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Simon Fraser University assistant professor Dr. Lilach Marom gave a lecture May 27 called Where is Antisemitism in EDI Discourses in Canadian Higher Education? How Did We Get Here, And How Can We Move Forward? Prevailing trends in equity, diversity…
Upstanders Canada held a nationwide webinar last month to introduce a toolkit aimed at confronting antisemitism in the various forms it may manifest – particularly in the inherent biases people may not be aware they carry. At the June 23…
Jewish Addiction Community Services (JACS) and Jewish Family Services (JFS) have accepted bylaw changes allowing for service integration, in order to expand addiction support and services within the Jewish community. “JACS and JFS have a long history of collaboration in serving…
The JFS Moishe Farm Project garden at Richmond Jewish Day School. (photo from RJDS) Richmond Jewish Day School and Jewish Family Services have embarked on a new initiative, the JFS Moishe Farm Project. At the back of the school, there…
Israeli writer Gil Zohar (standing, seventh from the left) with other 2024 Rockower Award winners in Nashville, Tenn., last month. (photo by Bill Motchan) At the annual conference of the American Jewish Press Association, which took place in Nashville, Tenn.,…
Pat Johnson and Cynthia Ramsay after their presentation about the Jewish Independent at Congregation Har El’s Seniors Lunch July 17. The pair were asked to participate by lunch organizers Tim Newman and Kala Solway. They each received a certificate of…
In the first few years of 1900, my paternal grandparents – who had been married since 1886 – came to a decision. Economic life in Pinsk was too challenging and a drastic lifestyle change was required. So, in 1905, my…
ממשלת קנדה הכריזה על משמרות המהפכה של איראן כארגון טרור. זאת לאחר שבמשך שנים הממשלה של ג’סטין טרודו סירבה לקדם את המהלך למרות לחצים מצד הקהילה האיראנית במדינה לאור זאת בנקים בקנדה יוכלו להקפיא נכסים השייכים לפעילי הארגון, והמשטרה המקומית…
A screenshot of the Anti-Oppression Educators Collective’s resources page. The AOEC is a provincial specialist association of the BC Teachers’ Federation. A group of BC teachers has filed a complaint against their union with the BC Human Rights Tribunal, alleging…
The weekly rally at Vancouver Art Gallery marked nine months since the pogrom of Oct. 7. (photo by Anna-Mae Wiesenthal) Selina Robinson, the former BC cabinet minister whose planned speech at Vancouver’s weekly rally for the hostages was canceled over…
