Deborah Lyons to replace Irwin Cotler as Canada’s special envoy on antisemitism and Holocaust remembrance
Deborah Lyons has been named the new Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism, succeeding international human rights champion Irwin Cotler. The announcement was made Oct. 16 by Karina Gould, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, together with Ya’ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of […]
Irwin Cotler, who advocated for Natan Sharansky and Nelson Mandela, awarded Israel’s Presidential Medal of Honor
Irwin Cotler, the former minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, was awarded Israel’s Presidential Medal of Honor, Sept. 6 at Beit Hanassi, the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. “It is a reflection for me of the cases and causes that I have the privilege of being involved with,” Cotler said in an interview with The […]
A speech by Irwin Cotler on Holocaust Remembrance Day provoked charges of anti-Palestinian racism and antisemitism at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine
A speech by Irwin Cotler to the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine on Holocaust Remembrance Day has spurred angry recriminations and two open letters to the acting dean of the medical school. Cotler, Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism, was invited by the medical school’s Office of Diversity and […]
Role of Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism to be made permanent, Trudeau tells conference
Video and transcript of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s remarks to the Malmo International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism, Oct. 13, 2021: Thank you Prime Minister Löfven for bringing us together for this important—and necessary—forum. Today’s discussions will allow us to continue developing a common international approach to fighting antisemitism. Canada is deeply concerned by the surge of antisemitism both at home […]
First national summit on antisemitism seen as the beginning of a long process
“The most important thing is the commitment by the government, the respective ministers, to act. I’m very much encouraged by this.”
Anti-Semitism summit must lead to action, town hall hears
Minister of Diversity and Inclusion Bardish Chagger previewed the event set for July 21.
National summit on anti-Semitism must develop a ‘real action plan,’ says leader Irwin Cotler
“We don’t need another discussion, seminar or forum, we need an urgent summit in order to act.”
Canada to hold an emergency summit on anti-Semitism
Special envoy Irwin Cotler to address the “escalating and alarming” rise of attacks on Jews.
Attacks on democracy and human rights are a greater pandemic than COVID, diplomats say
“This is a critical moment for Canada, I believe, where we really have to recognize that terrible things are happening in the world.”
Shinewald: The diverging careers of Irwin Cotler and Alan Dershowitz
“I long for that glorious heyday when not just Cotler, but also Dershowitz, represented the very best of our community, championed the profoundest Jewish and universal principles, and made us all proud.”
