About Us

Our Mission

The Assyrian Aid Society of Canada (AAS-CA) is dedicated to supporting initiatives that protect the ethnic identity and ensure the survival of the indigenous Assyrian people in their homeland. We strive to preserve the ancient cultural heritage for Assyrians in the diaspora by fostering and strengthening connections with those remaining in the homeland.

About Us

The Assyrian Aid Society of Canada (AAS-CA) is a not-for-profit organization that was founded on August 4th, 1992, as designated by Ontario provincial guidelines. 

AAS-CA is a volunteer-based organization whose Directors and Committee Members do not receive any salary or compensation for their services. 

Although an independent organization, AAS-CA shares common objectives with Assyrian Aid Society organizations that are located in Iraq, United States of America, Australia, and Sweden. These objectives include focusing on efforts that promote ethnocultural continuity for the indigenous Assyrian people in their ancestral lands. 

AAS-CA was established to mobilize humanitarian relief efforts for Assyrians during the Gulf War. The Assyrian Aid Society - Iraq (AAS - Iraq) was established in 1991, and formed from a number of pre-war refugee relief organizations. AAS - Iraq coordinated their efforts with other international and local charitable organizations as well.

AAS - Iraq’s humanitarian programs quickly spanned to include food, medicine, and aid distribution to remote Assyrian villages, as well as the establishment of mobile medicine clinics. Their village rehabilitation programs supplied agricultural tools and utility efforts that provided streams of income to Assyrians, maintaining their ability to support themselves and independently thrive in their indigenous lands.

AAS - Iraq was granted Special Consultative status by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations in 2011. In February of 2016, the Assyrian Aid Society of Iraq was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.