November 17, 2024
This week, the Government of Canada released the Canadian Handbook on the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism, developed in partnership with the Office of the Special Envoy for Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism.
This handbook is designed to guide anti-racism policies and codes of conduct at schools and universities, educate and inform those who design DEI programs in and outside government agencies, and promote greater understanding in law enforcement circles nationwide.
Read this article from the Alliance of Canadians Combatting Antisemitism's Chair Mark Sandler to learn more about its impact and next steps:
Take Action: What You Can Do
1. Read the handbook so that you are familiar with its contents.
2. Widely distribute the link to the handbook to others, such as your contacts, friends, and family. It is important that the handbook’s contents be familiar not only to members of the Jewish community but also to our allies.
3. Identify a small number of decision-makers, particularly those of particular relevance to you, such as your school trustee, MP, MPP, mayor, city manager, city councillor. And send the handbook link to them with a brief cover note that reflects that the Government of Canada has released the handbook, in partnership with the Office of the Special Envoy, and that you request that the recipients advise you how they and their organizations intend to utilize and implement the handbook to guide their specific policies, programs, and practices.
4. Keep us informed as to how the recipients respond.
Click here or below to access and download the handbook on the official Canada government webpage devoted to the Canadian Handbook on the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism:
