Tolerance.ca
Director / Editor: Victor Teboul, Ph.D.
Looking inside ourselves and out at the world
Independent and neutral with regard to all political and religious orientations, Tolerance.ca® aims to promote awareness of the major democratic principles on which tolerance is based.
By Amnesty International
The Rwandan authorities must immediately and unconditionally release eight political opposition members on trial for taking part in a training on non-violent action and campaign planning, as well as a journalist facing prosecution for planning to cover one of their events, Amnesty International said ahead of their trial hearing scheduled today. The eight politicians — […] The post Rwanda: Authorities must immediately release detained journalist and members of political opposition appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]> (Full Story)
By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
It was a story that pulled at the heartstrings. In 2018, an orca called Tahlequah was seen dragging the corpse of her newborn baby calf for 17 days, over 1,000 miles along the coast of North America. Eventually, Talequah let the baby go (happily, she’s had another baby since), but her behaviour left behind lots of questions among scientists about grief in animals.
(Full Story)
By Chloe Preece, Associate Professor in Marketing, ESCP Business School
Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral is set to reopen more than five years after a devastating fire. The blaze and its aftermath have fueled debates about the funding of France’s cultural heritage.The Conversation (Full Story)
By Yannick B. Vallee, B.A. Political Science, Member of Tolerance.ca®
The 2024 presidential election was all about a return to normalcy in a post Covid Era; Americans wanted to forget about Covid, inflation, economic uncertainty, and vaccine mandates. President Donald Trump campaigned on the economy, immigration, and the war in Ukraine. Americans were fed up with pouring billions of dollars into the Ukrainian-Russian War without any end to the war in sight. Moreover, Americans were told that they needed to fight climate change at the expense of the U.S. fossil fuel industry. Americans reject this idea of investing everything they have in the green energy sector alone. They want to diversify their energy sector to enjoy more competitive prices. Trump promised to lower energy costs by increasing the oil supply in the economy. Moreover, Trump vowed to end the Ukrainian-Russian war within 24 hours through a negotiated deal. This promise might seem unachievable, but Americans no longer want to spend in the Ukrainian-Russian War. In 1980, Republican candidate Ronald Reagan told Americans: ¨ Are you better off today than you were four years ago?¨ On election day, Americans answered this question by electing Ronald Reagan and by ending the Carter era. Trump’s election is a historical repeat of the 1980 Presidential Election, when a majority of voters answered that question by voting for change in 2024; they rejected the inflationary era, the vaccine mandates, vokeism, the Russia-Ukraine War, big government, and they wanted a return to normalcy. (Full Story)
By Kaitlyn Waring and Hanane Lahder

Farmers in Morocco are experiencing unprecedented challenges brought about by extreme droughts, high temperatures, and other impacts of climate change. The High Atlas Foundation (HAF) has developed long-standing projects focused on organic fruit and nut tree agriculture in order to adapt to these conditions while enabling farming families to grow, harvest, process, and sell endemic agricultural products. (Full Story)
Every year for several weeks before November 11, a field of scarlet poppies appears on coat lapels across Canada. This wearing of the poppy has a complex history ... (Full Story)
By Dr. Göran Adamson, Associate Professor in Sociology, PhD,  London School of Economics

Sweden has undergone a radical transformation in recent years, marked by surging violent crime, political tensions, and cultural clashes. The source of this transformation? A dangerous combination of mass migration and the ideology of multiculturalism. (Full Story)
By Yossef Ben-Meir, Marrakech

The commitment of Kamala Harris’ U.S. Presidential campaign to create an opportunity economy—one that lowers costs and strengthens opportunities for working families and small businesses—has established goals that are consistent with observed outcomes of participatory approaches to community development around the world. (Full Story)
By Victor Teboul, Ph.D., Editor, Tolerance.ca®

Private Collection. Victor Teboul at UQAM's Symposium, May 2018.

Photo by Gunther Gamper.  © Tolerance.ca Inc.


Montreal Jews rely on non-Jewish academics, writers and filmmakers to present and even explain, in French, Jewish realities to the Quebecois public and within Francophone academia. The considerable number of publications on Jewish themes, both in fiction and non-fiction, written in French by non-Jews is certainly unequaled in the Francophone world and most likely in the West, contends writer Victor Teboul. But do these works encourage or dissuade critical assessment of Quebec and of Quebec–Jewish relations, asks Tolerance.ca’s editor, whose most recent book also questions Quebecois identity. (Full Story)
By Miriam Rabkin, Contributor to Tolerance.ca®
Valentine’s Day rituals often begin in the classroom, where the holiday serves both as an enjoyable arts and crafts activity and as a pedagogical tool, teaching children about structuring love and friendship into a concrete, prescribed form. The ritualization of love continues throughout our lives, not only on Valentine’s Day, but through weddings, anniversaries, and Mother’s and Father’s Day. (Full Story)
By Osire Glacier, Professor, Department of History, Athabasca University
In an article, professor and researcher Fatima Sadiqi recalls working with female colleagues to establish Morocco’s first Center for Studies and Research on Women in 1996.  Their success in launching the Center led Sadiqi and her co-founders to create the country’s first Gender Studies Graduate Unit in 2000.  At the time, Sadiqi was teaching at the University of Fès where, like most female professors,  she confronted the glass ceiling hindering the advancement of women’s academic careers. Sadiqi remembers a doctoral student who was looking for a thesis advisor.  After opening the door to Sadiqi’s office, the student discovered that “Dr. Sadiqi” was, in fact, a woman; the student excused himself immediately and left.  This doctoral candidate missed an opportunity given that Sadiqi’s partner, Moha Ennaji, whose professional background mirrors her own, has claimed that Sadiqi works more than he does. (Full Story)
By Georgy Poroskoun

The mercenaries led by businessman and former underworld figure Yevgeny Prigozhin surprised the world with their mutiny and their threats to reach Moscow in an armed column. Who is Prigozhin, whose name is now familiar to all of us? How will this historic event affect the stability of the Russian establishment? And at this point, should Jerusalem look differently at its relations with Moscow? (Full Story)
L-R: Director Paul Koidis with Alice Cooper, Joe Perry & Johnny Depp. Bulgaria Film Festival, June 2023
BBAM! Gallery is proud to present the exclusive Montreal premiere of Essential Noise Volume 1 - a new and immersive film and music experience telling the story of the 1960s Toronto Yorkville music scene (the coffeehouse/folk era). The Montreal screening will be an exclusive director's cut with emphasis on Leonard Cohen's influence on the era. (Full Story)
By Pnina Sharvit Baruch and Udi Dekel

The Israeli government prefers to undermine the rule of law, violate Israel’s commitments to the United States, and pay the price for the escalation of terrorism in the northern West Bank in order to advance the ideology of the radical right. (Full Story)
ALBERTA – On May 29, Alberta celebrated an important milestone for women's representation in Canadian politics. The results of the Alberta provincial election revealed a notable increase in the number of women joining Alberta's Legislative Assembly, marking a momentous step forward in achieving gender equality in political leadership. (Full Story)
By Victor Teboul, Ph.D., Editor, Tolerance.ca®
Dear Josh,

You are always picking on Quebec’s language laws because you know little or no French. Have you ever written to your readers about a French film or a French book that you liked ? I remember how you praised Michael Applebaum’s command of the French language when he was serving as our Interim Mayor, while everybody laughed at his broken street French. (Full Story)
By Joyce Wayne, Writer
We need only look as far as Canada’s residential school tragedy to observe the results of religion’s role in educating children and how macabre the outcomes can be when the state teams up with organized religion. (Full Story)
London, U.K.  Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning British monarch whose rule spanned seven decades, died on Thursday, September 8, 2022, at the age of 96, Buckingham Palace has announced. (Full Story)
By Leon Benbaruk, B.A, M.A
MORNINGS IN JENIN  by Susan ABULHAWA is a novel  reflecting the reality of the  Palestinian plight and suffering. Its original title in 2002 was THE SCAR OF DAVID   in 2002 which  becomes  relevant in the story. The SCAR of David is probably a metaphor for the Star of David. The book is well researched and  is also a personal account . (Full Story)
A lifelong resident of Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, Ekua Holmes (b. 1955) is an artist and community activist whose body of work explores themes of childhood, family bonds, memory, and resilience. This exhibition focuses on her award-winning children’s book illustrations—vibrant collages revealing stories of self-determination, love, and community that reflect the artist’s distinctive vision and commitment to Black imagery and representation. (Full Story)
Many countries are looking to the COVID-19 vaccines with the hope of overcoming the pandemic and beginning economic recovery. While the drug companies in the West operate as independent for-profit businesses, in China the government directs the research and development efforts of both state and privately owned companies, and uses them as a tool in its policy through official visits in the international theater, cooperation agreements, commitments to supply vaccines, and the provision of loans and other financial assistance. (Full Story)
By Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE)

Dr. Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE), underscores the role of antisemitic concepts and rhetoric in the ideology and activities of major far-right groups in the United States, just after extreme right-wing groups, stormed Capitol Hill the day Congress certified Joe Biden as President-Elect. Dr. Beirich outlines the theoretical and organizational evolution of antisemitism amid the ranks of America's right-wing extremists. (Full Story)
McGill University Archives.
For information on Tolerance.ca and the articles published on this site, please contact : victorteboul@tolerance.ca

As part of a series of articles on major personalities who have furthered the cause of tolerance in Canada, Tolerance.ca® presents the world-renowned Montreal philosopher Charles Taylor, 2007 winner of the prestigious Templeton Prize. Mr Taylor co-chairs the Québec Commission on reasonable accommodations created by the Charest government in February 2007. (Full Story)
By Udi Dekel and Noa Shusterman

The Abraham Accords will ostensibly serve to inspire peace and normalization agreements between Israel and additional Arab states. Indeed? Which issues are included in the agreement, and why? Why did the UAE and Bahrain decide to establish official relations at this time? What are the implications for the Palestinian arena? And what new challenges are likely to emerge? Insights from a discussion of experts held following the festive signing ceremony at the White House (Full Story)
On the morning of September 4, 2020, Ms. Surnaa, a Mongolian employee of the Alshaa Left Banner Chinese Communist Party Committee in western Southern Mongolia, jumped from her residential building to her death in protest of the Chinese authorities’ new language policy called the “second generation bilingual education”. (Full Story)
By Marc Angenot, James McGill Research Chair on Social Discourse
Is Diversity about empowering people who have been victims of exclusion or an expression of resentment? Resentment, argues McGill University professor Marc Angenot in his  most recent Senior College Lecture, inspires defeatist behavior by pretending  to march towards the future, to avenge the real or mythical wrongs undergone in the past. (Full Story)
By Salim Mansur, Ph.D. University of Toronto
The Canadian government's recent announcement that it will be providing more than CDN $600 million (USD $455 million) over the next five years to bail out the country's financially strapped media outlets -- as part of the fall fiscal update about the federal budget ahead of the 2019 federal election -- is not as innocent as it may seem. (Full Story)
Follow us on ...
Facebook Twitter
More
The Power of Trees: A Success Story
By Kaitlyn Waring and Hanane Lahder

Farmers in Morocco are experiencing unprecedented challenges brought about by extreme droughts, high temperatures, and other impacts of climate change. The High Atlas Foundation (HAF) has developed long-standing projects focused on organic... (Full Story)
Remembrance Day : The Symbolics of Poppies
Every year for several weeks before November 11, a field of scarlet poppies appears on coat lapels across Canada. This wearing of the poppy has a complex history ... (Full Story)
Multiculturalism in Flames: Sweden's rude awakening
By Dr. Göran Adamson, Associate Professor in Sociology, PhD,  London School of Economics

Sweden has undergone a radical transformation in recent years, marked by surging violent crime, political tensions, and cultural clashes. The source of this transformation? A dangerous... (Full Story)
Evolving Into an “Opportunity Economy” with Participatory Development
By Yossef Ben-Meir, Marrakech

The commitment of Kamala Harris’ U.S. Presidential campaign to create an opportunity economy—one that lowers costs and strengthens opportunities for working families and small businesses—has established goals that are consistent with observed outcomes of... (Full Story)
Beyond Carbon: How Holistic Tree Planting Fuels Sustainable Development and Community Empowerment
By Yossef Ben-Meir and Kaitlyn Waring, Marrakech

Recent assertions have suggested that tree planting is not as effective a climate solution as once thought. Bill Gates argued in 2023 that the idea of planting enough trees to solve... (Full Story)
Intercultural Solidarity Achieving Agricultural Opportunity in Morocco, a talk by Yossef Ben-Meir at the Integrated Management of Cultural Tourism Conference, in Cairo, Egypt
The High Atlas Foundation (HAF) has initiated a positive intercultural and development project that is now gaining scale, and we have been able to secure domestic and international public and private investment for it. (Full Story)
A Sign that Signaled Coming Sustainable Development
By Yossef Ben-Meir, Marrakech, Morocco

I do not know if it is a rule or commonplace as to whether a small act in the area of social development can launch thousands, even countless, small and large acts of... (Full Story)
Overcoming Severe Water Scarcity: A Moroccan Vision
By Yossef Ben-Meir, Marrakech, Morocco

The six consecutive years of drought in Morocco have been excruciating. The impact on the price of basic food items, such as meat and olive oil, has been striking. In recent years, the... (Full Story)
Accommodating Bedfellows: Montreal’s Jewish Community and Quebec’s Intellectual Elite
By Victor Teboul, Ph.D.
Editor, Tolerance.ca®
Montreal Jews rely on non-Jewish academics, writers and filmmakers to present and even explain, in French, Jewish realities to the Quebecois public and within Francophone academia. The considerable number of publications on Jewish themes, both in fiction and non-fiction... (Full Story)
Valentine’s Day Rituals Often Begin in the Classroom
By Miriam Rabkin, Contributor to Tolerance.ca®
Valentine’s Day rituals often begin in the classroom, where the holiday serves both as an enjoyable arts and crafts activity and as a pedagogical tool, teaching children about structuring love and friendship into a concrete, prescribed form. The ritualization... (Full Story)
Contributors
Yannick B. Vallée

How Did Donald Trump Win the 2024 Presidential Election?

The 2024 presidential election was all about a return to normalcy in a post Covid Era; Americans wanted to forget about... (Full Story)
Tolerance
How Did Donald Trump Win the 2024 Presidential Election?
By Yannick B. Vallee, B.A. Political Science
Member of Tolerance.ca®
The 2024 presidential election was all about a return to normalcy in a post Covid Era; Americans wanted to forget about Covid, inflation, economic uncertainty, and vaccine mandates. President Donald Trump campaigned on the economy, immigration, and the war in... (Full Story)
The First Term of the Trump Presidency
By Yannick B. Vallee, B.A. Political Science
Member of Tolerance.ca®
                President Donald J. Trump won the 2016 presidential election by building up a strong base of voters that has supported him for four years. He wanted to put America first because he felt that America’s interests were not... (Full Story)
The Power of Trees: A Success Story
By Kaitlyn Waring and Hanane Lahder

Farmers in Morocco are experiencing unprecedented challenges brought about by extreme droughts, high temperatures, and other impacts of climate change. The High Atlas Foundation (HAF) has developed long-standing projects focused on organic... (Full Story)
Remembrance Day : The Symbolics of Poppies
Every year for several weeks before November 11, a field of scarlet poppies appears on coat lapels across Canada. This wearing of the poppy has a complex history ... (Full Story)
Multiculturalism in Flames: Sweden's rude awakening
By Dr. Göran Adamson, Associate Professor in Sociology, PhD,  London School of Economics

Sweden has undergone a radical transformation in recent years, marked by surging violent crime, political tensions, and cultural clashes. The source of this transformation? A dangerous... (Full Story)
Evolving Into an “Opportunity Economy” with Participatory Development
By Yossef Ben-Meir, Marrakech

The commitment of Kamala Harris’ U.S. Presidential campaign to create an opportunity economy—one that lowers costs and strengthens opportunities for working families and small businesses—has established goals that are consistent with observed outcomes of... (Full Story)
Beyond Carbon: How Holistic Tree Planting Fuels Sustainable Development and Community Empowerment
By Yossef Ben-Meir and Kaitlyn Waring, Marrakech

Recent assertions have suggested that tree planting is not as effective a climate solution as once thought. Bill Gates argued in 2023 that the idea of planting enough trees to solve... (Full Story)
Conference, Oct. 16, 2024. The War Against the Past: Fighting for our History
The War Against the Past: Fighting for our History

10:00 - 17:00

Wednesday 16 October 2024

EU District Brussels (Full Story)
Intercultural Solidarity Achieving Agricultural Opportunity in Morocco, a talk by Yossef Ben-Meir at the Integrated Management of Cultural Tourism Conference, in Cairo, Egypt
The High Atlas Foundation (HAF) has initiated a positive intercultural and development project that is now gaining scale, and we have been able to secure domestic and international public and private investment for it. (Full Story)
A Sign that Signaled Coming Sustainable Development
By Yossef Ben-Meir, Marrakech, Morocco

I do not know if it is a rule or commonplace as to whether a small act in the area of social development can launch thousands, even countless, small and large acts of... (Full Story)
Overcoming Severe Water Scarcity: A Moroccan Vision
By Yossef Ben-Meir, Marrakech, Morocco

The six consecutive years of drought in Morocco have been excruciating. The impact on the price of basic food items, such as meat and olive oil, has been striking. In recent years, the... (Full Story)
Bringing Local Sustainable Development to Scale
By Yossef Ben-Meir, Marrakech, Morocco

For many organizations and agencies around the world, the matter of scaling local successes of development remains a seemingly insurmountable challenge and obligation. When participating in conferences, strategic planning, open forums, and studies... (Full Story)
Accommodating Bedfellows: Montreal’s Jewish Community and Quebec’s Intellectual Elite
By Victor Teboul, Ph.D.
Editor, Tolerance.ca®
Montreal Jews rely on non-Jewish academics, writers and filmmakers to present and even explain, in French, Jewish realities to the Quebecois public and within Francophone academia. The considerable number of publications on Jewish themes, both in fiction and non-fiction... (Full Story)
Valentine’s Day Rituals Often Begin in the Classroom
By Miriam Rabkin, Contributor to Tolerance.ca®
Valentine’s Day rituals often begin in the classroom, where the holiday serves both as an enjoyable arts and crafts activity and as a pedagogical tool, teaching children about structuring love and friendship into a concrete, prescribed form. The ritualization... (Full Story)
Gender Inequality in Morocco: Destabilization and Continuity
By Osire Glacier, Professor, Department of History, Athabasca University
In an article, professor and researcher Fatima Sadiqi recalls working with female colleagues to establish Morocco’s first Center for Studies and Research on Women in 1996.  Their success in launching the Center led Sadiqi and her co-founders to create... (Full Story)
Russia. The June 23rd Mutiny: Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner Group
By Georgy Poroskoun

The mercenaries led by businessman and former underworld figure Yevgeny Prigozhin surprised the world with their mutiny and their threats to reach Moscow in an armed column. Who is Prigozhin, whose name is now familiar... (Full Story)
ESSENTIAL NOISE VOL 1 (Leonard Cohen Cut) A film by Paul Koidis Exclusive Montreal Premiere
BBAM! Gallery is proud to present the exclusive Montreal premiere of Essential Noise Volume 1 - a new and immersive film and music experience telling the story of the 1960s Toronto Yorkville music scene (the coffeehouse/folk era). The Montreal screening will be... (Full Story)
Sex and Politics in Morocco: Dangerous Liaisons
By Osire Glacier, Professor, Department of History, Athabasca University


In October 2018, a trial led the Moroccan public to call into question the integrity of Taoufik Bouachrine, who was then the editor-in-chief of the renowned Arabic-language daily newspaper Akhbar al-Yaoum. The Casablanca... (Full Story)
The Present Israeli Government prefers to Undermine the Rule of Law
By Pnina Sharvit Baruch and Udi Dekel

The Israeli government prefers to undermine the rule of law, violate Israel’s commitments to the United States, and pay the price for the escalation of terrorism in the northern West Bank... (Full Story)
June 22, 1948: 75th Anniversary of the Windrush
By Jenny Ashcraft

It’s been 75 years since the HMT Empire Windrush, a former troop carrier turned migrant ship, arrived at Tilbury Docks near London on June 21, 1948. More than 800 passengers and several stowaways disembarked the... (Full Story)
Alberta's Provincial Election Highlights Progress in Canadian Politics
ALBERTA – On May 29, Alberta celebrated an important milestone for women's representation in Canadian politics. The results of the Alberta provincial election revealed a notable increase in the number of women joining Alberta's Legislative Assembly, marking a momentous... (Full Story)
What Would Be NATO’s Response if Putin Uses a Nuclear Weapon?
By Yannick B. Vallee, B.A. Political Science
Member of Tolerance.ca®
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has often threatened Western nations that he is willing to use the Russian nuclear arsenal in Ukraine. Putin clearly said that the Russian territory cannot be... (Full Story)
Identity and its Discontents. An Evening of Culture and Conversation with Rabbi Kendell Pinkney
To live as a Black Jew in North America is to live with a keen awareness of just how precarious group belonging can be, yet a felt sense of ‘belonging’ is a core human need. Between this self-evident need... (Full Story)
Israel. Amending the Anti-Discrimination Act gives License to Generic Discrimination against entire groups
By Itzik Itzhak Dessie and Meir Elran

Amending the Anti-Discrimination Act, as proposed in the coalition agreements, gives license to generic discrimination against entire groups. This is a shameful moral failure that damages national resilience – and as... (Full Story)
Montreal through letters. Post-Monumental re-imagines Tiohti:áke. Installation from December 3rd to January 13th 2023
Opening reception with artists: December 3rd, 2pm-6pm.
BBAM! Gallery is presenting Courtney Clinton’s first solo exhibition,  Post-Monumental, an interactive art project led by Clinton, inviting various artists and voices from around Tiohti:áke/Montreal to "write" on the landscape of our... (Full Story)
Will the British Supreme Court Grant Scotland a Second Referendum?
By Yannick B. Vallee, B.A. Political Science
Member of Tolerance.ca®
The Scottish National Party leads a majority government in Scotland supported by the Green Party under a confidence and supply agreement. Both parties want to reverse the U.K. decision to leave the European Union by promoting the separation of... (Full Story)
Black Antisemitism in America : From Malcolm X to Black Lives Matter
By Eunice G. Pollack

On May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis, when a police officer asphyxiated George Floyd, an unarmed African American, by kneeling on his neck, the claim that he or his department had been taught the maneuver... (Full Story)
$80-million investment: Montreal Holocaust Museum announces the construction of a new museum on Saint-Laurent Boulevard
Montreal, February 7, 2022 – The Montreal Holocaust Museum (MHM) is proud to announce the construction of a new museum. The facility will open in 2025 at 3535 Saint-Laurent Boulevard in the Plateau Mont-Royal borough. This important project addresses growing... (Full Story)
Can Pluralism Go Hand in Hand with Collective Destiny?
Tolerance.ca has organized several panel discussions since 2002.  To mark International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Tolerance.ca® organized two panel discussions on religious diversity featuring several distinguished panellists. The first meeting was held at Vanier College... (Full Story)
Paper Stories, Layered Dreams. The Art of Ekua Holmes​ at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
A lifelong resident of Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, Ekua Holmes (b. 1955) is an artist and community activist whose body of work explores themes of childhood, family bonds, memory, and resilience. This exhibition focuses on her award-winning children’s book illustrations—vibrant... (Full Story)
Nickolay Mladenov, the UN Mediator, who earned the trust of Israel and the Palestinians alike
By Noa Shusterman, Research Assistant and Israel-Palestinian Research Program Coordinator

Nickolay Mladenov served as UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process for nearly six years and earned the trust of Israel and the Palestinians alike –... (Full Story)
Charles Taylor: A Marriage of Cultures
For information on Tolerance.ca and the articles published on this site, please contact : victorteboul@tolerance.ca

As part of a series of articles on major personalities who have furthered the cause of tolerance in Canada, Tolerance.ca® presents the world-renowned... (Full Story)
The Abraham Accords : What are the implications for the Palestinians?
By Udi Dekel and Noa Shusterman

The Abraham Accords will ostensibly serve to inspire peace and normalization agreements between Israel and additional Arab states. Indeed? Which issues are included in the agreement, and why? Why did the UAE and... (Full Story)
Woman Commits Suicide to Protest against Eradication of the Mongolian language by Chinese Authorities
On the morning of September 4, 2020, Ms. Surnaa, a Mongolian employee of the Alshaa Left Banner Chinese Communist Party Committee in western Southern Mongolia, jumped from her residential building to her death in protest of the Chinese authorities’... (Full Story)
Could Jean Charest Become The Next Prime Minister of Canada?
By Yannick B. Vallee, B.A. Political Science
Member of Tolerance.ca®
Canada has one of the most flourishing economies in the World. The nation is the 10th largest economy with $1.7 trillion in GDP. Canada is a member of the G7; therefore, Canada has some influence on the World stage... (Full Story)
British Liberalism and the Liberal Democrats
By Yannick B. Vallee, B.A. Political Science
Member of Tolerance.ca®
Liberalism has greatly influenced the nation because modern Britain is based on liberal values. The Liberal Party dates back to 1859 in Britain and this party promoted balanced budgets, low taxes, and free market. In the early 20th century... (Full Story)
British General Election: Could The Labour Party Settle Brexit?
By Yannick B. Vallee, B.A. Political Science
Member of Tolerance.ca®
Political parties rule the nation by forming governments; these organizations have a great deal of power in the Westminster parliamentary system. Until 1832, governments used to be formed by coalitions and people rather than by political parties. However, the... (Full Story)
Brexit: Prime Minister Johnson`s Strategy
By Yannick B. Vallee, B.A. Political Science
Member of Tolerance.ca®
The British nation has been dealing with the Brexit issue since 2016. British people are fed up of hearing the ¨Brexit¨ word on a daily basis. Brexit divides families and friends; everyone has an opinion on the issue. Besides... (Full Story)
Canada and the Brexit Challenge
By Yannick B. Vallee, B.A. Political Science
Member of Tolerance.ca®
The United Kingdom has officially left the European Union in January 2021. As a result, the United Kingdom seeks new trading partners and Her Majesty`s Government considers the Commonwealth is the best solution to cope with Brexit. British Prime... (Full Story)
The New British Prime Minister: Boris Johnson
By Yannick B. Vallee, B.A. Political Science
Member of Tolerance.ca®
The British Prime Minister is one of the most influential political leaders in the World. Even though, the prime minister is said to be ¨first among equals¨ in the cabinet, he has several powers such as deciding most of... (Full Story)
Brexit Is Felt Throughout The British Territories
By Yannick B. Vallee, B.A. Political Science
Member of Tolerance.ca®
Brexit will not only have social and economic consequences on the United Kingdom, but this will also be felt throughout the British territories. The British Crown once ruled over a quarter of the Earth; nowadays, Her British Majesty, Queen... (Full Story)
Theresa May`s Brexit: An Uneasy Deal
By Yannick B. Vallee, B.A. Political Science
Member of Tolerance.ca®
In 2016, British people voted at nearly 52% to leave the European Union and Prime Minister Theresa May is committed to deliver Brexit. Therefore, Britain is expected to leave the Union in 2019. The end of European Union law... (Full Story)
The Mysterious Jewish Orphan of Salonica
By David Barzilay

The intriguing tale of the location and fate of a Jewish baby placed in the Municipal Foundling Home of Thessaloniki during WWII.

It is March 4th 2016 an email pops onto my screen from some... (Full Story)
What is Tolerance ?
Everybody talks about tolerance. Why ? What is so important about tolerance ? Do you have an opinion you would like to share on tolerance ? Why should we be tolerant ? Let us know your opinion. Write your answer directly... (Full Story)
Declaration of Principles on Tolerance
Proclaimed and signed by the Member States of UNESCO on 16 November 1995. (Full Story)