tibetan day of uprising

today marks the forty-sixth anniversary of a peaceful uprising in the tibetan capital, lhasa against chinese rule.

"the massive, popular and widespread uprising of march 10, 1959 ordained the tibetan freedom struggle as a national movement with the proactive resilience and revolt of common tibetans to fight for the sovereignty, identity and freedom of tibet that stirred the collective consciousness of a tibetan identity that united all tibetans" (read more)

there are many events taking place today across canada, so if you are interested in participating, you can click here for a list (which the ctc has promised they would update today so hopefully they have by the time you visit).