Premier Wab Kinew is applauded by educators for mandating mandatory Holocaust classes in Manitoba
Manitoba’s newly elected NDP Premier Wab Kinew has announced that Holocaust education will be mandatory for students in the province. The announcement, made Nov. 21 in the Speech from the Throne, was welcomed by Belle Jarniewski, executive director of the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada. “It’s the end of a long journey,” she said, […]
An old Manitoba law created in response to a 1930s newspaper could open up ways to fight antisemitic speech in the 2020s
Could a long-forgotten Manitoba law be a model for how Canadians can fight back against antisemitism and hate of all kinds? Kenneth Grad thinks it can. Grad, 40, is a Toronto lawyer completing his PhD at Osgoode Hall Law School. During his dissertation research in Winnipeg, he learned about the Hyman Act, an anti-defamation law […]
Manitoba scraps proposal to ban circumcisions outside of medical clinics
New standard will exempt circumcision “performed in a religious ceremony or tradition.”
