Version anglaise | English Version Le ministre Benoit Charette de la Coalition d’Avenir Québec et membre de l’Assemblée nationale du Québec a rendu visite au bureau de B’nai Brith Canada à Montréal mardi pour accepter un certificat d’appréciation pour son rôle dans l’adoption par le gouvernement du Québec de la définition de l’antisémitisme de l’IHRA. …
July 9, 2021 TORONTO — Earlier this week, B’nai Brith Canada drew attention to the concerns of Jewish faculty members at the University of Toronto (U of T) following problematic and antisemitic comments made by a University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) official. Now, those concerned faculty members need your support to make a difference. …
May 27, 2021 OTTAWA – As organizations around the globe mark today as a Day of Action Against Antisemitism, Canada’s mayors are about to hold their annual meeting. Once again we ask: Where is the response to confronting increasing antisemitic attacks in Canada? The response to our repeated calls for action has been deafening in its …
Antisemitic Attacks in Canada – Where Are Our Mayors? Read More »
April 11, 2021 OTTAWA – The federal New Democratic Party did not adopt a resolution that would have committed it to opposing the internationally-accepted definition of antisemitism. However, B’nai Brith Canada remains concerned by ongoing efforts within the party to attack the Jewish State, as demonstrated by a decidedly one-sided resolution adopted yesterday during the …
NDP Rejects Anti-IHRA Resolution, but Unfairly Targets Israel Read More »
TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada welcomes the publication of The Honourable Thomas A. Cromwell’s Independent Review of the Search Process for the Directorship of the International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. We are proud to have contributed to this report. B’nai Brith Canada made written submissions, in December 2020, as noted in Appendix B …
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WINNIPEG – B’nai Brith Canada is pleased that a motion opposing the IHRA definition of antisemitism was defeated yesterday, on procedural grounds, at a meeting of the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA). On March 24, B’nai Brith called on the UMFA executive to reject the motion that was egregious in not only opposing the adoption of …
University of Manitoba Shuts Down Absurd Motion to Ban IHRA Definition Read More »
March 24, 2021 WINNIPEG – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on the University of Manitoba’s Faculty Association (UMFA) executive to abandon a motion opposing “the adoption and/or use of the IHRA definition at the University of Manitoba and elsewhere.” The motion is scheduled for a vote on March 25. The “IHRA definition” refers to the International …
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March 23, 2021 OTTAWA – A group of professors at the University of Ottawa is fighting back against a resolution passed by its faculty union executive – without any advance consultation – to reject the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Definition of Antisemitism. Earlier this month, the Association of Professors of the University of Ottawa (APUO) …
University of Ottawa Professors Stand Up for the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism Read More »
November 25, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is applauding the federal government’s announcement Thursday that it will establish a position to help combat antisemitism. After many years of B’nai Brith advocacy calling for such a position to be created, the government indicated that it will appoint human-rights expert and former Justice Minister Irwin Cotler as its …
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October 30, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is setting the record straight about Ontario’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism, following a disingenuous letter written by Palestinian-Canadian groups. Ontario became the first province to adopt the IHRA Definition on Tuesday. The next day, four Palestinian-Canadian groups sent a letter to Premier …
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