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In commemoration of the 38th year of Black July, the Canadian Tamil Congress will be hosting an online interactive session about this poignant event in our Tamil history. This will be a session for reflections, conversations, and an overlook of the July 1983 events that unfolded in Sri Lanka highlighting its impact on Tamil people.

As this resilience embeds itself to the fabric of our identity and understanding of our community, we reflect on these days with all who still live to share their stories and experiences. It is important we reflect on the atrocities that took place and how they still affect our communities, and how times have changed since then. Even after 38 years, as our community continues to seek justice and equality in the island of Sri Lanka, it is important that we continue to educate our youth about Black July. We must remember its significant impact on our people as it will always be an integral part of Tamil history in Sri Lanka. We encourage all of you, especially the youth to take part in this informative online session.

Date: Sunday, July 25th, 2021

Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Admission: Free

This free forum is open, and we urge participants to join through the Zoom link below.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83505644468?pwd=dmhjeG5MdHlWY2hUQzJOOEQxay9mUT09

Meeting ID: 835 0564 4468

Passcode: 742584

In addition to hosting this session, we are seeking testimonies from our community about their experience regarding Black July. We would appreciate if people could share their experiences. If you have any questions or clarifications, please email us at [email protected] or call us on 416-240-0078

Raveena Raveendran
Black July Coordinator

Quintus Thuraisingham, Community Activist shares memories on Jaffna Library Burning on its 40th year Quintus Thuraisingham, Commentator and Community Activist shares his memories on the Jaffna Public Library Burning on its 40th year anniversary. Canadian Tam...

The Documentary “Jaffna on Fire” was produced on 4th June 1981 in Jaffna by Anton Sinnarasa Philip and late Rev. Fr. Mary Bastian. - Tamil Version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P5DCJRRC4A

Jaffna on Fire Documentary produced on June 4th 1981 by Anton Philip and late Rev. Fr. Mary Bastian The Documentary “Jaffna on Fire” was produced on 4th June 1981 in Jaffna by Anton Sinnarasa Philip and late Rev. Fr. Mary Bastian. - Tamil Version

Sanmugarasa Subramaniam: Retired Teacher, Jaffna College(1970-1974) Jaffna Hindu College (1974-1995) shares his memories on the Jaffna Public Library Burning on its 40th year anniversary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PikpTVk8Eww

Sanmugarasa Subramaniam: Retired Teacher, Jaffna College(1970-1974) Jaffna Hindu College (1974-1995) Sanmugarasa Subramaniam: Retired Teacher, Jaffna College(1970-1974) Jaffna Hindu College (1974-1995) shares his memories on the Jaffna Public Library Burning...

Manuel Jesudasan Barrister & Solicitor shares memories of Jaffna Library at its 40th year of Burning Manuel Jesudasan, Barrister & Solicitor (Canada) shares his memories on the Jaffna Public Library at the 40th year anniversary of its burning. Canadian Tamil...

Nagamany Logendralingam, Writer, Poet & Journalist shares her memories on the Jaffna Public Library at the 40th year anniversary of its burning.

Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) is making an appeal to the global Tamil community who may have personal experiences with the Jaffna Public Library before it was burnt down on June 1st 1981. We are requesting you to come forward and provide your testimonials which will help document and remember the burning of the Jaffna Public Library for generations to come.

Please contact Canadian Tamil Congress @ 416-240-0078 / [email protected]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTnLwwk-K6M

www.jaffnalibraryburning.com

Nagamany Logendralingam: Writer & Journalist shares his memories on Jaffna Public Library Burning Nagamany Logendralingam, Writer, Poet & Journalist shares her memories on the Jaffna Public Library at the 40th year anniversary of its burning. Canadian Tam...

Kanageswari Nadarajah is a retired Secondary School Teacher from Jaffna shares her memories on the Jaffna Public Library at the 40th year anniversary of its burning.

Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) is making an appeal to the global Tamil community who may have personal experiences with the Jaffna Public Library before it was burnt down on June 1st 1981. We are requesting you to come forward and provide your testimonials which will help document and remember the burning of the Jaffna Public Library for generations to come.

Please contact Canadian Tamil Congress @ 416-240-0078 / [email protected]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DznK3mqxqVw

Kanageswari Nadarajah: Retired Secondary School Teacher from Jaffna on the Jaffna Library Burning Kanageswari Nadarajah is a retired Secondary School Teacher from Jaffna shares her memories on the Jaffna Public Library at the 40th year anniversary of its ...

Jude Prakash (Blogger “கனவும் நினைவும்“, Melbourne, Australia) was a member of Jaffna Public Library's Children's section before the burning of the library in 1981. He is an old student of St. John's College, Jaffna. Jude shares his own memories of Jaffna Public Library at the 40th year anniversary of the burning.

Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) is making an appeal to the global Tamil community who may have personal experiences with the Jaffna Public Library before it was burnt down on June 1st 1981. We are requesting you to come forward and provide your testimonials which will help document and remember the burning of the Jaffna Public Library for generations to come.

Please contact Canadian Tamil Congress @ 416-240-0078 / [email protected]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXdLW87g0MU

Jude Prakash: Blogger, Melbourne, Australia sharing his memories of Jaffna Public Library-40th Year Jude Prakash was a member of Jaffna Public Library's Children's section before the burning of the library in 1981. He is an old student of St. John's College...

Mr. C.V.K. Sivagnanam was the Jaffna Municipal Commissioner at the time of the burning of the Jaffna Public Library in June of 1981. His message on the 40th Year remembrance of the burning of the Jaffna Public Library.

Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) is making an appeal to the global Tamil community members who may have personal experiences with the Jaffna Public Library before it was burnt down on June 1st 1981. We are requesting you to come forward and provide us your testimonial which will help document the incident for future generations.

Please contact Canadian Tamil Congress @ 416-240-0078 / [email protected]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzQ_6Wt0wew

C.V.K Sivagnanam: Former Jaffna Municipal Commissioner on the 40th Year Jaffna of Library Burning. C.V.K. Sivagnanam was the Jaffna Municipal Commissioner at the time of the burning of the Jaffna Public Library in June of 1981. His message on the 40th Year...

Anton Sinnarasa Philip documented the burning of Jaffna Library and related violence in June 1981. Mr. Anton Sinnarasa Philip - Human Rights Activist who documented the burning of Jaffna Library and related violence in June 1981.Canadian Tamil Congress (C...

Interview with Jaffna Mayor Rajah Visuvanathan on the burning of Jaffna Public Library.

This interview was conducted by Mr. Anton Sinnarasa Philip, days after the burning of the library in June of 1981.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8XEq5nhowg

Interview with Jaffna Mayor Rajah Visuvanathan on the burning of Jaffna Public Library on June 1981. Interview with Jaffna Mayor Rajah Visuvanathan on the burning of Jaffna Public Library on June 1st 1981. The interview was taken few days after the burning o...

Dr. R. Cheran - Sharing his memories on the 40th anniversary of the burning of the Jaffna Public Library.

Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) is making an appeal to the global Tamil community members who may have personal experiences with the Jaffna Public Library before it was burnt down on June 1st 1981. We are requesting you to come forward and provide us your testimonial which will help document the incident for future generations.

Please contact Canadian Tamil Congress @ 416-240-0078 / [email protected]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Anm2kwvFuM

Dr. R. Cheran - Professor & Poet, University of Windsor, Canada. Dr. R. Cheran - Sharing his memories on the 40th anniversary of the burning of the Jaffna Public Library.Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) is making an appeal to...

The was song released at the 40th Anniversary Memorial Event to Mark the Burning of Jaffna Public Library. The virtual event was hosted by the Canadian Tamil Congress.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFU2-L9gOhA

Lyrics : Arivumathi
Singer: Mahalingam

Dance Performance Choreographed by Smt. Jenani Kumar (Founder & Artistic Director of Shilompoli Shethra Dance Academy, (Toronto, Canada)).

Performers:
Thushya Bakeerathan
Meenusha Pathmakanthan
Meera Luxme Sangarabodhi
Abirami Balachandran
Sangavi Sritharan

Jaffna Library Burning song for CTC's 40th the Anniversary Event by Arivumathi & Singer Mahalingam. The song was released at the 40th Anniversary Memorial (Virtual) Event to Mark the Burning of Jaffna Public Library hosted by the Canadian Tamil Congress. Ly...

Canadian Tamil Congress is hosting a virtual Memorial Event to Mark the 40th Anniversary of the Burning of the Jaffna Public Library on Saturday June 5th, 2021: 10:30 AM EST (Toronto time) / 8 PM IST (Sri Lanka/India time)

A website on Jaffna Library Burning will be launched and a song will be release at this remembrance event.

The event will be broadcast in Canadian Tamil Congress page and YouTube channel listed below.

https://www.facebook.com/CanadianTamilCongress
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo2JkmPs4jpFBPDfXB6eM1A

Call for Submissions!

We are putting together a website dedicated to documenting
and preserving the burning of the Jaffna Public Library.

If you know of any publications, videos, photos or testimonials on the incident, that you would like to share, please contact us at 416-240-0078, 647-300-1973 or [email protected].

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On Saturday June 5th 2021, the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) will launch www.JaffnaLibraryBurning.com as remembrance to the incident that took place 40 years go. Please join us live through the CTC page and/or CTC YouTube channel.

https://youtu.be/2Ydk6S-xB6U

JaffnaLibraryBurning.com Call for Submissions

2021 யூன் 5 ஆம் தேதி சனிக்கிழமையன்று, கனடியத் தமிழர் பேரவை யாழ்ப்பாண பொது நூலக எரிப்பை ஆவணப்படுத்தும் நோக்குடன் இந்த நினைவு நாளைக் குறிக்கும் வகையில், ஒரு இணையத்தளமொன்றை ஆரம்பிக்கவுள்ளது.

இந்த நூலக எரிப்புடனான அனுபவங்களைக் கொண்டவர்களும் மற்றும் நூலக எரிப்புக் குறித்த தகவல்களைத் தெரிந்தவர்களும் 416-240-0078 , 647-300-1973 என்ற தொலைபேசி இலக்கங்களோடு தொடர்பு கொள்வதன் மூலமாகவோ அல்லது
[email protected] என்ற மின்னஞ்சல் முகவரிக்கூடாகத் தொடர்பு கொண்டு உதவுமாறு, கனடியத் தமிழர் பேரவை வேண்டுகோள் விடுக்கிறது.

https://youtu.be/rcEUU1hY36k

JaffnaLibraryBurning.com Call for Submissions

Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) is making an appeal to the global Tamil community members who may have personal experiences with the Jaffna Public Library before it was burnt down on June 1st 1981. We are requesting you to come forward and provide us your testimonial which will help document the incident for future generations.

A segment of the testimonial provided by Mr. Velupillai Thangavelu – Acting Jaffna Municipal Commissioner 1967/1968.

Please contact CTC: 416-240-0078 / 647-300-1973 / [email protected]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO4zx4MShPs

Mr. Velupillai Thangavelu – Acting Jaffna Municipal Commissioner 1967/1968. Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) is making an appeal to the global Tamil community members who may have personal experiences with the Jaffna Public Library befo...

யாழ்ப்பாண பொது நூலகம் எரிக்கப்பட்ட நாற்பதாவது ஆண்டு நினைவு நாள் யூன் 1, 2021 ஆகும். இந்த நூலகம், எரிக்கப்பட்ட காலகட்டத்தில் தெற்காசியாவின் மிகப்பெரிய நூலகங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். இந்த எரித்தழிப்பில், ஏறக்குறைய 97,000 விலைமதிப்பற்ற புத்தகங்கள் மற்றும் ஓலைச்சுவடிகள் எரித்துச் சாம்பலாக்கப்பட்டன.

2021 யூன் 5 ஆம் தேதி சனிக்கிழமையன்று, கனடியத் தமிழர் பேரவை யாழ்ப்பாண பொது நூலக எரிப்பை ஆவணப்படுத்தும் நோக்குடன் இந்த நினைவு நாளைக் குறிக்கும் வகையில், ஒரு இணையத்தளமொன்றை ஆரம்பிக்கவுள்ளது.

இந்த நூலக எரிப்புடனான அனுபவங்களைக் கொண்டவர்களும் மற்றும் நூலக எரிப்புக் குறித்த தகவல்களைத் தெரிந்தவர்களும் 416-240-0078 , 647-300-1973 என்ற தொலைபேசி இலக்கங்களோடு தொடர்பு கொள்வதன் மூலமாகவோ அல்லது [email protected] என்ற மின்னஞ்சல் முகவரிக்கூடாகத் தொடர்பு கொண்டு உதவுமாறு, கனடியத் தமிழர் பேரவை வேண்டுகோள் விடுக்கிறது.

The fortieth remembrance anniversary of the burning of the Jaffna Public Library falls on June 1st 2021. At the time of burning, it was one of the largest libraries in South Asia and around 97,000 priceless books and manuscripts were burnt down to ashes.

On Saturday June 5th 2021, the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) will launch a website to mark this occasion with the aim of documenting the burning of the Jaffna Public Library.

CTC is making an appeal to those who may have information and own experiences on the library and the incident to please help preserve it by contacting us at 416-240-0078 / 647-300-1973 / [email protected]