Christian Agbobli
Ph.D., Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Christian Agbobli holds a Ph.D. in communication. He is Professor of international and intercultural communication at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada. Associated with the Unesco-Bell Chair in communication and international development, Christian Agbobli is co-founder and a member of UQAM’s Research Group on International and Intercultural Communication (URGIIC). His research is targeted towards international communication and development as well as toward the role of the media in intercultural relationships. As a member of Tolerance.ca, Dr Agbobli is responsible for partnerships with universities and for student participation.
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Sami Aldeeb
Docteur en droit (Fribourg)
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Suisse, chrétien d'origine palestinienne, doctorat en droit (Fribourg) et Habilitation à diriger des recherches (Bordeaux). Auteur de nombreux livres et articles. Directeur du centre de droit arabe et musulman.
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Marilyne Alie
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Marilyne Alie is a student at Vanier College in Montreal.
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Sami Aoun
Université de Sherbrooke
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professeur titulaire, département d'histoire et de sciences politiques, Université de Sherbrooke.
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Homa Arjomand
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Contributor, resides in Toronto, Canada.
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Victor Armony
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This contributor has no description at this time.
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Antoine Basbous
Director, Observatoire des pays arabes
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Mr Basbous is the Director of l'Observatoire des pays arabes.
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Gary Bauslaugh
Writer
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Gary Bauslaugh was Editor of Humanist Perspectives from 2003 to 2008. Previously he was VP of Instruction and Planning at what is now Vancouver Island University and CEO of a BC Provincial agency for post-secondary educational planning and reform. He has written for many publications, and has a book on Robert Latimer - The Wages of Mercy - coming out in 2010.
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Esther Benbassa
directeur d'études à l’Ecole pratique des hautes études (Sorbonne)
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Esther Benbassa is a specialist of Jewish History. She teaches at the Sorbonne (Paris) and is the Founding Director of the Alberto Benveniste Center devoted to Sephardi Studies.
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Djemila Benhabib
author
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Djemila Benhabib is the author of À Contre-coran (VLB). She lives in Montreal.
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Alain Bentolila
Université Paris-V-Sorbonne
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professeur de linguistique, Université Paris-V-Sorbonne.
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Ulysse Bergeron
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journalist.
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Charles Blattberg
Université de Montréal
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Charles Blattberg is Associate Professor of Political Philosophy at the Department of Political Science, Université de Montréal.
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Tara Bognar
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Tara Bognar is a graduate of McGill's Faculty of Law with an academic background in religious studies and lives in Montréal, Québec.
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Marcel Boyer
Montreal Economic Institute
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Marcel Boyer is a senior economist at the Montreal Economic Institute.
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Connie Byrne
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journalist.
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Jean-Pierre Canot
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This contributor has no description at this time.
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Danielle Cantave
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Contributor
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Serge Cantin
UQTR
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Philosophy department.
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Neil Caplan
Ph.D., London School of Economics and Political Science
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Christiane Carrère
professor
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Teacher at a college in Montreal, Canada.
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Derek Cassoff
B.A., Concordia University, journalism
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journalist.
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Alexandre Cayla
Political Science student, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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student.
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Mounia Chadi
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journalist.
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Hejer Charf
filmmaker
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Hejer Charf is a Montreal filmmaker.
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Yvan Cliche
M.Sc. Political Science, Université de Montréal; MBA, Concordia University.
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Contributor.
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Sylvain Comeau
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journalist.
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Bill Conrod
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Bill Conrod, S BSc 62, M.Ed., has published Memories of Snowdon in the 50’s, a collection of reminiscences and photos of the Montreal neighbourhood from 90 contributors.
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Carole Côté
présidente, Fondation Nicole Dauphinais
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Carole Côté is the founder of la fondation Nicole Dauphinais.
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J. (Jean) Kazimiera Cottam
PhD
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Contributor
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Frédérique David
Tolerance.ca® Contributor
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Frédérique David is originally from France. Ms David has been residing in Quebec for the past fifteen years and works as a freelance journalist.
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Anna de Aguayo
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anthropology professor.
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Renaud de Rochebrune
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This contributor has no description at this time.
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Frédéric Denoncourt
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journalist.
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Jean-Marc Desanti
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Contributor based in France.
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Marine Dormion
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researcher.
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Nathalie Ducharme, Ph. D.
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Nathalie Ducharme is a member of the research group Archéologie du littéraire au Québec at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
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Julie Dumontier
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Julie Dumontier is a Tolerance.ca columnist. Julie writes on human rights and is presently completing a Law Degree at l'Université du Québec à Montréal.
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Georges Dussault
M.Sc. Political Science, Université de Montréal
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Georges Dussault is an intercultural relations consultant who has worked in the field of financial and tax planning since the early 1990s for a firm unaffiliated with the major financial institutions. He is presently a member of the electoral college of the Chambre de la sécurité financière. Mr. Dussault is particularly interested in raising awareness within the business community toward cultural diversity. Mr Dussault is a member of Tolerance.ca.
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Nathalie Elgrabli
Economist, Montreal Economic Institute
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Nathalie Elgrably is an economist at the Montreal Economic Institute and author of La face cachée des politiques publiques.
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Aziz Enhaili
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Aziz Enhaili is a contributor to the Middle East Section of LEAP/E 2020 (Laboratoire Européen d'Anticipation Politique/Europe 2020), a leading European Think Tank. He is the author of three essays of which two have been published in Barry Rubin's collective works, Political Islam (Londres: Routledge, 2006) & A Guide to Islamist Movements (M.E. Sharpe, New York, 2010). Mr. Enhaili signs a regular column on Tolerance.ca.
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Joël Fayard
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This contributor has no description at this time.
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Masri Feki
president, Middle East Pact (MEP)
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Masri Feki is the author of several books on the Middle East. His most recent work « Israël, géopolitique et enjeux » is published by Studyrama (Paris, 2008).
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David Fitoussi
Writer
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Writer living in Israel, author of La bar-mitsva de Samuel, published in Montreal, in 2009.
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Hélène Flautre
Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Human Rights
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Hélène Flautre is the Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Human Rights at the European Parliament.
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Eric Folot
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Contributor living in Québec, Canada.
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Caroline Fourest
Editor-in-chief, Prochoix.org
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Editor-in-chief, Prochoix.org.
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Mireille Galanti
M.A., History, specialization in art history, Université de Montréal
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Mireille Galanti has taught at Vanier College in Montreal. Her courses formed part of the Humanities program and their content took into account the specific ethnic and cultural diversity of Vanier College. A native of Alexandria, Egypt, Mireille Galanti is particularly interested in the values of tolerance and open-mindedness that characterized Alexandria's cosmopolitan society in the first part of the 20th century. As a member of Tolerance.ca, Ms Galanti is responsible for organizing partnerships with public libraries at the municipal, national and international level.
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Linda Gauthier
Founder, RAPLIQ
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Now retired, Linda Gauthier is the founder of RAPLIQ (Regroupement des activistes pour l'inclusion au Québec).
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Sharon Gubbay Helfer
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This contributor has no description at this time.
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Gabriel Hakizimana
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Contributor based in Quebec, Canada.
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Sarah Harding
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This contributor has no description at this time.
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Sophie Jama
PhD in Anthropology
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Sophie Jama teaches at l'Université du Québec à Montréal and is the author of several books, namely La nuit de songes de René Descartes, l'Histoire juive de Montaigne and Rêve et culture, which was published in 2009, by Liber, in Montréal. Sophie Jama writes a regular column on Tolerance.ca.
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Irène Johnson
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This contributor has no description at this time.
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Osée Kamga
Ph.D. (UQAM), University of Sudbury, Canada
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Dr. Osée Kamga is a professor at the Département de journalisme et relations publiques of the University of Sudbury and a research associate at the Laboratoire des média audiovisuels pour l’étude des cultures et sociétés (LAMACS) of the University of Ottawa (Canada). His fields of interest cover social and media communications, matters relating to tolerance, and international relations. He is the author of the essay Et si le développement nous trompait. Le modèle ivoirien en point de mire. As a fiction writer, Dr Osée Kamga has published Le licencié (2006), La tourterelle noire (2004) and Jacques le narrateur (2000). Dr Kamga is a member of Tolerance.ca. He is responsible for establishing partnerships with francophone institutions and universities of Northern Ontario.
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Ahmed Kaoua
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This contributor has no description at this time.
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Abubakar N. Kasim
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Abubakar N. Kasim lives in Toronto, Canada.
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Naïm Kattan
novelist
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Naïm Kattan is a Canadian novelist, essayist and critic of Iraqi Jewish origin. He was born in Baghdad, Iraq. He is the author of 40 books, translated into several languages. In 1983, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1990 he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. In 2002 he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, for his lifelong contribution to international francophone culture. In 2004 he received the Prix Athanase-David. In 2007, Naim Kattan received the Hervé Deluen Prize, an award instituted by a decision of the French Academy to honour authors and institutions whose work contribute to the promotion of the French language. Mr Kattan lives in Montreal. His new novel Le Veilleur has just been published in Montreal (Hurtubise). He writes a regular column on Tolerance.ca.
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Gaspard-Hubert Lonsi Koko
président, Union du Congo
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Gaspard-Hubert Lonsi Koko is the President of Union du Congo.
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François La Bissonnière
B.A., Literature, Université du Québec à Montréal
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François La Bissonnière teaches Quebec and French literature at the Collège de Saint-Laurent, in Montreal, in a social and educational environment recognized for its ethnic and cultural diversity. Mr. La Bissonnière has also taught French as a Second Language to Indochinese students. He is a theatre lover and has conducted theatre workshops aimed at the staff of a seniors' residential centre. Mr La Bissonnière is a member of Tolerance.ca.
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Guy Labissonnière
journalist
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Guy Labissonnière is a journalist and photographer.
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Louise Labissonnière
M.Sc., Community Health, Université de Montréal
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Louise Labissonnière is a consultant in the field of health and social services. Louise Labissonnière has several years of experience in management within the Quebec health and social services sector. Among her interests are the international cooperation and the organization of health services in multicultural neighbourhoods. She has taught at Université de Montréal and Université du Québec à Hull. As a member of Tolerance.ca, Louise Labissonnière acts as an adviser, responsible for planning and special events.
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Isabelle Laperrière
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This contributor has no description at this time.
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Mohamed Lotfi
journaliste et réalisateur radio
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Mohamed Lotfi est journaliste et réalisateur radio de l'émission ''Souverains anonymes'' avec les détenus de la prison de Bordeaux à Montréal.
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Roberto Malini
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Co-founder, EveryOne Group, Italy
Image: it.wikipedia.org
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Pedro-Nel Márquez
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This contributor has no description at this time.
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Bruno Marquis
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Tolerance.ca contributor.
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David Matas
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David Matas is a Winnipeg lawyer.
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Ramona Mayon
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Contributor resides in San Francisco, USA.
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Monia Mazigh
Ph.D.,Financial Econ. McGill Uiversity
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Monia Mazigh holds a Ph.D. in Financial economics from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Monia Mazigh is a human rights defender and the author of Hope And Despair: My Struggle To Free My Husband, Maher Arar, McClelland & Stewart, 2009. She writes a regular column on Tolerance.ca.
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Alain Médam
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writer.
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Kristina Lall and Melanie Yeh
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students.
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Bjarne Melkevik
Professor, Law Faculty, Université Laval, Québec
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Bjarne Melkevik, L.L.D. Paris II, professor at the Faculty of Law, University Laval (Quebec), is a well-known author in legal philosophy, legal epistemology and legal methodology. His latest published books include “Horizons of legal philosophy” (1998 and 2004), “Reflections on legal philosophy” (2000), “Rawls or Habermas? A question of legal philosophy” and “Juridical-philosophical considerations” (2005). In the realm of Tolerance he has recently published the book “Tolerance and legal modernity” (2006). Dr. Bjarne Melkevik is a member of Tolerance.ca
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Giulio Meotti
Journalist, Il Foglio
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Giulio Meotti is a journalist at Il Foglio, Italy
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Annabelle Mimouni
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Contributor
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Taïeb Moalla
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Journalist.
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Denis Monière
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professeur, Université de Montréal
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Maryam Namazie
Iran Solidarity
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Coordinator, Iran Solidarity, Based in London, UK.
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Lise Noël
Historian
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Contributor. Lise Noël is the author of L'intolérance. Une problématique générale, Montréal, Boréal, 1989, 308 p.
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Léon Ouaknine
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Orhan Pamuk
writer
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Nobel Prize in literature, 2006.
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Laurence Parent
researcher
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Laurence Parent is a researcher in Disability Studies. She is based in Montreal , Quebec, Canada.
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François Piazza
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Writer living in Montreal.
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Harold Pinter
playwright
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Nobel Prize in literature, 2005.
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Marie-Michelle Poisson
Mouvement laïque québécois
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Marie-Michelle Poisson is the president du Mouvement laïque québécois
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Hugh Pope
International Crisis Group
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Turkey/Cyprus Project Director
Istanbul, Turkey
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Caroline Potvin
B. Pharm., M. Sc. Hospital Pharmacy, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Caroline Potvin is a pharmacist with a Master’s degree in hospital pharmacy. After working as a hospital pharmacist, she has moved on to the pharmaceutical industry where she worked both in Medical Information and Health Economics. She is also the Secretary of the Board of Directors of Pharmacists Without Borders Canada (also known as Pharmaciens Sans Frontières Canada, or PSF-Canada) and has a keen interest for international cooperation. As a member of Tolerance.ca, Ms Potvin is responsible for etablishing partnerships in the field of international development.
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Miriam Rabkin
Contributor to Tolerance.ca®
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Miriam Rabkin holds a Masters Degree in Contemporary History from the Université de Montréal and lives in Montréal, Québec.
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Yakov M. Rabkin
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professor, Université de Montréal.
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Nigel Rapport
Director, Centre for Cosmopolitan Studies, Concordia University, Montreal
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Professor Nigel Rapport is the Founding Director of Concordia’s Centre for Cosmopolitan Studies, and Canada Research Chair in Globalisation, Citizenship and Justice.
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Elatiana Razafi
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This contributor has no description at this time.
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Sandrine Ricci
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This contributor has no description at this time.
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Theodoros Rizos
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This contributor has no description at this time.
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Jean-François Roberge
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This contributor has no description at this time.
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Nelly Roffé Guanich
Nelly Roffé a enseigné les langues et la littérature dans un collège de Montréal.
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Elle se consacre à présent à la traduction littéraire et à la poésie, elle donne également des conférences sur la poésie et la littérature juive francophone. Elle est membre de l'Association des Traducteurs et Traductrices littéraires du Canada.
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Anick Roschi
poet
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Anick Roschi is a writer.
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Myriam Rose
Liberal Arts student
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Myriam Rose is a Liberal Arts student living in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Howard Rotberg
Lawyer and writer
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Howard Rotberg is a Canadian lawyer who authored the novel, The Second Catastrophe: A Novel about a Book and its Author (Mantua Books- Canada only), and the book of essays, Second Generation Radical: The Struggle against the Second Holocaust. He also develops affordable rental housing for the working poor.
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Uri Savir
President of the Peres Center for Peace
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Ambassador Uri Savir was Israel's Chief Negotiator of the Oslo Accords and is today the President of the Peres Center for Peace.
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Stephen Scheinberg
contributor
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This contributor has no description at this time.
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Dominique Schnapper
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This contributor has no description at this time.
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Anne-Marie Sicotte
writer
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Anne-Marie Sicotte is a best-selling author. She lives in Quebec, Canada. Anne-Marie has written extensively on Gratien Gélinas and has published several books, including a biography of Marie Gérin-Lajoie and the historic saga Les Accoucheuses.
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Matthieu Sossoyan
professor
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Teaches at a college in Montreal, Canada
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Ftouh Souhail
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Contributor, lives in Tunis, Tunisia.
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James Stephan-Usypchuk
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James Stephan-Usypchuk is a Psychology student at Dawson College, an alumni of Loyola High School, recipient of " John Paul II Award For Perseverance" from Loyola High School, Active fundraiser for Research into Childrens' Diseases (35, 000$ donated to date)
James is extremely passionate about Hockey, more specifically the Montreal Canadiens, he has produced several Youtube videos about the Montreal Canadiens, that have received several thousand hits. He also does a lot of research pertaining to the Montreal Canadiens as well as the NHL, and considers himself an expert on the subject.
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Andrew Stroehlein
International Crisis Group
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Communications Director, International Crisis Group
Brussels, Belgium
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Véronique Talbot
student
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Student, Quebec, Canada.
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Michel Taubmann
Journaliste à Arte.
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IMichel Taubmann est aussi le rédacteur en chef de la revue
Le Meilleur des mondes (éditions Denoël).
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Victor Teboul
Ph.D., Université de Montréal, Editor, Tolerance.ca®
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Victor Teboul is a writer and the founding editor of Tolerance.ca ®, The Tolerance Webzine. Dr. Teboul is the author of several books and numerous articles. He was a member of the Jury of Canada’s 2008 Governor General’s Literary Awards, for non-fiction.
Victor Teboul's books can be purchased on Tolerance.ca, at Amazon.ca, at Gallimard and other bookstores in Montreal or by contacting directly the author victorteboul@tolerance.ca
Dr. Teboul has also written and hosted several radio series broadcast on Radio-Canada's cultural network. Dr. Teboul has taught literature at a college, in Quebec, Canada, and history at l'Université du Québec à Montréal. He was a member of the Conseil supérieur de l'éducation and the Quebec Press Council.
Victor Teboul holds several diplomas and a Ph.D. from Université de Montréal.
He is the president of Tolerance.ca® Inc which publishes the Tolerance.ca® Webzine.
Please click on image to see second photograph - Victor Teboul at the International Montreal Writer's Exhibition, "Je lis Montréal", Montréal Book Capital of the World, summer 2005. Photo © L. Labissonnière.
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Richard Tremblay
choregrapher, Montreal
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Richard Tremblay is a choregrapher and lives in Montreal.
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Me Pierre Trudel
Professor, Centre de recherche en droit public, Université de Montréal
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Pierre Trudel is a Professor at the Centre de recherche en droit public of l'Université de Montréal.
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Venus Vinod Upadhayaya
journalist
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Venus Vinod Upadhayaya is a journalist, poet and painter from India. She loves working with the indigenous communities and tribes and is currently working to develop 'Ritham' - Center for Indigenous knowledge systems. Ritham in sanskrit means 'The truth'.
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Armando Valladares
Former US ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
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Armando Valladares, former Cuban political prisoner, was the US ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva, during the Reagan and Bush governments.
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Tijdo van der Zee
freelance journalist
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Tijdo van der Zee is a freelance journalist based in Holland.
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Mair Verthuy
Distinguished Professor Emerita, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Mair VERTHUY, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Concordia University, is well known for her struggles for the advancement of women and for general social justice. She was the first Principal of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia and organised in 1982 a world-wide ten day conference on Teaching and Research related to Women, attended by participants from 82 countries, mostly from outside the Western block.
In all her work, whether literary or social, Mair has always been passionately interested in intercultural issues and specializes in francophone literatures mainly by women. She is a member of l'Ordre des palmes Académiques (France) and in 1980 was awarded the Governor General's Prize in honour of the Person's Affair.
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Louis-Etienne Vigneault-Dubois
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This contributor has no description at this time.
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Ruth, R. Wisse
Harvard University
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Ruth R. Wisse is Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard College.
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Marc-Alain Wolf
Psychiatrist
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Marc-Alain Wolf is a psychiatrist and holds a Ph.D. in philosophy.
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Alan Yancovitch
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This contributor has no description at this time.
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Rajan Zed
president of Universal Society of Hinduism
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President of Universal Society of Hinduism, Nevada, USA
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