Hazara Genocide Remembrance Day 2026 Commemoration in Calgary

The Hazara Society of Alberta held a commemoration of Hazara Genocide Remembrance Day on Friday, September 18, 2026, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Parkhill Community Association in Calgary. The program included land acknowledgment, welcome, presentations, poetry recitations, a panel discussion, and a documentary screening. Panelists included Member of Parliament Tom Kmiec, MLA Gurinder Bear, Josh Heuberger, Helen McMenamin, and Anoush Newman, with Zabaida Mohammad Hussain as facilitator. The community gathered under the banner #StopHazaraGenocide to honor the victims and call for recognition of the genocide after more than a century of persecution.