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    Genocide and R2P: Bittersweet Remembrance by Margot Charles in MIR The McGill International Review

    November 17, 2014

    Remembering one Raoul Wallenberg by Milos Kovacevic in The Concordian

    October 28, 2014

    The Quest for Heroes by Peggy Curran in The Montreal Gazette

    October 28, 2014

    Remembering Raoul Wallenberg, the man who saved 100,000 lives by Josh Hawley in Concordia News

    October 21, 2014

    In Confronting Genocide, Canada Puts Raoul Wallenberg’s Legacy Into Practice by Kyle Matthews for the Canadian International Council

    October 3, 2014

    Raoul Wallenberg: l'héritage d'un héros par Marie Lamensch dans Le Huffington Post

    September 18, 2014

    Seeking the truth about Raoul Wallenberg | Irwin Cotler for The National Post

    July 22, 2014

    Raoul Wallenberg: A humanitarian hero we must never forget | Kyle Matthews for Global News

    July 22, 2014

    Raoul Wallenberg Receives Gold Medal from Congress

    July 15, 2014

    President Obama Speaks About Raoul Wallenberg

    July 15, 2014

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    The Quest for Heroes by Peggy Curran in The Montreal Gazette

    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 Nathan Cirillo’s side, cradling his head and whispering kindnesses while pounding his chest in a desperate, futile, bid to save his life.

    It might not work, but they had to try.

     

    And when the 32-year old shooter made his way into the sanctity of Parliament, prowling the Hall of Honour in a crazed search for fresh prey, he was confronted by what might seem to some an improbable assailant.

     

    Kevin Vickers, 58, 29 years a Mountie but more recently a proud son of the Miramichi who wore the ceremonial black robe of the Sergeant at Arms, emerged from the safety of his office, rolled across the polished floor with the finesse of an action movie stuntman and emptied his service weapon into the intruder who had brought Ottawa to a standstill. 

     

    Inevitably, we ask ourselves what we would have done — wisely run for safe cover, or boldly onto the open slab where a young man charged with standing watch at the

    tomb of long dead soldier now lay dying himself? Read More

     

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