Halifax Examiner | by Marielle Godfrey | April 9, 2026

Around 30 people gathered at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 last night to mark International Romani Day and support a new exhibit highlighting the Roma community in Canada.

Resilience on the Move: Roma People in Canada is part of the Community Presents series and will run until June 24. It explores the ethnic group, often referred to as gypsies (many consider the term offensive) who came to Canada from many countries across Europe. 

DATE: Thursday January 22, 2026 | TIME: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Location: Buchanan Tower room 225, Vancouver, BC
The Holocaust Education Committee of the University of British Columbia is pleased to invite you to a talk by Dr. Margareta Matache, Lecturer, co-founder, and Director of the Roma Program at Harvard University […]

We are not a Halloween costume nor “bogus” refugees

Canadian Museum for Human Rights | By Gina Csanyi-Robah with Shayna Plaut, Ph. D.
Published: April 7, 2025

Most Canadians know the Romani people as “Gypsies,” mythical wanderers of the earth, travelling free spirits who shun both work and education. But for millions of Roma around the globe, discrimination, exclusion and persecution of their communities and culture has been anything but a myth [...]

Chad Evans Wyatt and Mary Evelyn Porter

Consider the visual grammar of the "Gypsy" photograph. Exoticism, and "otherness" separating these people from their majority context. In the words of Czech Professor Miroslav Vojtĕchovský, these images are a theatre of grotesque characters, irreconcilably different, without redemption. Garish colour can further isolation.

RomaRising offers respectful black and white images of dignity, countering stereotype. Many among these souls are highly educated, and have capacity to function as government ministers and lead within society. Indeed, Mr. Ciprian Necula became State Secretary in the Ministry of European Union Funds, representing the Romanian Government. He is not unique [...]