Irwin Cotler
Head of Canadian Delegation to the IHRA
Member country since: 2009
Remembrance Days: 27 January (International Holocaust Remembrance Day), 17 January (Raoul Wallenberg Day)
Giuliana Natale (Department of Canadian Heritage) - Deputy Head of Delegation
SuYun Geithner (Department of Canadian Heritage) - Deputy Head of Delegation
Belle Jarniewski (Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada) – Academic Working Group
Dafina Savic (Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre) – Museums and Memorials Working Group
Jody Spiegel (Azrieli Foundation) – Education Working Group
David Matas (B'nai B'rith Canada) – Education Working Group
Yaffa Tegegne – Museums and Memorials Working Group
Michael Levitt (Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre) – Education Working Group
Mathieu Rowsell (Global Affairs Canada) – Academic Working Group
Carson Phillips (Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre) – Education Working Group
Audrey Licop (Montreal Holocaust Museum) – Academic Working Group
Nina Krieger (Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre) – Museums and Memorials Working Group
Canada’s membership of the IHRA is an affirmation at the highest political level of its commitment to Holocaust education, remembrance and research. Canada’s IHRA Chairmanship in 2013 helped raise awareness of the Holocaust through initiatives such as a ‘National Award for Excellence in Holocaust Education’, participation in an international poster design competition, development of a comprehensive research guide to holdings related to the Holocaust in its National Library and Archives, and government funding to help preserve and disseminate Holocaust survivor testimony.