Human rights museum can still admit Nakba exhibit distorts history
When the Canadian War Museum faced similar controversy, it engaged experts and corrected its mistakes The Canadian Human Rights Museum in Winnipeg has been under much scrutiny since the opening of its “Nakba” exhibit on June 27. (The “Nakba” is the controversial term used by Israel detractors to assert that the exodus of 700,000 Arabs from […]
An Edmonton knife attack lays bare a bleak truth: Multiculturalism is a myth if it excludes Canadian Jews
Excluding Jews in Edmonton A recent knife attack on the Israel Pavilion’s kitchen tent at Edmonton’s Heritage Festival ended with a man in police custody and with Jews in Canada once again asking if the “peaceable kingdom,” as Canada was once known, is safe for them any longer. Video footage captured an assailant tearing canvas with a […]
The Nakba: The Consequence of a War
Executive Summary The popular view of the Nakba presented by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights falls short of the facts regarding events in Palestine following the UN partition vote of 1947. This study reviews those events, producing a balanced view of the causes and results of the Nakba and the subsequent status of Palestinian […]
Cambridge missteps in handling of scandal over alleged plagiarism
Prestigious university eroded trust by not immediately investigating allegations against Prof. Jason Arday There is clear and convincing evidence of declining trust in western universities, and restoring it requires that their leaders ask a fundamental question: what does trust require of us? In administration, teaching and research, recruitment and retention, protecting our campuses and all […]
