Presbyterian Church (USA) Bears False Witness: Passes Resolution Labeling Israel an “Apartheid State”
Resolution Denounced by Presbyterian Activists
Toronto - Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) acknowledges and accepts the Canadian governor general’s apology for one of herpredecessors having appointed a Nazi veteran to the Order of Canada.
According to news reports, Governor General Mary Simon issued a statement apologizing for awarding the Order of Canada in 1987 toPeter Savaryn, a former chancellor of the University of Alberta and former member of the Nazi Waffen-SS, and declaring that the Golden Jubilee and Diamond Jubilee medals he had received are underexamination.
Savaryn’s membership to the Order of Canada was rescinded in 2017 upon his death, as part of the Constitution of the Order ofCanada.
“Following last month’s debacle in Parliament, in which a Nazi war veteran was honoured, many Canadians are just now beginning torecognize Canada's dark history of first admitting and then harbouring former Nazis and their collaborators,” said Dan Panneton, FSWC’s Director of Allyship and Community Engagement. “As moreinformation emerges on Canadians with past Nazi ties, we expect institutions to address the mistakes made and harm caused.”
Media Contact:
Avital Borisovskyâ¨
Director, Communicationsâ¨
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studiesâ¨
(416) 864-9735 ext. 229
â¨aborisovsky@fswc.ca
Wiesenthal Center To General Assembly World Leaders: “Double Standard To Ignore Iran President’s Slander Of The Holocaust’
September 19, 2006
WIESENTHAL CENTER TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY WORLD LEADERS: “DOUBLE STANDARD TO IGNORE IRAN PRESIDENT’S SLANDER OF THEHOLOCAUST’
Wiesenthal Center Participates in UN High-Level Srebrenica Commemoration, urges “Active and Accurate Remembering as a Key to Genocide Prevention Today”
July 10, 2015
Mark Weitzman, the Director of Government Affairs for the Simon Wiesenthal Center, joined UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, United States...