Events – Alberta Uyghur Association

Heritagefest is a collection of Alberta Based cultural groups that come together, annually, to share their history, song, dance and food with the world. This event is run by Edmonton Heritage Festival. Uyghurs participation in this festival shows recognition of Uyghurs as a nation, providing a place to educate many on Central Asian Culture they may have never seen. Also, a great way to showcase Uyghurs for their identity, to shed light on the culture and people being lost by the genocide committed by China. This shows that the crimes being committed in East Turkestan will not get rid of the passion, and the rich identity of Uyghurs. Our youth have taken inspiration from the past year’s festival in understanding who they are, where they come from and the history their families are intertwined with. Upcoming on the 50th anniversary of HeritageFest, our youth are more proactive in learning various aspects of Uyghur Culture to educate more people. Teaching and being proud of their people.

- March 15, 2019
- West Edmonton Mall, Fantasyland hotel, Floor 3, Conference room 12
- This Photo Exhibition was done in partnership with One Voice One Step and Alberta Uyghur Association. The event is one for the public to come and view a series of pictures/graphics which show the cruel and inhumane truth of what is happening in East Turkestan. We have chosen images which show the colonization and rutal suppression of Uyghurs and the use of concentration camps by the Chinese government.
- Link to FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/390768824806896/?ref=newsfeed

- March 30, 2019
- West Edmonton Malls, Fantasyland hotel, Floor 3, Conference room 7
- The Chinese Communist Party has transformed occupied East Turkestan (Currently called Xinjiang) into a police state for the Uyghur and other Turkic Muslims, with more than 2 million in soviet gulag styled concentration camps. Total control of East Turkistan has become vital to Xi Jinping’s Belt Road Initiative (BRI) to dominate the world power. What do we know about the current situation in Xinjiang and the plight of the Uyghurs, and why have liberal governments and others of good conscience failed so far to challenge the Communist Party over its egregious policies and actions?
- Alberta Uyghur Association and the World Uyghur Congress will host an event on March 30, 2019. A panel of Uyghur human rights leaders and activists will speak about the current atrocity the Uyghur Muslims are facing.

Speakers:

Mr. Dolkun Isa

President of the World Uyghur Congress and the Vice President of the Unrepresented Nations and People’s organization

Ms. Rushan Abbas

Executive Director of the Campaign for Uyghurs and the founder of the One Voice One Step Uyghur Women’s movement

Mr. Memet Tohti

Director of the Refugees Center for the World Uyghur Congress

4pm-6pm: Speeches in Uyghur

6pm-8pm: speeches in English

- Sept 25, 2020
- Alberta Legislature
- The vigil was organized by Alberta Uyghur Association and a group of young muslim youth. We gathered to spread awareness about the over 3 million Uyghur in concentration camps.
- Link to FB event: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=191960668977505&set=gm.357557202110925

- June 23, 2021
- Alberta Legislature
- This protest was organized by Alberta Uyghur Association in partnership with Hong Kong, and Tibet groups. The goal of this event was to bring light on the genocide as well as demand a boycott from the people and government officials of the beijing 2022 olympics.
- Link to FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/151081113639587/?ref=newsfeed