November 17, 2014
Is the word “genocide” becoming a commodity on the market for political influence?
On October 29th, the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) and the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Center (MHMC) held an event titled Raoul Wallenberg: Lessons for...
October 28, 2014
Project aims to teach humanity rather than passivity in the face of atrocity
Concordia will co-host a special panel discussion on Wednesday, Oct. 29 in memory of a Swedish diplomat whose intercession, at personal risk, saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews from Naz...
October 28, 2014
In the minutes after the gunman fired an old family hunting rifle at the beautiful young soldier in the kilt guarding the National War Memorial, a different narrative began to take shape.
A small group of Samaritans — a nurse, a lawyer, fellow soldiers — rushed to Nath...
October 21, 2014
Concordia's Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies commemorates his peacekeeping legacy on October 29.
The life and legacy of the man who saved more than 100,000 Hungarian Jews during World War II will be honoured in Montreal next week with the last i...
October 3, 2014
Jason Kenney, who called Wallenberg “one of the greatest heroes of one of the darkest periods of human history” (Reuters)
2014 is a sobering time for human rights experts and advocates. With the Middle East imploding and human rights abuses being carried out and broadc...
September 18, 2014
De nos jours on peut se verser un seau de glace sur la tête ou alors utiliser le « hashtag » #BringBackOurGirls afin de supporter une cause. Mais aurions-nous le courage de risquer notre vie afin de sauver celles de milliers d'inconnus ?
Du courage, l'homme d'affaires...
July 22, 2014
On January 17, 1945, Swedish hero of the Holocaust Raoul Wallenberg was taken into Soviet custody, never to be released. In the years since, countries around the world — including Russia, however belatedly — have celebrated his heroism, naming streets and schools in hi...
July 22, 2014
If I were to ask most Canadians if they knew who Raoul Wallenberg was, chances are only a small percentage would know the answer. But today offers us a collective moment to reflect on one of the most courageous figures that best represented humanity during the Second...
July 15, 2014
Leaders of the U.S. House and Senate presented a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved the lives of nearly 100,000 Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.
July 15, 2014
US President Barack Obama commemorates the life and legacy of Raoul Wallenberg.