Societies
Proclamation another poisonous piece of
legislation that needs revising or scrapping
restricts the development of cultural
relationships to members of the diaspora.
Forced from village to villagization

Ethnic
groups
forced
into
villagization programmes by the government
as they sell off large tracts of land to foreign
corporations, make easy targets for a regime
pursuing the fragmentation of society and the
exploitation of the people. Large numbers

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have been forcibly relocated. In Gambella
alone, HRW reports, approximately 70,000
people were slated to be moved by the end of
2011 into settlements that provide no health
services or clean water and often lack schools.
Quick to capitalize on childrens plight,
government officials, AHR report force
schoolchildren in these villages to abandon
their studies to provide labour for constructing
shelters. An illegal action adding to the
catalogue of state criminality or, to give it its
US Army title, state terrorism.

It is projected that if the herding
of indigenous people continues at the
present rate, all rural dwellers thats 80
per cent of the population will be living
in one or other of these government-created
villagization centres by the next decade,
without any consultation with those affected,
no matter the party line on participation and
voluntary movement. Its hard to discuss
social engineering and ancestral land rights
with armed solders while your home is being
demolished. Violent coercion is widespread.
According to HRW, security forces enforcing
the population transfers have been implicated
in at least 20 rapes in the past year. Fear and
intimidation are widespread among affected
populations.

Divide and rule extends into the
very heart of ethnic communities. Families
are routinely broken up when driven into
the villagization settlements, making women
and children particularly vulnerable. As AHR
found, in rural areas, typically populated
by disadvantaged ethnic groups, [people]
are often victims of human trafficking.
The government has taken no meaningful
measures to prevent such trafficking or provide
assistance or support to victims. Trafficking
of women within Ethiopia and overseas,
often to the Gulf states almost always equates
to prostitution or forced domestic labour,
where sexual abuse, violence and degrading
treatment is the common experience.
United in purpose

The EPRDF has divided, inhibited
and controlled the people of Ethiopia. Fear
and intimidation are their weapons of choice,
wielded without recrimination, compassion
or regret. The international community,
which supplies a third of the national budget,
is uninterested in this brutality and acts not
in support of the people. The opportunity
presented to and by the change of prime
minister has to date proven to be nothing more
than a hollow hope. The cry of the people is
being ignored once more and their voices are
cast into the darkness and dismissed.
The political opposition, fragmented and
dysfunctional, offers no vision of change.
However there is a powerful, alternative
responsible group. It is the worlds second
superpower, it is the rich diversity of the
people and the strength inherent in their
potential unity, standing together in peaceful
defence of social justice, freedom and human
dignity.

The people of Oromo and Amahra,
Tigray and Somali, Sidama, Gurage, Wolaita
and Afar, look to each other and fear not, look
to your neighbours and friends, share your
concerns, your hopes, and fear not; for fear is
the weapon of the bully and the enemy of the
good. Look to the next village, communicate
and organize, fear not, for fear inhibits and
controls. Look to the adjoining street and
neighborhood where live others who too
shiver in fear of the police and armed forces,
the Kebeles and Woredas who in the full of
light of day distribute food, jobs, education
opportunities and health care based on illegal,
partisan discrimination.

Unity of the people, rich in diversity
united in purpose, is the need and song of the
time, for Ethiopia and indeed for the world.
Together there is safety and strength beyond
measure. When there is no enemy within, the
enemies outside cannot hurt you, proclaims
an African proverb. This truth applies to the
individual, the family and the nation. Brothers
and sisters of one humanity we are, our pains
are shared, so too our joys and hopes. No
government can withstand the unified strength
of a people held together by a common and
just cause, acting peacefully in honour of
freedom and justice. Such is the need within
the wonderful land of Ethiopia, the people of
which have suffered much and for far, far too
long.

What is the purpose of a

government?
By Magn Nyang
November 20, 2012

The purpose of government is to provide a

system in which individuals give portion of
their freedom in order to pursue needs and
wants without the fears that are inherent in a
state of anarchy.
In an anarchic system, individuals must protect
and provide completely for themselves, and
those with greater power are able to offend those
with lesser power without consequence. In a
system of government, the freedom to acquire
and offend at will is subjugated to the will of the
governed; and, in return, the governed are better
able to produce without fear of loss.
Therefore, at its most basic level, the purpose
of government is to protect the people from
threats, both within and out.
Government also ensures justice within the
nation. Meaning, the law must be fair, unbiased,
and logical, provides a basic system of defense
against enemies of the state, and provides
education, infrastructure, and health facilities.
The most fundamental of human needs which
includes education, food, health facilities are
satisfied through the policy of governance.
Government provides infrastructure so that
these needs are met.
Some nave Ethiopians are foolishly praising the
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic
Front (EPRDF) for providing education,
infrastructure, and health facilities. The EPRDF
is expected to provide all these services to
Ethiopians. In fact, EPRDF is required to
provide more services than it has provided
thus far. I, personally, do not see the logic of
praising a government when it is minimally
doing only what it is supposed to do. Instead
of congratulating a dictatorial government, we,
Ethiopians, should be asking about human right
issues. Where are our freedom, equality, and
liberty?

In 21 years, the EPRDF not only failed to

move Ethiopians toward self sufficiency, it has
managed to effectively reduce Ethiopians to
nothing, but recipients of foreign donations.
For the past 21 years, the EPRDF did not only
block us from realizing our dreams of freedom,
equal rights and self-determination for all, it
also subjected us to decades of subjugation and
exploitation.
Over the years, I have also heard some
EPRDF officials and their supporters say that
"Ethiopians are not yet ripe for democracy/
freedom." They say that it will take more time
to prepare them or to get them ripped.
If one accepts this assumption, democracy/
freedom will never be achieved in Ethiopia; for
one cannot arrive at the maturity for democracy/
freedom without having already acquired it; one
must be free to learn how to make use of one's
powers freely and usefully. One can achieve
reason only through one's own experiences, and
one must be free to undertake them. To accept
the principle that freedom is worthless for those
under one's control and that one has to sit idle to
let his rulers rule forever, is an infringement on
the right of God himself, who has created man
to be free.
All men have rights to be free and equal, and
governments are instituted among men to
secure these rights. The government in Ethiopia
has become illegitimate for it continues to block
Ethiopians from achieving their freedom and
equality. Thus, when a government becomes
destructive of these ends, it is the right, it is the
duty of the people to abolish it and institute new
government.
Magn Nyang can be reached at magnnyang@
yahoo.com

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A Journey From Dishwashing To Yale Law

By Samuel Getachew

Toronto's own Jamil Jivani will soon return

home as a newly minted Yale Law School
graduate.
For the nearly 25 year old law student, who
is a self-described citizen committed to the
"principles of change, hope and progress" -- it
has been quite a ride. For him, even a gig as an
intern at one of the most exclusive law firms
New York was not enough to convince him to
stay in the United States.

before he graduated from York -- at 18, with

unfulfilled promise in his high school years, his
only prospect was to work as a dishwasher and
line cook in local Toronto area restaurants.
He grew up in a working class neighborhood in
Brampton led by his mother. He was confused
and felt hopeless as he was joining a slew of
young people who were going through the
same experience of underachievement and
frustration. He decided to change that reality.

He thinks he can have a real impact in a city

that he calls as the "world's multicultural city."
As he told a Jane and Finch audience at a
community meeting last week, he is returning
home to work with Toronto's most vulnerable
and change the tide of crime, unemployment,
and broken homes spotlighted last summer. He
also hopes to work with Toronto youth to help
them experience the academic success he has
seen on his journey to Yale Law.

He entered Humber College with the hope of

applying to university eventually. There he
excelled and earned the 2006 Humber College
President's medal for academic excellence.
Jivani fondly recalls that Humber was his
"second chance" to realize his potential and
honour the gift of education society offered
him.

Jivani's story was not a common one. The 2010

York University graduate became the first in
his family to graduate from a university. Years

In addition to his academic achievements,

Jivani committed himself to community
service and working with a variety of non-

He has not looked back since.

profit organizations across Toronto. While at

York University, he spent a summer teaching
orphaned and underprivileged youth in Kenya
-- the birthplace of his father. He told a local
paper how his "first trip to Kenya was to see
where my father came from and also meet some
of his relatives," and how "that opened my
eyes and I was keen to go back there and work
with orphans because my father was an orphan.
I used his story and experience to help me
interact with the young people I engaged with."
At Yale, his commitment to community
service has only intensified. He recently served
as a leader for the Yale Marshall-Brennan
Constitutional Literacy Project where he taught
constitutional law at a local high school and he
was President of the Yale Black Law Students
Association.
As Program Director of Marshall-Brennan, he
focused on the Supreme Court's recent case
regarding sentencing juvenile offenders to life
without parole. He also led in the teaching of
fundamentals of constitutional law, taught

reading and writing schools, and prepared them

for oral advocacy for a national competition in
Washington D.C. With the Black Law Students
Association he hosted the historic return of
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to
Yale and moderated a discussion on race, law
and equality.
He also became a member of the Innovations
in Policing Clinic working with a team of Yale
Law students to study police departments in
the United States and their relationship to
disadvantaged communities.
Jivani is looking forward to his return to
Toronto and applying what he's learned in the
U.S. to being a leader in the city. He credits his
roots in Toronto for giving him a foundation for
success around the world. "The multicultural
roots of our city and the opportunities we afford
our people are unparalleled. I am grateful for
all the support I've received in my life so far,
and especially thankful to my community back
home for being my guiding light along this
journey."

The Ethiopian Cathedral Is Us At Our Best

By Samuel Getachew

Earlier this year Torontos 64th Mayor, Rob

Ford, proclaimed the month of March as an
Ethiopian Heritage Month. In his proclamation,
he spoke of an Ethiopian community that is
committed to preserving its rich heritage and
has contributed greatly to Toronto's diverse
population. He also hoped the month would
provide the opportunity to showcase and share
the community's vibrant culture and traditions
and longstanding history with Toronto residents
and visitors.

have given a glimpse of the unique hospitality

and cuisine of the wonder of Africas lone non
colonized nation.

This was a noted moment to Torontos newest

emerging immigrants populations. The fact is
that the population of Canadians who trace their
roots to Ethiopia can vary and its unknown at
best. What is known is that Toronto now has
the second highest Ethiopian population next to
only Washington DC.

It began its journey in 1984 in a borrowed space

to accommodate new arrivals of Ethiopian
immigrants and refugees. Since then, it has
traveled as powerful a journey as the people
that it serves. According to one recent observer,
Torontos Rocco Rossi, the congregation might
not be as large as the Hindu community, nor as
affluent as the Ismail community has become,
this community has pursued its dream with
vigor and devotion.

Within the vibrant and multicultural city of

Toronto, the contributions of Ethiopians are
literally everywhere. For instant, Ethiopian
cuisine is now being noticed by mainstream
Canada and Ethiopian restaurants are now full
of customers that best reflect a United Nations
like Toronto population. These establishments

Like most North American cities, the Ethiopian

churches have been a hub for their populations.
They have served as a place to reflect and learn
the teaching of the Christian wisdom. The
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church that is
located on a small industrial street in the western
part of Toronto is such a powerful example.

In mere weeks, the church will move in to a $4.5

million worth cathedral that is set to open on the
Ethiopian New Years week. The community
rallied for years to build this historical legacy as

Acupuncture for Tennis Elbow

Study Suggests Treatment Is Effective, Even in

Difficult Cases
One of the most frequent injuries suffered by
professional athletes and weekend warriors
alike is epicondylitis, an inflammation of the
muscles and tendons of the forearm. More
commonly known as tennis elbow, it is caused
by repeated twisting of the wrist or frequent
rotation of the forearm, and can lead to a
weakened grip, elbow pain, and damage to the
tendons that connect to the humerus, the bone
of the upper arm.
Traditional treatment of tennis elbow consists
of therapies such as braces, medications, heat,
physical therapy and rest, the majority of which
are effective in relieving pain but do very little to
prevent the condition from recurring. Research
from a pilot study presented at the annual
meeting of the American Academy of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation suggests that
acupuncture not only relieves the symptoms of
tennis elbow, it appears to resolve the condition
completely.
In the study, Chinese Medical Acupuncturist,
performed acupuncture on 22 patients with
varying degrees of tennis elbow. They used
"rounded" acupuncture needles, which are
designed to pierce the skin and enter the
muscle with as little damage as possible. All
of the patients were treated with Traditional
Acupuncture meridian therapy, with needles
inserted at local points in the body.
Each patient was treated between 2-10 times.
After an average of 3.9 treatments, a "maximal
response" was achieved, with every patient
reporting a disappearance of their symptoms.
This response also appeared to last much

longer than that usually seen in patients using

painkillers, braces or other traditional methods.
At a mean followup time of 8.5 months after
receiving acupuncture, 109 patients (85%)
experienced a resolution of their symptoms and
had returned to full, normal activities; another
two patients had returned to normal activities
except those that involved heavy lifting in the
affected arm.
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this study
is that many patients had endured months of
pain before turning to acupuncture. Subjects in
the study group suffered symptoms an average
of eight months; six patients had experienced
symptoms for more than two years.
Furthermore, nearly every patient who
participated had previously attempted to cure
their tennis elbow through conventional means,
with some patients trying multiple therapies
without success before trying acupuncture. Of
the 22 subjects in the study, 14 had undergone
"extensive hand therapy interventions"; 17 had
used an elbow brace or splint; seven received
corticosteroid injections for pain relief; and one
patient had elbow surgery, all without achieving
the desired effect, before turning to acupuncture.
In an interview with Natural Health Magazine,
Dr. Cao said that it was still unclear in the Lab
why acupuncture seemed to help patients in
the early and latter stages of tennis elbow but
research strongly suggested that acupuncture
needles appeared to immediately loosen the tight
muscles around the elbow joint, soothe the pain
and give a perspective for cure.

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many donated and rallied the large population

to meet the noble objective. As it opens, it
also makes an Ethiopian Canadian history as it
becomes the first Ethiopian Orthodox cathedral
in Canada. The magnificent building was built
in traditional way with copper dome and bell
tower with inviting paintings inside the building
by local Ethiopian Canadian artists.
As it lays a legacy for future generations,
the church will continue to serve beyond its
traditional ways and will provide discussions
on family guidance and parenting inside its
Yared Hall. The fact is that, as Bridge Williard,
said it eloquently generations ago, that Church

isnt where you meet. Church isnt a building.

Church is what you do. Church is who you are.
Church is the human outworking of the person
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Indeed that is what the excellent legacy of the
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church is and
will be for thousands of Canadians. Visionaries
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of these words in action. Future leaders will
note this milestone as a great contribution to the
positive presence of a large influential Ethiopian
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