Current issue’s cover stories

Legal help for students

photos - StandWithUs Canada executive director Jesse Primerano and lawyer Anita Bromberg, director of the organization’s new legal department — StandWithUs Canada executive director Jesse Primerano and lawyer Anita Bromberg, director of the organization’s new legal department. (photos from SWU)

Revisiting myth of Lilith

photo - “Let Us Proclaim Freedom,” by Lilian Broca, is part of her Lilith series — “Let Us Proclaim Freedom,” by Lilian Broca, is part of her Lilith series. (photo from Lilian Broca)

Wrong person rebuked

The City of Vancouver’s integrity commissioner this month declared that Mayor Ken Sim breached the city’s code of conduct by criticizing Councilor Sean Orr’s presence and comments at an anti-Israel rally last year.

The report concluded that Sim misused the influence of his office by holding a press conference to criticize Orr over inflammatory social media posts and his attendance at an anti-Israel protest alongside very problematic speakers and organizations. The report said Sim should apologize to Orr or face censure by council….

Canada’s mixed messages

In mid-May, a Winnipeg Free Press article by John Longhurst announced a new online database for research. This open access resource lists the names of German Nazi party members. The article’s target audience: the Manitoba Mennonite community.…

Questions for museum

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ planned exhibit Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present, set to open in June, is cause for concern. While what will be in the exhibit remains to be seen and is likely not yet finally determined, the very announcement that the exhibit will happen sends out wrong signals….

Previous issue’s cover stories

Sharing her testimony

photo - Consolee Nishimwe spoke to an online audience April 21 as part the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre’s In Conversation with a Survivor series — Consolee Nishimwe spoke to an online audience April 21 as part the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre’s In Conversation with a Survivor series. (photo from Consolee Nishimwe)

Fall fight takes leap forward

photo - As Dr. Eytan David looks on, writer Pat Johnson tries out Bertec, a force-sensing platform and virtual reality system that measures how well a patient’s brain integrates signals from three sensory systems — As Dr. Eytan David looks on, writer Pat Johnson tries out Bertec, a force-sensing platform and virtual reality system that measures how well a patient’s brain integrates signals from three sensory systems – vision, the inner ear, and the body’s joint and pressure receptors – to maintain balance. (photo by Audrey Chan)

The balancing of rights

Canada prides itself on being a country where free expression is a core value. We have always differed from our American cousins, though, in recognizing a balance between an “anything goes” right to speech and the contending right of individuals and groups to live free from fear and incitement….

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