Thirty-first Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – October 14, 2021
The Transformative Potential of the Right to a Healthy Environment – Dr. David Boyd
Watch the lecture HERE.
Thirtieth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – October 22, 2020
From Hate to Hope in the Digital Age – A Panel Discussion
Watch the discussion HERE.
Twenty-ninth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – October 3, 2019
Who is the Enemy? – Marina Nemat
Twenty-eighth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – September 26, 2018
Human Rights in the Age of Populism – Mr. Bob Rae
Listen to the lecture HERE.
Twenty-seventh Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – November 2, 2017
Shining a Light on Dark Places: The Importance of a Human Rights Framework in the National Inquiry on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls – Dr. Pam Palmater
Twenty-sixth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – November 17, 2016
Why Women’s Rights Are Your Business: The Dollars and Sense of Investing in Women and Girls – Sally Armstrong
Twenty-fifth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – November 4, 2015
Human Rights Advocacy at Amnesty International Canada – Alex Neve
Twenty-fourth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – November 13, 2014
Stories Matter: The Making of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights – Dr. Clinton Curle
Twenty-third Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – October 25, 2012
The Power of One – Nazanin Afshin-Jam, International Human Rights Activist
Twenty-second Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – September 29, 2011
Beyond the Holocaust: A Comparative Interpretation of Genocide and Mass Murder in Cambodia, Rwanda and Darfur – Dr. Edward Kissi
Twenty-first Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – October 19, 2010
Witness – Alexandre Trudeau, Documentary Filmmaker
Twentieth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – October 24, 2009
Ending Slavery – Dr. Kevin Bales
Nineteenth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – October 27, 2008
The Legacy of John Peters Humphrey: Native Son of New Brunswick and Citizen of the World in the Creation of the UDHR – John Hobbins
Eighteenth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – October 28, 2007
In Our Time: Is Religion A Blessing or Curse? – Rabbi Abraham Copper
Seventeenth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – October 16, 2006
Non-governmental Organizations and Human Rights – Phillippe LeBlanc, OP
Sixteenth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – November 21st, 2005
Human Rights and Anti-Semitism – Senator Jerahmiel S. Grafstein
Fifteenth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – November 16th, 2004
Antisemitism and Antiracism in Canada Today: Challenges That Face Us All – Dr. Karen Mock
Fourteenth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – October 15th, 2003
Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Personal Experience – Dr. William Schabas
Thirteenth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – November 18, 2002
The Vatican and the Holocaust: Where is the Debate? – Dr. Michael Marrus
Twelfth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – November 19, 2001
Humanitarian Intervention and Peacekeeping – Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire, CMM, MSC, CD
Eleventh Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – November 15, 2000
And Let’s Not Talk About That: From Memory to the Prevention of Genocide – Dr. Stephen Smith. M.B.E., PhD
Tenth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – November 8, 1999
Human Rights Today and Tomorrow – Michelle Falardeau-Ramsay, Q.C
Ninth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – November 15, 1998
Theo-conservatism: A Threat to Human Rights – Senator Ron Ghitter, Q.C.
Eighth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – October 7, 1997
From the Shadow of Ignorance to the Light of Commitment: The Story of a Bystander – Dr. Elisabeth Maxwell
Seventh Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – November 17, 1996
Privacy: The Newest and Oldest Human Right – Bruce Phillips
Sixth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – November 20, 1995
Human Rights and Canadian Foreign Policy – Senator Raynell Andreychuk
Fifth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – November 17, 1994
The Human Rights Revolution and Counter-Revolution – Irwin Cotler
Fourth Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – November 10, 1993
Hate Crimes and Group Activity in Canada – Mark Sandler
Third Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – October 17, 1992
Employment Equity – Juanita Westmorland-Traoré
Second Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – November 1, 1991
Discrimination and the Law in Canada – Walter S. Tarnopolsky
Inaugural Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture – January 25, 1990
The Legacy of Human Rights – Rosalie Silberman Abella