by Ellison | Oct 27, 2020 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 27, 2020 TORONTO, ON – Today, the Government of Ontario became the first province in Canada to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, as endorsed by consensus at the 2016 IHRA...
by Ellison | Oct 12, 2020 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 12, 2020 TORONTO, ON – Today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook’s hate speech policy will be updated to ban Holocaust denial. The announcement acknowledged the harm caused by minimizing or denying the horrors of...
by Ellison | Aug 13, 2020 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 13, 2020 OTTAWA, ON – Today the State of Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed to the full normalization of relations between the two countries. Delegates from Israel and the UAE will meet in the coming weeks to sign bilateral...
by Ellison | Aug 10, 2020 | CIJA Publications, Publications
Dear Minister, As representatives of communities that have been victims of genocide, we are writing to urge the Government of Canada to condemn the government of China for its horrific human rights abuses against the Uyghur minority and demand that these abuses stop...
by admin | Jul 23, 2020 | Antisemitism, CIJA Publications, Publications
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by admin | Jul 22, 2020 | CIJA Publications, Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 22, 2020 TORONTO, ON— Today, the Government of Ontario announced a $1.7 million investment in community-based programs to combat hate-motivated crimes over the next two years. In partnership with law enforcement, the program will enable...
