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🇹🇩Special Envoy - Preserving Holocaust Remembrance & Combatting Antisemitism / EnvoyĂ©e spĂ©ciale🇹🇩mĂ©moire de l’Holocauste & lutte contre l’antisĂ©mitisme

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Deborah Lyons
9 months
Many Canadians want to help combat antisemitism but don’t have the tools to do so. So today, I am proud to share the newly released Canadian Handbook on the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism, developed by the Government of Canada in partnership with my office, to serve as a.
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Deborah Lyons
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C'est avec une grande tristesse que j'annonce ma démission du poste d'envoyée spéciale pour la préservation de la mémoire de l'Holocauste et la lutte contre l'antisémitisme. J'ai beaucoup aimé ce poste, qui m'a apporté de nombreux défis, quelques profondes déceptions, mais aussi,.
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Deborah Lyons
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It is with a heavy heart that I announce my retirement from the position of Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism. A position that I loved dearly but brought forth so many challenges, some deep disappointments, but in the end, some real.
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Deborah Lyons
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Merci au @globeandmail et Ă  la journaliste @StephanieLevitz d’avoir mis en lumiĂšre le rapport mandatĂ© par notre bureau sur l'antisĂ©mitisme dans les Ă©coles de la maternelle Ă  la 12e annĂ©e en Ontario. Les enfants vont Ă  l’école pour apprendre, pas pour ĂȘtre la cible de la haine —.
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Deborah Lyons
6 days
Thanks to @globeandmail and reporter @StephanieLevitz for highlighting the report the SE Office office commissioned after repeated concerns brought to us by concerned parents. Children go to school to learn, not to be targets of hate and harassment. Jewish children, as all.
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Deborah Lyons
10 days
En tant que fiĂšre membre du conseil d’administration du Dinah Project, j’invite les Canadiens et Canadiennes et la communautĂ© internationale Ă  prendre connaissance du plus rĂ©cent rapport publiĂ© sur les attentats terroristes perpĂ©trĂ©s par le Hamas le 7 octobre 2023. Cette analyse.
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Deborah Lyons
10 days
As a proud Board Member of The Dinah Project, I urge Canadians and the world to read its latest report on the Hamas terrorist attack of October 7 2023. This comprehensive legal & evidentiary analysis confirms what too many still deny: that sexual violence was used
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Deborah Lyons
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Je suis rassurĂ©e de voir @bcgovnews augmenter le financement de son unitĂ© spĂ©cialisĂ©e contre les crimes haineux — une mesure urgente alors que la violence motivĂ©e par la haine monte partout au Canada. Les personnes juives reprĂ©sentent moins de 1 % de la population, mais sont.
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Deborah Lyons
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Encouraged to see @bcgovnews expand funding for their dedicated hate crime unit—an urgent step as hate-fuelled violence rises across Canada. Jews make up <1% of the population but face 70% of all reported religiously motivated hate. In B.C., 62% of Jewish residents have.
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Deborah Lyons
16 days
Parcourir le Monument national de l’Holocauste Ă  Ottawa avec la nouvelle appli iWalk est une expĂ©rience bouleversante et profondĂ©ment Ă©mouvante — mĂȘme pour celles et ceux qui l’ont dĂ©jĂ  visitĂ©. L’application prĂ©sente des tĂ©moignages de survivants canadiens et un contexte.
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Deborah Lyons
16 days
Walking through Ottawa’s National Holocaust Monument with the new iWalk app is a powerful and deeply moving experience—even for those who have visited the Monument before. The app features Canadian survivor testimony and rich historical context that bring the monument to life.
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Deborah Lyons
19 days
What a well-deserved honour. Mazel tov Nate, and thank you for continuing to share your story. Quel honneur bien mérité. Mazel tov Nate, et merci de continuer à partager ton histoire.
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Holocaust survivor and human rights advocate Nate Leipciger has been appointed to the Order of Canada. Announced on June 30, 2025, this prestigious honour recognizes his lifelong dedication to Holocaust education and his powerful efforts in promoting understanding and human
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Deborah Lyons
20 days
🍁 Joyeux 158e anniversaire, Canada! 🇹🇩. Alors que nous cĂ©lĂ©brons la FĂȘte du Canada, nous rendons Ă©galement hommage Ă  la longue et fiĂšre histoire de la vie juive sur ce territoire — une histoire qui a commencĂ© bien avant la ConfĂ©dĂ©ration. En 1832, les Juifs du Bas-Canada ont.
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Deborah Lyons
20 days
🍁 Happy 158th birthday, Canada! 🇹🇩.As we celebrate Canada Day, we also honour the long and proud history of Jewish life on this land—one that began even before Confederation. In 1832, Jewish Canadians were granted full political rights in Lower Canada—25 years before similar.
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Deborah Lyons
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Nous regrettons la perte de Karen Diamond z”l, 81 ans, dĂ©cĂ©dĂ©e le 25 juin des graves brĂ»lures qu’elle a subit lors de l’attaque au cocktail Molotov le 1er juin Ă  Boulder, au Colorado, visant une marche communautaire pacifique << Run for their Lives >> destinĂ©e Ă  sensibiliser Ă  la.
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Deborah Lyons
20 days
We mourn the loss of Karen Diamond z”l, 81, who succumbed June 25 to the severe burn injuries she sustained in the June 1 Molotov cocktail assault on a peaceful "Run for their Lives" community walk in Boulder, Colorado to raise awareness about the remaining Israeli hostages.
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Deborah Lyons
21 days
Merci au @OttawaPolice pour avoir agi rapidement afin d’enquĂȘter sur le vandalisme antisĂ©mite du Monument national de l’Holocauste. Ce monument est un lieu sacrĂ© — un espace de mĂ©moire et de deuil, de rĂ©flexion et de dĂ©termination. Il rappelle Ă  tous les Canadiens les 6 millions.
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Deborah Lyons
21 days
Thank you to @OttawaPolice for acting swiftly to investigate the antisemitic vandalism of the National Holocaust Monument. This monument is sacred ground—a place of memory and mourning, of reflection and resolve. It reminds all Canadians of the 6 million Jews murdered in the.
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Ottawa Police
23 days
The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) has charged a 46-year-old Ottawa man, following an investigation of the June 9, 2025, vandalism of the National Holocaust Monument, located at 1918 ChaudiĂšre Crossing in Ottawa. ~.À la lumiĂšre d’une enquĂȘte portant sur un
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Deborah Lyons
1 month
Aujourd’hui, c’est la JournĂ©e internationale de la lutte contre le discours de haine. Depuis les attentats terroristes du Hamas le 7 octobre, les communautĂ©s juives au Canada et ailleurs dans le monde font face Ă  une inquiĂ©tante montĂ©e de l’antisĂ©mitisme — y compris.
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